GoingCandid

3 Ways to Shoot
The Unnoticed Way
You can shoot street photography while people don’t take any notice of you.
This might be the best way in order not to influence their reaction. People
would act as they normally do as they have not seen you with the camera. A
disadvantage might be that they will not look into your camera. I normally like
when people look into my camera as this gives a certain connection; it’s a way
of communication with the person in the street and me the photographer.
There are situations when this look is not necessary and when it’s perfectly fine.
The Surprise Way
Another possibility to shoot people in the streets would be the surprise. You
just point the camera to someone and press the shutter release button. The
person sees you and realizes that you take photos of him. The reaction of this
kind of photos might be different, not natural or even shocked. A lot of people
don’t like to be photographed and you can see this from their reaction. I prefer
this kind of shooting in the streets, as it somehow shows the reality. I’m
aware that some people might look astonished, angry, shocked or how you
would call it. But this is the challenge, when you do candid portraits.
The Asked Way
And last but not least you can always ask someone to take his photo. I never
do that or only in very rare moments. The most difficult thing is that you have
to get a natural look of this posed moment. When you don’t know this person,
you don’t know how he looks in a natural way. If you are not used to street
photography and if you are afraid of the reaction of the person, this might be
the best way to start off. It also helps you growing your social skills of talking
people into something. You may even get a lot of information about a person
you didn’t expect, but which could be interesting.