1. The first ten thousand photos you take are bad. "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." -

Henri-Cartier-Bresson

Experience: Everything requires more practice, including photography. You know that football prodigy Beckham practices at least 1000 photographs every day. 1000 shots? Go out and take pictures!

2. If your photo is not good enough, it means you are not close enough. "if your pictures aren't good enough, you're

not close enough." - Robert Capa

Experience: Capa is a well-known war photographer, he really wants to leave. Only when the cannonball is closer can you take wonderful photos, but we don’t have to risk our lives when taking photos now. In terms of modern photography, this sentence does not mean that the physical distance is not close enough, but the mental experience. If You can't blend into the current environment, and you can't get close to the environment or the object you want to photograph, so naturally you can't take good photos. Oh, by the way, Capa was too close and ended up stepping on a landmine and died.

3. The most important component of the camera is the twelve inches behind it. "The single most important component of a

camera is the twelve inches behind it." - Ansel Adams

Experience: It means your head, the camera itself is not the most important, but It's how the photographer thinks and looks at the subject he wants to photograph.

4. If I see something familiar to me through the viewing window, I will try to look at it again with a different perspective. "If I saw something in my

viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up."

-Gary Winogrand

Experience: This sentence is a famous saying of street photography. The streets and environments you take for granted every day, how you reinterpret the familiar people and things from different angles is the essence of street photography. The so-called mountains are not mountains, and water is not water. Alas... what a realm!

5. The best camera is the one that is by your side when you need it. "The best camera is the one that is with you"

-Chase Jarvis

Thinking: Yes, yes.

6. The best camera is the one you forgot at home. "The best camera is the one that you left at

home." -Zack Arias' old stupid manager

Experience: This sentence sounds like a satire on the previous sentence, but Speaking of my heart...I often want to take pictures without a camera, but now I have an iPhone.

7. Everyone has the opportunity to take a great picture. I am better because I took two pictures. "Everyone will take one great

picture, I've done better because I've taken two." -David Bailey

Experience: So? What are you talking about?

8. Don’t rely on your eyes when your imagination cannot focus. "You cannot depend on your eyes if your

imagination is out of focus" -Mark

Twain

Experience: Even Mark Twain has to talk about it In one sentence, it should be said that when your imagination cannot focus, you should think carefully about the people and things you see, because your eyes may have become empty and unable to see from a creative perspective.

9. A good photo is about knowing where to wait. "A good photograph is knowing where to stand"

-Ansel Adams

Experience: Timing and location are very important in street photography, which is why Cartier-Bresson said that street photography is not just The art of "looking for" a picture is also the art of "waiting", waiting for the right picture to appear at the right place at the right time and pressing the shutter.

10. True photography requires no words to explain, and it cannot be explained in words.

"A true photograph need not be

explained nor can it be contained in words" -Ansel Adams

Experience: Indeed, many times the first reaction when seeing a photo is the heart Fast beating, palpitations, emotional reactions, and then I try to use some words to express my feelings. In fact, many times you just need to feel and enjoy the feeling that a photograph brings to you, and you don’t necessarily have to use words or words. to describe something.

11. The most difficult thing for me is portrait photography. You have to put the camera between a person's skin and his clothes. "The most difficult thing

for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a

person and his shirt" -Henri-Cateir-Bresson< /p>

Experience: This sentence means that in portrait photography, you must try to see through a person. It’s so easy to chew on words, Brother Bu...

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< p>Think before and after the photoshoot, never think in the moment of the photoshoot. The secret to street photography is to slow down. The speed shouldn't be too fast. Your subject must be invisible to you. And you have to be fast.

"Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take

your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then , how

ever, you must be very quick.” -Henri- Cateir-Bresson

Experience: In street photography, try not to let the subjects find out that you are photographing them, and in Think about the composition before taking the shot, wait, let the picture come to you, and quickly press the shutter when the time is right. When Cartier-Bresson took street photography, he spent most of his time waiting for a picture to appear in a certain place, and did not always take the initiative to discover the picture.

13. If you can smell street photography when you look at the photos, that’s street photography. "If you can smell the street by

looking at the photo, it's a street photograph" -Bruce Gilden

Experience: We describe a person as "smellful", except for that person In addition to the possible body odor, it also means that he has a certain temperament that is very attractive. Bruce

What Gilden means by saying this is that if your photos can clearly convey the "tension of the street", then it is the street Photography, what is the tension of the street? This can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. Take a look at more street photography.

