Anyone saying "pros dont do this" most likely is not a pro and never studied pros. I shoot 99% from the hip for the same exact reasons. I want the scene "undisturbed" when I walk into it. thank you very much for the video.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 🙏

@magiccarpetrider4594

2 ай бұрын

I’m a 45 year pro photographer, and I shoot straight from the hip exclusively and daily on the street.

@papiramen5915

2 ай бұрын

Same. I’ve taught this style actually as well.

@mollyfilms

2 ай бұрын

They say you work is the exact same way I work. I’ve been published many times over the years and I do photography for a living for over 30 years. Those who are saying you are not a pro photographer are probably either jealous of your work or absolute shite at what they do.

@schaylice

2 ай бұрын

DAIDO MORIYAMA shoots from the hip hahahaa

Gosh, imagine being mad at people making creative and artistic choices. Some folks do be WILD. Great vid mate!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yeah they have me scratching my head.

Photography is having a camera and taking a photo, plain and simple. Too many style purists that won't keep their mouth shut, thanks for the great vid!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Glad you liked the vid.

I had someone yell at me after taking a photo from the hip of someone in NYC saying he was a street photographer and to "gtfo of here with this hip shit". Photo was actually quite nice

@GS-vb3zn

3 ай бұрын

Probably one the Bros Paulie B has interviewed on his channel.

@Loki_Dokie

2 ай бұрын

Ego and pride do so many goofy things to people's brains, should've gotten a picture of him from the hip 🤣

@michaelherskovitz4203

2 ай бұрын

Don’t pay attention. If the image is what you want - that is what matters !

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

@@gerry9306can you provide a link to your work please. Thank you.

@EmilWall

2 ай бұрын

Pic or it didn’t happen! Funny regardless.

No such thing as a "Proper" photograph.

It’s actually a solid proof that the photographer has a very good feel for the framing, perspective, lens, mechanics and settings of the camera and of course for the right moment.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. But ultimately it’s just another way of taking photos which is no more valid than any other way.

Hi Jeff Thanks for the video. I am a street photographer in Sydney and developed your syle of shooting last year, Nikon D780, 35mm, F11, 1/400, 400 ISO, I am not too concerned with framing, there is no time, I am concerned with getting a candid shoot not an informal or formal portrait. If you raise the camera your subject is then aware and its no longer candid. Happy shooting (from the hip).

This is the difference between those focussed on creating, and those who lack vision...who instead focus on being performative gatekeepers. Great video, your work is beautiful.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

I've been doing this since 2003. The smaller the camera though the better because it most likely resembles a card or phone. I relate it to smoking a cig around, being one with the scene and keeping it rolling. Literally shooting from the hip with a wide enough focal length lens lets you crop in in post-processing and apply rotation correction if needed, the results when you finally master it, are mysterious with allurement. When you actually bring up a camera eye level, that would turn street photograohy into portrait photography.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

I don’t know about that. Watching my wife work (she always shoots with the viewfinder), is a masterclass in unobtrusive shooting. She’s so fast and discreet. It’s just different ways of seeing the world. I agree with you about the camera though.

i love this technique, i use it a lot in weddings, when guest and family are having natural interactions 😊

Henri Cartier Bresson in one of his interviews states that one of his most famous images ,the man jumping over the puddle with jumping dancers on a poster in the background which is always opined as the epitome of capturing the decisive moment was actually shot blind there was a barrier up with a hole in it that he put his camera up to and guessed at the timing of the shot as the rangefinder was covered by the obstruction. It’s also heavily cropped.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Correct. I always find it ironic that his most famous photograph goes against everything he made us believe in.

@careylymanjones

2 ай бұрын

@@WalkLikeAlice If you know the rules before you break them, you know WHY you are breaking them. And if you act with purpose, you will almost always accomplish more than if you just blaze away.

@jimmason8502

2 ай бұрын

@@careylymanjones Yes but some of us who blaze away can get in a lucky shot from time to time. Some of my best photographs were just grab shots on the fly at 6 frames a second hoping for the best.

@careylymanjones

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmason8502 Burst mode IS useful, sometimes, but if you just blaze away, you're gonna have to go through a LOT of images, you're gonna fill your card up quicker, AND your camera may be processing, when the shot of the day happens. If your composition requires someone to be walking/riding/driving past a specific spot, by all means, blaze away.

