this channel is so underrated

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kubilay - that's really kind of you to say so. Please spread the word!!

“Bars, restaurants, people having fun!”...........I have a vague recollection of this 🤔

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not long to go now David...................

@leonmullingscreative

3 жыл бұрын

sooooo true....... the other day i watched a video showing people hugging & greeting each other, & i thought to myself, i can't tell when last i've experienced that

@film_insider

3 жыл бұрын

While this is going on, i'm taking a photos in a battlefield game. They have spectator mode for photo/video. So, while 64 people are playing a round, you are taking photos as a spectator. Every shot is unplanned. And you also have main options as in real cameras. Aperture, focal length, auto focus/manual...there is no shutter speed ofc. So i'm just roaming the battlefield and keep taking composition in form..

@peterjoseph3839

3 жыл бұрын

Rub it in! 😤

KZread algorithm has just thrown you up. Fantastic knowledge and delivery. I am going to subscribe, go through your back catalogue and catch up. I think some of the other street channels I follow have been rehashing your material.

Ilford HP5 pushed two stops is my secret weapon for nighttime photography. The contrast is cranked up so high, it turns a dimly lit scene into a rorschach blot with blazing whites and inky blacks.

@StreetSnappers

Жыл бұрын

I still love HP5 - I like the grain structure and the smoothness :-)

Vivid colours cheers

"Be a Moth" 😎

So glad I found you! You are inspiring and I feel like you are talking to me! Thanks

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Wow - thanks for the feedback. Please stay tuned - there's lots more to come :-)

I MUST say that your video just inspired me to take my camera on an event. The event doesn't matter other than I was going to give it my ALL attention and leave the camera home. I'm going to seek out street images in the event, I'm sure it will be an experience and inspiring. Thank you for making this video!

@StreetSnappers

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Keith and good luck with the event!

This is one the most informative and logical strategies. Best video thus far.

Excellent video thank you. I must confess I have been apprehensive about shooting at night since over 20 years ago despite being in a well-lit area with plenty of people around, a random stranger ran into me (on purpose) wrecking my camera and damaging my eye. All this in York which is generally a pretty safe place to be. As I was younger and fitter then I caught him, performed a citizens arrest and he went to court. I was awarded £200 damages (my £2000 camera was wrecked but was fortunately insured). The result was that my wife won't let me do night photography any more!

@StreetSnappers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Roger. I sympathise with your experience and I’m glad you got the better of him in the end. Fortunately these experiences are rare but we should always take great care at night.

17:44 I've never thought of these tips before. Thank you so much.

Brian I am lucky that I live in Southern California it easy to hit the tourist spots as people with cameras are not that unusual. I have downtown Disney, Newport beach, The Grove - Americana shopping districts . I use my Rokinon 20mm1.8 on my asp-c camera Rokinon are manuel focus only as well as my Takumar 50mm1.4 Radioactive lens these are my go to lenses for night photography

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you live in a great spot. A 20 and a 50 sounds like a good combination (and I love the old Takumar lenses - very characterful!) :-)

Not sure the best way to share it, but for a moment I thought the thumbnail was an image of mine as I’ve taken a photo of that same man standing against the same wall/door at night, from almost the same angle - incredible!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Haha - life's full of coincidences like that. I think this guy is often standing on the same spot - like many of these Soho characters :-)

Love it!

Dear Brian, excellent pragmatic and memorable tutorial. Excellent images ...it allows one to find his/her own alley in the darkness!

Thanks for video!

I was waiting for this video. Brilliant as always, Brian! I’ve tried your tips on night shooting already and I can honestly say that the quality of my pictures has already improved a great deal. Thank you for sharing.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Piotr! That's great to hear and I look forward to seeing more of the results!

Great information!

for now, i watch your all videos. Im really proud from my self, because i though things like you. My biggest problen is to go near object. I live in small town in Finland. We dont´t have neon lights like soho. Your videos really make me think differntly. sorry my bad english, Keep going for this in street fotos!

