5 Free Street Photography Lessons for Beginners
Learn street photography with five free practical lessons created by photographer Ido Biran.
Originally developed as a free WhatsApp street photography workshop in 2022, the course attracted more than 250 participants over five weekly sessions. Each lesson focuses on a different aspect of photography and includes practical exercises designed to help you develop your skills by photographing the world around you.
The lessons are suitable for complete beginners as well as photographers who already have some experience and are looking for new ideas and inspiration.
What makes street photography especially interesting—if not the most interesting part—is photographing people. After all, we are social creatures, and we love observing those around us. And that’s exactly where the camera comes in handy—it allows us to comfortably observe our surroundings and the people around us through the lens. Read more…
A major theme in photography—and in art in general. In fact, it’s impossible to talk about photography, or any other form of art (painting, music, sculpture, architecture, cinema, etc.) without talking about composition. Read more…
In the previous lesson, we talked, among other things, about how photography is a frozen and static format—one that doesn’t move—and that one of the challenges photographers face is how to create dynamic compositions that simulate movement within such a still medium.
We mentioned dynamic composition, which is characterized by subjects facing or moving in one direction—or several directions—either into or out of the frame. We also discussed open composition, where elements begin outside the frame and continue into it, or start within the frame and extend beyond it. Read more…
You know that moment when you're taking a picture, and everything just falls into place? You’re walking down the street and suddenly notice a beautiful bird you’ve never seen before, rising to fly off from one of the balconies. You decide to try and photograph it. You aim your camera (whether it's a regular one or your phone) and take the shot. The first picture doesn’t really work, and neither does the second. But on the third try, you click the shutter, and everything aligns— the sun shines beautifully on the bird, the background is nice and blurred with colors that enhance the image, and the composition comes together perfectly with great depth of field and layers. In short, you end up with an amazing shot. Straight to National Geographic. That moment when all the elements come together perfectly for you and the image is called ‘The Decisive Moment’. Read more…
Colors, gentlemen, colors... Ah, what would we do without them, tell me? As a photographer who takes 99% of his photos in color, and where color plays a significant role in his images, I don’t know if I would have entered the field without the transition to color photography. Read more…