An important component for many street photographers is the context within a scene. For many people, an image with no gaps in the frame for settings could be considered portraiture and not fall into any particular genre or style. Street photographers are very context-focused, they focus on rangefinders that allow you to look outside the frame. This commonly adopted method of street photography benefits the widespread use of wide-angle lenses.
Many street photographers want to capture both the main subject and the supplementary subject to complement or enhance the composition and provide context and context. So, considering this approach, what happens when you try using a longer focal length for street photography? Faizal Westcott explore this question and explain how he gravitated toward lenses that offered tighter collages and how it changed his approach to image creation. With so many YouTube channels focused on street photography, it’s a fresh and fun way to shoot, consider the equipment you probably use by default when out shooting. I recently make a video where I was trying to use the 85mm prime as my pivoting lens for my street photography and found it wasn’t the right focal length for me. So what do you think? Check out Faizal’s video, and if you haven’t already, consider combining your focal lengths and see what you can come up with.