Wow, that shot at 4:33 with the guy who absolutely looks like a bibliophile - great! I can recommend Brian's night street shooting course. I was on one recently a little before the latest lockdown and had a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend! Hope all's well with you and look forward to catching up soon :-)

One of the best channels ..thank you sir for your time and the info put into your videos

I'm really enjoying your videos. I've been shooting street (mostly night) for about four years now, and always looking for insights and tips. I learn a lot from your vids, and really enjoy the delivery. Your lessons have helped me improve a lot - Thanks!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Neil - that's super feedback and great to hear. Please stay tuned for lots more!

This is awesome, incredibly thankful to get this much information from a professional for free!

@StreetSnappers

2 жыл бұрын

It’s my pleasure Brodan :-)

I totally love your channel. I think it is the most instructive and interesting channel , there are lots of channels that are visual but there is no real explanation of how everything works. Please keep doing this. I will get your book soon .

@StreetSnappers

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - very kind of you to comment :-)

Hi Brian, I've just discovered your channel. Thanks for the wealth of information you have provided, I am amateur landscape photographer and just starting out with night street. It's helped me get my mojo back. 👍🏻

Superb tutorial. Some great photos. Thank you.

Thanks Brian, You’ve given me an idea for a project. Much needed!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

That's good news! Could you drop me an email with your idea?

Awesome video, Brian. Great tips for everyone, especially the one about underexposing night shots by up to 2 stops, which, as you said is counterintuitive, but produces amazing results. Thanks so much for posting this!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear from you, Pat - and I really appreciate the comment. Hope life is good over there :-)

@canturgan

3 жыл бұрын

That isn't underexposure, that is correct exposure. Placing the shadows was the term used in the Zone System. It's useful to understand exposure and reading histograms.

Very insightful, as always. Thank you!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Itai :-)

Excellent video, Brian and a great refresher.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Janet! I hope all's well with you :-)

Thanks a lot Brian! As always, I got plenty of inspiration and a load of useful tips from this video 👌👍🔝

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for the feedback, Peter!

Thanks so much for this video Brian. I really enjoy watching your vids and your way of sharing your knowledge. Can't wait to get out and practise some of your tips. Cheers

@StreetSnappers

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the feedback, Frostie :-)

Great video, Brian. Very helpful and inspiring. Learned a lot of from this.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the feedback - glad you liked it! :-)

Thanks for sharing,am learning to take good photo in street at night.this are very helpful,appreciated. From Malaysia

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, Ryan - and greetings from London!

Many thanks Brian, very constructive and thoughtful advice...I have not really tried much night shooting, but you have definitely given me food for thought!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, Jeff - do give night shooting a try!

Really enjoyed your video. Great tips. I'll definitely look out for your night photography course as I live in London. Thanks again for the great video.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - that's good to hear! and good luck with your street photography :-)

Very Nice! Excellent presentation. Happy New Year! I've learned a lot from you, thank you, and keep them coming!

Thanks for this Brian. I'd love to come on one of your workshops when it becomes safe to do so. I met you a few years ago at The Photography Show and have been influenced by your work ever since. I'm still a newbie to street stuff but keep trying hard, and trying to take on board what I have learned from your videos. All well and good, but nothing will be as good as actually being there!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments! Just keep getting out there and doing it - putting in the mileage is the best advice I can give. Hope to see you on a workshop one day :-)

Thank you sir for amazing lessons.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure - thanks for watching :-)

"Watch out for those knife-wielding muggers hiding in the shadows waiting to slit your throat... but don't let that put you off." Lol!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

haha :-)

Very inspiring, very instructive and excellent examples. Another fantastic video. Many thanks 🙏🤗

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind comments, Andreas :-) Please stay tuned for lots more to come!

Interesting as always to listen to - Thanks Brian

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andrew - kind of you to say so :-)

Talks such good sense !

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Ivan!

Excellent video Thanks for all the great advice

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Andy. All good wishes for 2021 :-)

I struggled to get night shots to look like "night" until i realised a combination of LED street lamps and AUTO ISO was turning night into day. I now set ISO to 5600k and things looking much more "night".

Thank you 😊 simple and educational 👌

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Samar. Please stay tuned for lots more to come!