@mahdiali6732

2 ай бұрын

Some argue that this photo was staged

Shooting from the hip is probably one of my favorite techniques with point and shoot cameras. Glad to see more folks bein' re-introduced to this technique through you.

@WalkLikeAlice

11 сағат бұрын

🙏

And may I say that I appreciate your presentation style: being confident in your own shoes - non-judgemental of other styles, calm - not over-dramatizing, and proving your style with a large number of images that grab the moment, and tell the story. I have liked and subscribed. Thank you.

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

That’s very kind of you. Thank you 🙏

@jamesg995

5 күн бұрын

Completely agree

Can't fault you mate, completely agree with everything you said... I've been shooting 'blind' for years and sometimes get imposter syndrome for this reason but it suits me completely and allows me to get the candid shots that can't happen when someone is in my camera's crosshairs. I've always shot at 500 f8 but will try a lower f stop to test my judgement of distance, so thanks for that. Cheers

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I’ve never had imposter syndrome though. Sarah has and she shoots with the camera to her eye.

Off topic- I'm stoked for how well your channel is doing. Thanks for sticking with it.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Cheers. It’s been tough at times. We will see how this year goes.

@grahamrichards8531

2 ай бұрын

Happy to say I've just added my sub, greetings from New Zealand.

@jamesg995

5 күн бұрын

@@WalkLikeAliceadding my sub too

The only thing that matters is the resultant image, and that you enjoy it. I am just starting out, trying different focal lengths each time I go out is exciting and at 69 it's brilliant to have found something new that is exhilarating!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

I was teaching digital capture to Don McCullin when he was 76. That’s the beauty of photography. You are never too old to learn.

I bought my first camera recently to do street photography. The more videos I watch about the subject, the more I realize that there is no right or wrong, neither in how you photograph or how you edit. Yes, to learn how to photograph you need to listen to every tip you can get and you need to mimic others to get good, but in the long run you have to develop your own style to get comfortable and interesting to others.

Love this! I shoot from the hip regularly because I've found the angles are more interesting and dynamic. And like you, it suits my personality. Great video, ignore the haters!

@WalkLikeAlice

27 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Dude! Your photos are amazing! I can't believe people are trying to "disqualify" them simply because you don't shoot them from the eye level!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. People are strange 🤷‍♂️

I wouldn't dream of advising anyone else how to shoot, but even as a mostly landscape enthusiast photographer, it's pretty remarkable how different my own images look when I occasionally jettison my default tried and trusted viewfinder-only policy and take advantage of an angled LCD screen to adopt a much lower angle of view. I've only just realised that it's precisely this lower than eye-level setting that makes many of your photos appear particularly unique and consistently interesting. I had wondered how you seemed to be unnoticed to so many of your subjects, but the other thing you're often doing as a by-product is showing more of the architecture and other features of the background within the frame, to give extra context and interest. Incidentally, it also makes children especially look considerably taller. But anyway, for a variety of reasons, your approach clearly works!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Thoughtful and well argued case. As you say, shooting from the hips takes practice but, as your photos demonstrate, the results are often much more dynamic that straight on street shots. Keep it up!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Superb! Really love how you thoughtfully explained everything and gave examples. If only every tutorial video were this well-made.

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thank you. That’s very kind of you to say so.

What comes of it feels very childlike, just observing the world as I would have as a child, taking in an that is good on in awe of all the new experiences.

I shoot from the hip mostly too cause at 6’3, if I put the camera to my eye (which I do occasionally) the angle makes it seem like I m looking down on people which in turn makes the subject seem “insignificant”.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Yes. That’s a great point. Not that I have any experience of that!!

@craigwantsnack

2 ай бұрын

Saaaaaame. Shoot from the nip 😂

@edvasquez354

2 ай бұрын

I’d like to see some of your photography if you don’t mind. I’m around 5’4” and photography is an adventure for me and at time challenging due to my height.

"Shooting from hip" is actually a technique that is very hard to master hence only a very few can manage it, I still have my Dad's Canon F1 that i loved and made so many shoots with it's waist level view finder. Thank you for this video, it brought back so many pleasant memories for me.

