Friday, July 15

Shooting from the hip - street photography tutorial

My handy, 10-point "power guide" to (literally) shooting from the hip:

(1) Are
(2) You
(3) Crazy?
(4) Use
(5) The
(6) Viewfinder.
(7) (That's
(8) What
(9) It's
(10) For)

Video to follow.
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9 comments:

  1. Bernhard9:51 am

    ... but all the cool kids do it!:-/

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  2. moochin photoman11:45 am

    cool kids take sh*t photos then

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  3. Paul Russell12:03 pm

    I like your blog, Bernhard

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  4. Dan1:09 pm

    Haha. Good one. I was expecting actual tips. I kinda agree but sometimes from the hip is the only way. Plus sometimes you get quite pleasing results ie compositions you'd not usually consider.

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  5. Anonymous3:09 pm

    When I try shooting from the hip all I get is bum shots ..

    I like your post.

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  6. Paul Russell3:22 pm

    Thanks. Tutorials are obviously the way forward for this blog...

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  7. The Amateur3:38 pm

    "Viewfinder? What's that?"

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  8. Bluegiraffe3:48 pm

    A viewfinder is someone who scouts ahead looking for the best landscape compositions.

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  9. Alessandro Melillo10:55 pm

    oh, but my viewfinder IS at hip level... I shoot street with a TLR!
    Bad boy...

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