I really enjoy 😊. Thanks 🙏🏼

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)

Very interesting ! Thank you !

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Philippe - my pleasure!

Another informative and encouraging video, thank you. Good to hear that shooting at night should be no more difficult than shooting during the day. Unfortunately I am that person who has a random collection of unconnected images! lol! All a work in progress. I look forward to working with the street lights and weather at night in the months ahead and I'll be revisiting this talk again for reference. Keep up the good work! Thanks

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, Emma! It's great to see how your work is developing - please keep it coming!

Thank you for this very fine and helpful episode 👍🙏

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Bernhard - thank you for watching!

Getting interersted of Street photograph. Tks a lot for the valuable lessons.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Please stay tuned - lots more to come :-)

Brian! Great video’s with loads of useful info. Looking for a less painful start to my street photography journey ;) take care!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pawel, that's great to hear. Best of luck with your street shooting :-)

Thank you very much for this interesting video.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Joan - thanks for watching :-)

gooooooood

Thanks!

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great video, per usual. :)

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks matey. I hope all's well with you. Are you doing much shooting or keeping a low profile until all this blows over?

Thanks for sharing, great informative film, I have now dialled in my settings and looking forward to hitting the one main street in my town tonight. ... Might need a brolly though, cheers Ian

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian. I think it's much more difficult at the moment because the streets are so quiet - but good luck and I hope you get a few keepers :-)

Two great tips that'll correct my night shooting nightmares. Cranking the iso up and trying not to be overly worried and secondly underexposing at night. I always thought it was my high iso that was blowing my efforts out. I cant wait to experiment now. Thank you Brian

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

I loved reading that, Harry! Best of luck and I hope it works for you :-)

I love shooting streets at night and doing that more and more in fact. This video matches my experience. Still searching for my style... still not decided if I really want to have one and stay closed inside. That's where projects make more sense to me than just style (who can become boring as time goes...). Anyway, always interesting to watch your videos. Thanks

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, Yoann. I agree about projects - definitely the way to go! Good luck with your street photography :-)

I shoot mostly for Black & White (Fuji Pan-F recipe jpegs + RAW). High ISO on the X100V isn't an issue at all with black & white, in fact I have often added (photoshop) noise to "take the digital edge off". 12800iso can result in more pleasing images than 160iso sometimes, and the Fuji "grain" simulation option can work nicely if it's not overdone. The X100V has a superbly sharp lens but it can sometimes render things too sharp, too clinical, for the look I'm after. Of course it's much better to start with too sharp than not sharp enough. Great videos.

I must try this once lockdown is over. Fingers crossed it will be ok over Christmas.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, hopefully back to some kind of normal soon. Good luck!

Very good ✌️

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jason! :-)

Thanks. I’m looking forward to shooting at night.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck with it Jim - let me know how you get on.

Interesting that you prefer a slightly longer lens at night Brian. I do too. Some great tips here, I particularly like the point about visualising the night as a feature within images rather than 'could've been shot in daylight'.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt - and good to hear from you. Best of luck with your night shooting - keep the pics coming!

Good tips 🇳🇱👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Arco :-)

Dayum my man built like Mike Tyson 💪😆

Thanks this is really helpful, as ever. It's help demystify the whole 'night shooting' idea and inspired me to give it a go.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Chloe - I hope you give it a try!

Great job, Brian. As always an interesting video with some great ideas and good examples. I am an admin in a Danish Street Photo Facebook group and the theme of the month is "Night Shooting". So this video comes as send from heaven and I will share it in that group. My favorite photo is at 12:27. Alfred Hitchcock is on the run ! English is not my primary language, so in that sense - I will praise you for talking clear and not too fast. That means people like me understand you. I have sometimes aborted a video, because the speaker talk soo fast, that my brain can´t translate the words in that speed soo fast and I miss the point in the video.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Daniel, for your kind comments and I'm glad you like the videos! Good luck with your night shooting :-)

another very informative vid. thank you for the effort and sharing. would it be possible to have the image data fstop/ss/iso on the screen when you show your wonderful examples. i would find such information very useful. btw-wonderful video quality in your presentation. the detail on your green sweater was impressive. XT3? if so, which lens? i am an appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good suggestion and I’ll give it some thought - thanks. The camera was an X-H1 (with the Eterna film sim) and 16-55 zoom. The jumper was made by my mother in law ;-) !!!

