Setting the Scene: Street Photography in Paris

Lisa Michele Burns — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:00:36 +0000

Photographing Paris with a 50mm lens! Where bicycles pedal past boulangeries, buildings exude elegance and your camera will be snap happy all day long. This month it’s a special ‘Setting the Scene’ post because rather than focusing on a certain environment, I’m sharing tips about street photography from Le Marais in Paris. Known as a hip, historic and generally laid back quartier of Paris, Le Marais is the perfect place to wander with your camera capturing daily life in this fascinating city. Street photography has a broad definition but I like to bring it back to something simple, photography in a street. Too simple? Basically any photography taken in a street, of a street, in a city where a street is visible…I consider street photography. It can be of buildings, people, moving scenes, whatever you want! So let’s get started on some tips for setting the scene to capture street photography with Paris as our example. Planning the Location + Time Le Marais is photogenic regardless of the time you visit however to capture a series of unique images it’s best to time your shoot. I love the mornings, when people are riding their bike to work, picking up a...

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