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Going Candid…
An unorthodox approach to Street Photography
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"Street photography is like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get."
Thomas Leuthard
About Me
My name is Thomas Leuthard and I’m a
street photographer from Switzerland. I
started to focus on street photography in
2009 when I decided to take all my photos
with an 85mm lens in the streets. After
some time I realized that this lens was too
long for this purpose. The focal length
changed, the name remained and I got
closer and closer. Today I take some of my
street photos with a 50mm from a very
short distance.
Why I wrote this book?
There are several reasons why I wrote this book and why I didn't. I didn't write
this book to show off or because it's hip to write a book. I was starting to blog
on 500px and realized that people read it and that they wanted more. Some
people even mentioned that I should write a book. It's like with a lot of other
things. It just started small and got bigger. You cannot start big and say I want
to write a bestseller and get famous with it. It's not the way it works. This is
just a collection of my thoughts about street photography and some tips on
how you should work as a street photographer.
Why I give it away for free?
I'm very privileged to be a street photographer with the latest gear and the
ability to travel around the world. I can afford this through my full time job in
Information Technology. Some of my contacts from all over the world don't
have this privilege. But these people still want to learn about street photog-
raphy. They are eager and motivated to get out to the streets with their cam-
eras to make photos. Street photography is a very affordable way of photog-
raphy and I want to keep it likethatThat’swhy I publish this book free of
charge
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What is street photography for me?
Street photography has changed my life in a way that I didn't expect it would.
I suddenly have a plan in my life. I have an activity where I can use my creativi-
ty. I get challenged every day. I don't get bored because it's always different. I
can travel the world for a reason and I can meet a lot of people. And last but
not least I wake up in the morning with a smile. Street photography is not just
anotherwayofphotographyItsawayoflife
Why another book?
I’mnotinterestedinthehistoryofstreetphotographyortheoldmastersI’m
interested in the way it is done today and what kind of tools and possibilities
we have these days. Therefore it will be different to other books as it is my
personal experience written in my way of thinking. I sometimes tend to have a
slightly different view about things, but you will realize that during your read-
ing. I’minto streetphotographyformorethantwoyearsnowandit’sabout
time to write down everything I know about it.
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Table of Content
1.
Table of Content
4
2.
Introduction
6
3.
Equipment
8
4. It’sPrimeTime
10
5.
My Workflow
13
6.
Learn to see
16
7.
Have a Plan
19
8.
About Light
22
9.
Composition
25
10.
Camera Settings
27
11.
Decisive Moment
30
12.
Perspective
31
13.
Post Processing
33
14.
Color or B&W
37
15.
Grow your Balls
41
16.
Going Candid
45
17.
Safer Shooting
49
18.
3 Ways to Shoot
51
19.
The Law
52
20.
Legalize it
54
21.
Ethics
57
22.
Rocking Flickr
59
23.
Flickr Explore
66
24.
Marketing
70
25.
Copy is right
75
26.
Your own Style
79
27.
Some Excuses
83
28.
Traveling
85
29.
The Best Time
86
30.
New Places
88
31.
Balancing
89
32.
The Future
92

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