I've only got the 23mm f.2 lens or the 27mm 2.8 sadly but will get some night shots with my 2.0 and see how it goes.

@aminmotin

3 жыл бұрын

I attended one of Brian's night shoot workshops and I worked with a 23mm f2.0 lens - I would have liked a 1.2, but the lack of a fast aperture didn't hold me back as much as I thought it might. As Brian says, if you're like a moth being drawn to the light then you are going to have some light to work with. And high ISO doesn't usually spoil a well composed and interesting night street photograph.

@paulchoccyt1303

3 жыл бұрын

@@aminmotin Thanks

Great video as always, so thanks you Sir! Could you make the same video quality, about zone focusing in street photography please sir? Best regards.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, there’s a zone focusing video coming soon!

Hi Brian, I love your videos and your very clear way of teaching. I'm shooting with a Sigma 16mm F1.4 on a Sony a6600 aps-c and have ordered the 56mm F1.4. Was just wondering about something. I can understand using manual focus when setting up a composition or waiting and fishing, and I appreciate that at night, autofocus might not always be the best way. But what about catching fleeting decisive moments that might come and go in a second or two, do you not find you can miss some of those type of shots while tuning in the focus?

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lee - thanks for raising an interesting question. If I'm shooting with anything wider than 35mm (in full frame terms), I nearly always use zone focusing, with the lens at f/8 or f/11 and pre-focusing at around 9 feet. With the camera set up like that, it's rare to miss a moment. But it wouldn't work well with anything longer like your 56 so I'd just have to trust the AF.

@leecollins5564

3 жыл бұрын

@@StreetSnappers Thank you Brian, that's a great answer! I understand better now. I'll give zone focusing a go with my 16mm. Looking forward to your next video and maybe I'll see you on the street one day or night :)

Once a friend of mine was singing at a bar and I took a few pictures. I only had the inbuilt flash and it was a scandal to use, you know, to focus it behaves like a strobe on Canon APS-C cameras. So I took a few pictures without using the flash and I thought they would come out terrible, ISO 12800. They lost a ton of detail, off course, but they were still cool enough for social media and they overall showed everything that was there to be shown if you didn't pixel peep.

Excellent tips, Im very grateful for your experience,,, do you ever use a tripod at night ???

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback, Ray. No, I never use a tripod; for me, it would take away all the lovely spontaneity of night shooting - I prefer to travel light and be nimble!

This is quite off-topic, but I was wondering if you know of and could recommend any photographers that combine urban and natural environments in the same picture, or deal a lot with the relationship between the two? Perhaps, essentially, a hybrid street/landscape photographer.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

That's a really interesting question and I can think of anyone who successfully combines the two genres. But there must be someone out there . . . . I'll do a little research!

curious - have a connection with each photo you take and one thing that can help is to take photo as a project to have a cohesive style. BUT Dont be a one trick pony or things will look the same. Something long the lines of finding that balance of not being too random but to keep and open mind to try different things within the context of that project. im still now a little confused about the difference between having a style VS having your photos all look the same? one thing I hope you could touch on is night time flash photography but maybe thats something thats really no longer accepted compared to the past photographers who use flash in the streets.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Hi - I think I was trying say consistency of approach, maybe eventually leading to a style you could call 'yours', but not to the extent where everything has an identical look. As for flash, I personally don't use it as I think it changes the atmosphere too much - but I've seen good work from people who do use it, so I guess it's a personal choice :-)

@JayGrapherTh

3 жыл бұрын

@@StreetSnappers thank you

As usual, clear and instructive tips, for which many thanks. I had a bit of a quibble in the first part when you stated: "There's no reason night shooting should be any more complicated than day-time shooting." But you clarified things later on when talking about lenses. My take-away is that, yes, gear DOES matter, despite all the hogwash to the contrary. My 'night set-up' could only be a Canon 550D and a 28mm lens, about 43mm equiv. Said lens opens at F/2.8, said camera (10 years old) only goes to 2000 shutter speed. I've had my eye on Fuji for some time but for now it's just not in the cards. So, for the while, I'll continue with the day-time shooting.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Hi James, I wonder if you're confusing shutter speed with ISO? My shutter speed is usually 1/30th or 1/60th at night - and it's the ISO that ends up being 2000+. So I think with your camera/lens, night shooting is definitely possible!

