I’ve been meaning to update the street photography part of my blog all week, so this is just a quick update until I can sit down and write something properly (I’m no internet blogging genius like fellow Southender Warren Ellis). Anyway something that has been keeping me busy is the sale of several street photography prints to an events and training company in central London. The A2 black and white prints are from Brick Lane and Shoreditch in East London. I know it is slightly vain to say but they do look bloody fantastic and can’t wait to see them framed and on the wall at the venue opposite the Museum Of London (obviously if you’re interested in buying any of my street photography prints drop me an email).

Brick Lane Street Photography

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Following on from my 10 street photography tips for beginners I wanted to expand further on a part where photographers new to the genre can go wrong. I regularly receive emails from people wanting tips and advice of how to improve and often look at the critique threads amongst the more active Flickr street photography groups. One of the most common problems with many of the pictures is that they are taken from behind the subject.

Southend Tower Blocks

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After a mini hiatus from street photography I’ve returned to pounding the streets of Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Bethnal Green in East London over the past couple of weekends. Unlike doing documentary work of the Occupy protest movement or even unexpectedly finding myself in the middle of a riot, street photography is therapeutic in an odd kind of way, or maybe I’m just weird?

A part of street photography that I like is the lack of purpose. Generally you aren’t going to make much money from street photography apart from the odd print sale or perhaps newspaper report. That means you don’t have to worry about running around trying to catch the best shot like at an event, you can sit back, relax and wait for the scene develop in front of you. On the flip side that means you could spend a couple of hours intending to do “street photography “and go home empty handed.

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