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 🙏🙏

I agree with everything you said. I started photography using a cellphone camera on a keypad phone, my peers loved the angles. I can shoot and aim it without looking on the screen, determining the scope just by feeling where the back of the phone is facing. When I got my first point and shoot camera, I adapted the same technique. Even now that I have a mirrorless and a bridge camera, I adapted it by estimating where the lens barrel is facing. I find it more fluid to take pictures at any angle--whether from eye level hip level, or even hands stretched up, using the fixed focal length lens. My aim is to capture the moments, which cannot be defined by what is the proper height of the perspective.

That photo of the two homeless people covered by the shadows of the two other people talking on the wall just great composition Love it This is the kind of photography I want to do again. That's why I'm buying my first kit after 20 plus years.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Enjoy!!

Hello Jeff, I think other peoples opinion normally tells you more about them than about you... Interesting topic, thanks for sharing. Take care. Paul,,

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

It certainly does. 🙂

@ultimobile

2 ай бұрын

I liked a saying "what other people think of me is none of my business"

I came across this video as I was simultaneously starting to shoot more "child's perspective" shots recently, and "shooting from the hip" definitely sounds cooler! I love the idea of capturing from-the-hip and child-like perspective of the street and different public environments; I think as people we can get really stuck in a single "zone" of perspective to the world, and shifting the camera lower will change that perspective and the way the world appears..

Thank you for sharing your personal experience and talking about your style. All the best for you and Sarah.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

This video was a breath of fresh air. More than ever, people seem to be so quick to jump on the bandwagon of the latest trends and whatever might be cool at the time. Your story evokes the reminder of just how personal the art of photography should be and your photographs show the unscripted reality of life in a such a stunning and beautiful way. Anyone who "frowns upon" shooting from this angle clearly can't appreciate the era of photographs from the 1940's to the 1960's where just about every camera was a top-down viewfinder style where shooting from the hip was standard practice.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you! I can appreciate that it takes a lot of work to refine this technique, but the rewards are worth it!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It’s like anything else in life. You get out what you put in!!

Finally................a great teacher! You "focus" (teach) on important facts! Truly helpful! Thanks for sharing& all the Best to you.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. That’s very kind of you 🙏

Totally agree....Whatever way you get your final product, that is up to you.... Go for it!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!!

Great contribution,thx!

great advice, great examples. I'm impressed that you brought so much passion without becoming a rant. I'm a new subscriber.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad to have you along for the ride. 🙏

Hi Jeff, great video. I think that is exactly what Street Photography is about. No standard, people and moments and different angles which keep my eyes for a few seconds longer to watch the image. Many thanks

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏

Great topic and video. Totally agree. Shooting from the hip is just another creative choice... and a good one at that!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes. It’s just a way of taking photographs.

The images you shared have a dynamicism and energy that I really appreciate. You inspired me to work on shooting from the hip.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Awesome advices! I will try apply all this next time street shooting

Jeff, great words. Great work. Agree with you entirely. Best.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I've recently started doing this and doing a blend of not looking at all (truly shoot and hope) and looking down at a tilted viewfinder. It works really well and people don't notice. As soon as you lift that camera above your chest...

Photographing people in public can be a big challenge for some photographers and there's no right or wrong method. The only thing that matters is enjoying what you do and ofcourse, the final image. Shooting from the hip is a great technique that with practice can be just as precise as if you look through the viewfinder. Great video.

@WalkLikeAlice

5 күн бұрын

Thank you.

lovely video Jeff !!! thank you very much

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching

Thanks... helpful.

Fabulous! Thank you!

@WalkLikeAlice

13 күн бұрын

🙏🙏

Your work is amazing!!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

You are very kind. Thank you

Totally agree with you looking back in history a lot of totally excellent photographs were taken looking down into a viewing screen what ever works I say I like to mix it up have fun for me that's what photography is about.......

Fascinating video- thank you!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

I love your photos, very inspiring work and a solid case for shooting from the hip.

@WalkLikeAlice

10 күн бұрын

Thank you

Really helpful advices. Thank you!

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

Shooting from the hip can give you pretty nice images, got some myself over the years. But in General I jus do street photography as I would do a wedding or any other job. Concentrate on the buildings, the scenery that is my trick and just completely ignore the people, I will just not pay attention to them and that most of the time works fine for me. I love shooting in the street, just capture everyday life as I go along with my camera. And as you say correctly, there are no rules to photography, no prescribed way to do a job. My motto is to enjoy and if someone complains (which most of the times never happens) there is always the oprion of deleting the images but to this day I never did that. Thx for the video!