Maybe light itself becomes moment right light right moment

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it could - interesting point :-)

As a budding street photographer who loves working at night (on my own), this is really useful info. Many thanks

Glad I found your channel. Very helpful, straight forward tips and content. Do you think a 24mm FF is too wide for street photography?

I have to admit, this saddens me a bit because by your standards my X100V, I just paid 1400 bucks for, is inadequate for night photography with it's F2.0 aperture.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry! Anything faster than f/2 is ‘nice to have’ but far from essential. Quite a few of the shots in my video were taken with the X100F or V and it is more than adequate. Please don’t give up!!

@waregreg

3 жыл бұрын

@@StreetSnappers Thank you Sir, I surely will not. I appreciate your efforts, prompt response, and honest opinions. Thanks again. I wish you much success!

how about don’t stress, just see what’s up and take some great pictures.

@StreetSnappers

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s certainly good advice!

Fuji is very lucky to have you as the ambassador, I watched almost all the videos. All info is very useful. Thank you so much. I bought the fuji t 4. And 35 mm lenses. I hope I will like the camera. And nice sweater!😊

@StreetSnappers

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very kind, Olga - thank you!!

I just wanted to thank you, this video is exactly what I needed and I think that my style of street photography is just like yours, but I was always too afraid of high ISO. I'm still finding my style and what really interest me, but because I live in Estonia and it gets really dark here, besides snowing I was wondering what do you think of the 16-55 for street photography? I'm thinking of buying it because of the weather sealing but after watching some of your videos I'm a little bit concerned by the 2.8 aperture.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jesus, I'm glad it's helpful. The 16-55 is a great lens but I would find it too big / heavy for street photography. If you need weather sealing, the 23mm f/2 may be the perfect lens.

Can I go outside by myself to take photos during the lockdown?

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

I think if you make a special trip to take pics, then it's against the rules (or against the spirit of the rules). But if you're out do something else, such as an essential trip, and you have your camera with you and take some pics - that's probably fine.

Please show your photos where you used a high ISO in low/dim light. For example, a street shot of a person lit by a street light and the rest of the street in semi-darkness. By high ISO I mean 3200, 6400 or higher. I would like to see what you find acceptable noise levels in your photos. Thanks.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fred, I'll try to show these in a future video. I regularly shoot at 6400 and yes, there's some noise in the shadow areas (which can be reduced a little in post) but I don't let it worry me - especially in B+W.

@fredwestinghouse2945

3 жыл бұрын

Ok great, look forward to it. When I shoot at 6400, bright day, subject in shade, the subject is too noisy for my taste. But I'll do more tests and get to know what is tolerable for my tastes.

I found the information useful however, it was hard to concentrate because of the constant sound of lip plasking.

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I do my best but I’m a street photographer, not a professional presenter - nobody’s perfect I guess.

@C.Radulescu

3 жыл бұрын

@@StreetSnappers I am sure you do. Don't take it personal because I have a personal issue with this. I am also aware and working on my obsessiveness. Again, thanks for the great tips!

My stile of shooting is mostly at night, by the dawn. I was assaulted once five years ago. If someone wants your camera or anything you have do not resist, give them what they want. Happily I continue shooting but we have to take all the care for ourselves at any time of the day.

Great Video… I have the Fuji 50mm f2. Will this be fast enough for night shooting? Thanks 🙏

These cameras are low light cameras not 'no-light' cameras. Find a place well lit at night. Place camera in Manual mode and be a real photographer.

Your camera will be liberated in SA

good lord, street photography is so banal. everyone is trying to be the next HCB

@StreetSnappers

3 жыл бұрын

They have a lot of work to do!