First street fashion style portraits: a tutorial

For years, the street fashion is a growing trend. Many photographers make Instagram and really do taste like. It also seems quite simple: the search for a topic, talk to them, take the picture to get the love. Search Photography #streetfashion hashtag and see that many of these images everywhere. The original was Bill Cunningham, the Sartorialist and then cooled again. Then everyone started doing it.

So what do you do? Seriously, it has much less to do with the technical details of what you think more to do with the realization that content is king.

Places and times

First, one of the best places to do this is in the big cities, where people walk a lot. What are they likely to find among people on the street. You should also watch their body language. If they are obviously in a foot race and super fast, they do not want to be bothered with you. fair; This is no problem with, there is a problem with them. Some of the best times to go, when the traffic subsides somewhat. This also applies if the eclectic people to leave, because they tend to be a about 9-5 job where cookie cut dress not worry so much. While jobs maintained relaxed sure to capture things that usually goes for an even simpler non-working hours.

the conversation

In fact, I asked the woman for her photo.

So if you ask someone to go for a portrait, figure out what you say. Do you have some sort of intent or a kind of legitimacy for you? Answering these questions to understand your voice, and then say, in so compressed form as possible:

• Who are you?
• Not really, who are you?
• What type of photography you do?
• Why is the way of the road?
• What are your goals with this picture?
• Do you plan on construction trailers?
• Can anyone cares in your channel / page / page to be?
• When and how this person your picture to see?
• What draws a person to take his picture? It's your body or clothing?
• What is done with your image?
• A release pattern of some kind is necessary?

Think about that before the closure of the closure and if a site is selected.

Colors of the scene

Obviously this article is for people who already have a good sense of fashion. Considering how demanding readers on this page is on the belt, it makes sense! If you ask a portrait, try a neutral background or still go some sort. Some of the best portrait photographers try to keep to a minimum color in your scenes.

Try to separate on a topic from the rest of the crowd.

lighting by

With spontaneous, it is certainly difficult. But, the major cities in large buildings usually a lot of coverage of the sun. When shooting in the dark, you get a more even lighting that is soft and blurred. He is required to someone flattering and much easier to carry look a huge reflector.

The recommended speed

Frankly, there are people who make street fashion with your mobile phone or small camera Rebel with a kit lens. Everything works and each camera is more than enough to do what you want these days. But in general, I recommend that people stay up to 35 mm, 50 mm or 85 mm with a lens equivalent. Premiums are all Bokeh that you can separate the subject from the background with ease.