Photo Walks and Street Challenges

Gavin Hoey has fifteen minutes in crowded Borough Market with an Olympus E-M5 Mark II and 12-40mm f/2.8. After an in-camera HDR of the sign, he shoots aperture priority at f/2.8, auto ISO to 1600, blurs shoppers with a one-second exposure, then converts to mono with HSL sliders.

Thomas Leuthard demonstrates twenty-three quick tips and tricks for a street photography walk through Salzburg in a fast-paced COOPH tutorial, delivered largely visually with on-screen text and music rather than narration. He closes with the thought that street photography is like fishing: catching the fish beats eating it.

Micael Widell sets out seven rules for getting the most from a photo walk, illustrated with images made on a Sony A7 and Sigma 150mm f/2.8 macro via a Metabones adapter. The advice, also published as an article, covers planning and approaching a walk so it yields worthwhile photographs.

Mike Newton shares six tips and a controversial bonus from a Thames walk into Tate Modern: patience, waiting for a squirrel to leave a bin above a General Waste sign; photographing gallery visitors, not Modigliani's paintings; street portraits for confidence; and symmetry like the Turbine Hall's silver ball.

Ibarionex Perello reviews his workshop students' images from a Hollywood farmers' market. Instead of stock shots of carrots and balloons, he asked them to work from the periphery and side streets, think in light, shadow, line, shape, colour and gesture, reset their mindset, and wait for a vendor's profile.

Robin Wong offers twenty-five tips for a productive photowalk, his training ground for shooting purely for himself. Points include visiting the washroom first, carrying one camera and two lenses, wearing neutral colours, keeping a checklist, limiting groups to three or four, going solo sometimes and practising exposure basics.