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments and for watching. 🙏

Well said on this particular topic ....

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

🙏

This sounds like fun. I love the look of the lower angle so I'm going to give it a go 😃😃

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and suggestions with us. Your videos are very inspiring for me as an beginner.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for this video!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Much appreciated🙏

Great video. Thank you.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏

Thanks for the great vid! You keep doing what you're doing - I'm a fan!

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

Well done and well said

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

🙏

Both useful and intriguing. Well done Jeff!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏

you've always been a big influence, and I couldn't agree more (thumbs up!)

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🙏

Thanks for this instructional video.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great tips. Thank you!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

🙏

Good points - thanks for making the video.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

I've adpated this style of shooting. I'd just snap away and not even "spot check" my images until I finally download them to a computer. I've been a photographer a really long time and this is as close as I could get to the days when I was shooting film. Great video!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

Thanks! Good stuff!!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

🙏

This video really boosts my confidence in going out and take pictures. Thanks a lot from a newbie

@WalkLikeAlice

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

There is nothing wrong with shooting photography from the hip. I am going to try it RS Canada

This is first time I've seen you on KZread. Very impressive. Thanks.

@WalkLikeAlice

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Excellent video. I love Street Photography !!!!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Sound advice, thank you

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

thank you

The perspective of your photo reminds me how I used to see the world when I was a child

@WalkLikeAlice

Ай бұрын

🙏

Yeah, candid snaps are natural & relaxed. Top efforts, mate.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

AWESOME WORK !

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Very enlightening. Nicely done.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

incredible photos mate!

@WalkLikeAlice

9 күн бұрын

🙏🙏

Thanks for sharing this great video, hope seeing lots more of this kind of content 👍🏻

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

This is brillant !!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Thanks for sharing. Everything you mentioned confirms my finding as I started to shoot from the hip last year. I like the surprised-content sometimes, it's like you can go back and explore the scene again. I find it capturing moments I wouldn't have sometimes! Cheers.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching.

Great points. thanks for sharing your world.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Your photos are brilliant.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

You are very kind. Thank you

Exactly how I shoot. Nice images! Just subscribed.

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you and thank you 🙏

Very nice pictures.thanks for sharing.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏

Totally agree. When you see the shot, you take it the best way you can.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

100%

What a great take on the way you shoot. When I’m out shooting I do whatever my judgement tells me is needed at that moment to get the image. Great to hear you calmly support your style, in the face of amateur bollocks. Your pictures are some of the more interesting I’ve seen on KZread for some while. I’ve just hit subscribe !!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Great video and shoot 'from the hip' most of the time too..... great captures

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great video thanks!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

🙏

Very useful video mate, cheers

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

Wow! Great video, thank you. You have reminded me that I used to shoot like this with 35mm film around friends and got some great photos... I need to try this style again!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Much appreciated.

Great video,some people can’t stop themselves from giving opinions on things they know a little bit about.Keep making the videos.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Everyone is an expert these days. That’s the issue I think.

Great vid, Jeff. Well done, mate.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, Joe 🙏🙏🙏

Very good advices as usual!

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Been shooting this way since the TTartisan 25mm f2 came out. “Shooting from the hip” just gives me a broader ability to take the shot I want. Sure, I can’t frame it perfectly, but having used the lens for a year I KNOW where the lens is aiming at. I zone focus a lot too so that helps!

Amazing video! I have been practicing to shoot from hip for a while, mostly I have problems with the framing but just today had a good shot from the hip!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

The framing will come with experience.

I am absolutly going to try this

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

Have fun

Thank you.

@WalkLikeAlice

2 күн бұрын

🙏

interesting this comes up at this time, I just spent the afternoon locally downtown doing just this, shoot from the hip. More learning and blurry pix but did get a few keepers.

I’ve given this - shooting from the hip - some thought in the past, but never tried it, but after this video, I’m going to give it a shot. Thanks!

@WalkLikeAlice

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure. It’s worth having a go.

There are a lot of great eye opening thought in your video! I'm glad to find your channel. Thank you!!! And I had subscribed your channel immediately...

@WalkLikeAlice

2 ай бұрын

You are very kind. Thank you.