Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 Street Performers 2
2 Street Portrait 5
3 Environmental Portrait 8
4 Street Portrait with a Story 10
5 Photographing Children 12
6 Eye Contact 15
7 Creative S elf-Portraits 17
8 Silhouettes 19
9 Silhouettes with Sunburst 24
10 Rim Light 27
11 Shadows 29
12 Shafts of Light 33
13 Golden Hour 35
14 Blue Hour 38
15 From Shadows into Light 40
16 Bokeh 44
17 The Street at Night 46
18 The Correct Step 49
19 All About Color 53
20 Photographing the Back of People 55
21 The Timeless Subject 58
22 Gesture 60
23 Humor 63
24 Humanity Without People in the Frame 66
25 Go Fishing 68
26 The Minimalist Approach in the Urban Landscape 71
27 The Minimalist Approach in the Natural World 74
28 Juxtaposition 76
29 Interconnections 78
30 Reflections in Water 80
31 Reflections in Glass 82
32 Reflection in a Mirror 84
33 Split Image Reflection 86
34 Double Exposure 88
35 Natural Creative Filter 90
36 Creative Framing 93
37 Creative Focusing 95
38 Rule of Thirds 97
39 Centering Your Subject 99
40 Letting the Subject Come to You 101
41 Looking In 104
42 Looking Out 107
43 Looking Up 109
44 Looking Down 111
45 Low Angle 114
46 Leading Lines 116
47 Negative Space 119
48 Creating Tension 121
49 Layers 123
50 Panning 125
51 Slow Shutter Speed 128
52 Tilt It Like You Mean It 131
53 Using a Specialty Lens 133
54 Using Your Camera's Advanced Filters 135
55 Using Billboards or Storefronts 138
56 Using Signage 140
57 Iconic Landmark 143
58 Story in Multiple Frames 146
59 Play in the Rain 150
60 Public Transportation 152
61 Train Station Platforms 155
62 Airports 158
63 Hands 160
64 Feet 162
65 Umbrellas 164
66 Hats 167
67 Dogs 169
68 Love 172
69 Readers 174
70 Limitations 177
71 Color × 4 179
72 Shop Owners 182
73 Artists and Their Spaces 184
74 Photograph an Event 190
75 Photograph a Fair at Night 192
Conclusion; Get Lost on Purpose 194