Street Manual

A field guide for street photographers.

by Luke Carey

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Telephoto on the Street

A longer focal length - 85mm to 135mm equivalent - lets you work from a distance. Subjects are unaware. Expressions are natural. The compressed perspective stacks elements in the frame in a way wide angles can't.

This is observational photography. Less confrontational than wide and close, but capable of different pictures entirely.

Watch for: camera shake at longer focal lengths - keep your shutter speed up. And watch for the background becoming as prominent as the subject due to compression.

Camera Settings

85–135mm equivalent | Shutter: 1/focal length minimum | Work from distance

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