Sean P. Durham practises Street Photography in Berlin. Not only street photography but portrait photography, still life, and headshot photography when needed.
There’s a lot about street photography that is very healthy; walking long hours, becoming mindful of your surroundings, and the act of framing parts of the city that you live in to understand it better.
Urban street photography develops a strong sense of belonging and of awareness about swhere you live.
Below are just a few examples of what happens when a photographer goes out onto the street and searches for something interesting to photograph.
It doesn’t matter if it’s night time, day time, or a glorious sunrise, there’s always an opportunity to stop and look, then see the compositions in our surroundings.
Sometimes, a shot is of a person. They might be well dressed, strangely dressed. Or they might be doing something interesting which makes for an opportunity in street photography.
I’m no lawyer; but, I have read the data protection act regarding making digital images. And i have read what lawyers and judges in Germany have said about it. It’s not waterproof – but it’s intention is well founded.
One judge mentioned, off the books, that he would not prosecute anyone who who clearly intends on creating street photos that are designed to be artistic.
It is not okay to take street portraits of people at random; you can if you ask permission and get permission from the subject – photographers have been doing this in Berlin for years, without problem.
When you go out and search for street photos, you just need to feel, and look, and then things will occur; compositions will form in front of your eyes, shadows will loom up and create jagged edges that offer ideas for a simple but enjoyable composition to frame with your camera. It doesn’t matter if you only have a mobile phone camera, or an expensive´ve top of the range job, you can do street photography whenever it pleases you.
It’s a relaxing experience that creates harmony in the mind and body.
First Warm day of 2023
Walking is good for you. but if you are walking, and looking, seeing things with an intention to find an interesting composition to frame and photograph, then you’ll find that your walks are much more rewarding – even on a rainy winter’s day.
Not all street photography means people must be in the shot.
Sometimes, if you look hard enough, you’ll discover hidden structures that most people stroll past. This simple composition of a corner at the top of a building offered an interesting form that reminded me of paintings from the 20s.
Imbiß in Friedrichstrasse
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