Street Manual

A field guide for street photographers.

by Luke Carey

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Triggers to Get You Started

You arrive at a location. You stand there. Nothing happens. You feel flat. The street feels hostile or indifferent. You take one uninspired frame and immediately want to go home.

This is not a creativity problem. It is a warm-up problem. Every photographer has it.

The first 20 frames of any session are almost always throwaway. They are the price of admission. The mistake is stopping before you pay it. Instead: accept that the first 20 frames will be nothing, make them anyway, and count.

Camera Settings

Any. Your default setup. The point is to shoot, not to think about settings.

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