14. All photos are propaganda. "All photography is propaganda" -Martin Parr

Thinking: Yes, there is nothing to say about the point of view of a propaganda photographer.

15. I finally understand photography and now I can kill myself because there is nothing left to learn. "I have discovered photography.

Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn." -Picasso

Reflection: There is no need to say this, Big Brother, although he is recording something Photography can be tens of thousands of times faster than painting on a single screen, but the brush strokes of painting and the abstract painting methods are still beyond the reach of photography. Just keep painting, Big Brother.

16. If you can keep calm, you will gain everything. "If you keep your cool, you'll get everything"

-Elliott Erwitt

Experience: The most important thing when taking street photography is to stay calm, observe calmly, and don't rush Grab the picture, don't look around like a headless fly, try to wait in one place. Staying calm and clear-headed will allow you to see more clearly and know when to click the shutter.

17. Good photos are about emotional depth, not depth of field.

"Great photograph is about depth of feeling, not

depth of field" -Peter Adams

Experience: Many people are dissatisfied when they see photos with blurred backgrounds that make it difficult to distinguish Paris from Paris. I would say: "Wow, what a beautiful photo." Anyone can take an F/0.95 lens and increase the aperture, and they can take a background like melting butter, but the real good photos lie in the stories and emotions in them. Not just relying on a vague background.

18. Many times the simplest photos are the most difficult to take. "Sometimes the simplest picture is the hardest

to get" -Neil Leifer

Experience: This sentence reminds me of what Cartier-Bresson said about portrait photography earlier. Portrait photography seems simple. The subject sits nicely for you to take the photo, and if the photo fails, you can retake it. You will be happy if the photo is taken, but if you want to capture his soul and let the people who look at the photo see through him, it is almost impossible.

19. You ask me which photo of myself is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow. "Which of my photographs is my

favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow." -Imogen Cunnigham

Experience: There is no best, only better, keep taking pictures ! (Then I won’t show your work here, Mr. Cunnigham. Let’s wait until you finish shooting tomorrow. Oh, tomorrow you may say you have to wait until the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you may say you have to wait until the day after tomorrow. Come to me when you have made up your mind. ...)

20. Photography has nothing to do with what you see, but how you see it. "It's not what you look at that

matters, it's what you see." -Henry David Thoreau

Experience: A great street photographer can use different angles in daily life See different wonderful things. The so-called mountain is not a mountain, and water is not water. Realm...Has this sentence been used before?

21. My life is shaped by the urge to keep looking around, and my camera is my passport. "My life is shaped by the

urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport." -Steve

McCurry

Thinking: This is it The so-called passion for photography...I often see some pictures and want to take a picture.

22. I keep chasing light. Light can turn ordinary things into magic. "I am forever chasing light. Light turns the

ordinary into the magical" -Trent Parke

Experience: "Light" is the most important element in photography. Without light, nothing happens. It can’t be done anymore, and a great part of street photography is the diverse light provided by the street. Although it is troublesome to constantly adjust ISO,

aperture and shutter, it also allows street photographers to create more Opportunity to enrich the atmosphere.

23. My camera is like my toothbrush. It does what it is supposed to do, which is take pictures. "I only use a camera like I use a

toothbrush. It does the job." -Don McCullin

Experience: Otherwise, it should be like Stephen Chow's folding stool except for sitting on it. Can it still be used as a weapon? What's the use of a camera if it's not for taking pictures? Of course, it is possible that he was inspired by the many cameras that can shoot videos nowadays. He may feel that the purpose of the camera is to take pictures rather than make videos.

24. Don’t put your camera away unless you are leaving the scene. "Don't pack up your camera until You've left

the location" - Joe McNally

Experience: I feel this sentence so much that I often feel that I have finished shooting I put the camera away and walked back, but on the way back I saw a lot of great pictures but it was too late to take out the camera. Unless you are sure that you really don’t want to take pictures, please don’t put the camera away because it’s your turn. The moment you walk into your home, the scene you want to take may appear.

25. I am a tourist.

"I'm a Tourist" -Gary Winogrand

Experience: Tourists usually take pictures of everything they see when they go to a new place, including the steps in front of their houses, phone booths, signs, road signs, passers-by, and traffic lights. When shooting, everything looks novel. Street photographers should also use this attitude to observe the people and things around them. Street photographers are tourists in life, or wake up every day and treat themselves as aliens visiting the earth for the first time. , be full of infinite curiosity about everything around you, and look at familiar things from different angles. This is also the secret to taking wonderful photos. Never stop your curiosity and observation!