Hunting vs Fishing

There are two fundamental approaches to street photography. Most photographers do both without knowing it. Making the distinction conscious helps you do each one better.

Hunting is active. You move through the city. You are looking for subjects, situations, light — whatever you are after that day. You turn down streets on instinct. You follow someone for a block because something about them interests you. You cover ground. The advantage of hunting is exposure to volume: more streets, more people, more potential photographs. The disadvantage is surface depth — you see a lot, but you rarely see any one thing thoroughly.