Overview
Street photography, also sometimes called candid photography, is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places.
Street photography can focus on people and their behavior in public, thereby also recording people’s history. This motivation entails having also to navigate or negotiate changing expectations and laws of privacy, security and property.
Course description
Have you ever seen somebody on the streets and had the irresistible urge to take a photo of them? Whether it was their face, the shadow they cast, or the background they were standing in front. Learn how to capture the beauty in the mundane of everyday life through this Introduction to Street Photography course. You will learn how to capture “Decisive Moments” as well as how to take candid photos of strangers up-close and personal.
In this course we will develop our eye for street photography by studying the masters such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, and many others. We will also study street photography in a sociological context, and learn how one can use the camera to explore society.
Benefits
- Less social anxiety
- Mental well-being
- Meeting new people
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course you should be able to:
- understand your approach in a reflective and subjective way, enabling you to develop and apply you own style.
- approach a street scene, knowing what exposure to try for in order to tell the most emotional or engaging story
- understand how these skills can be applied to more useful/profitable ventures – wedding, fashion, film sets, commercial applications
Course Features
- Lectures 9
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 9 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 219
- Assessments Yes