{
  "id": 11666476,
  "title": "Want to improve your street photos? These simple tips will make you a better photographer – guaranteed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/want-to-improve-your-street-photos-these-simple-tips-will-make-you-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T10:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Amateur Photographer",
    "slug": "amateur-photographer",
    "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/want-to-shoot-better-street-photos-these-simple-tips-will-make-you-a-better-photographer-guaranteed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mike Chudley's new book, Find Your Focus: A Street Photography Masterclass, challenges the notion that street photography is solely about finding the perfect subject. Instead, it emphasizes the importance of honing one's observational skills to notice what is already happening around you. The author argues that street photography is one of the most accessible genres, with a variety of resources available online, including Instagram accounts, YouTube channels, workshops, and competitions.\n\nChudley, a younger voice in the genre, has built a significant online presence with 145K subscribers on his YouTube channel and 40K followers on Instagram. He believes that street photography is an antidote to distraction in today's image-saturated society. The book covers camera advice, technical guidance, and composition rules, but it consistently returns to the fundamental idea of looking properly.\n\nThe author introduces the concept of 'triggers' as elements that catch the eye, such as colors, shapes, shadows, or gestures. He encourages photographers to play a game of 'what if' – imagining how a scene might change if a specific element were added or altered. For instance, considering how a red-wearing person could enhance a scene with a red background or background element.\n\nChudley compares street photography to a treasure hunt, where the goal is to discover visual opportunities rather than simply following established methods. He suggests treating the act of wandering around with a camera as a means of exploration, much like a game of Snap where the objective is to find relationships between colors, shapes, people, clothing, and architecture. At the Bank of England, for example, a woman in light clothing with red details walking between two black bollards with red details demonstrates how seemingly unrelated elements can create a compelling composition.\n\nThe book is not just about following rules but also about learning to recognize opportunities and being open to breaking them when necessary. Chudley's approach to the 'rules' of street photography is refreshingly relaxed, encouraging photographers to learn these principles, understand their advantages, and then feel confident enough to break them.",
  "summary": "Mike Chudley’s new book argues that street photography isn’t about finding the perfect subject. It’s about learning to notice what is already happening around you. The post Want to improve your street photos? These simple tips will make you a better photographer – guaranteed appeared first on Amateur Photographer .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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