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Street & documentary photography What makes a great street photograph

Street & documentary photography

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Getting started

Welcome: what you will learn

What makes a great street photograph

Camera or phone: what you need

Seeing and composition

Light and shadow

Layers and framing

Waiting for the moment

Quiz: composition

Camera skills

Manual settings for the street

Zone focusing and shooting fast

Photographing people

Approaching people

Ethics, consent and the law

Practice: a street series

Documentary photo stories

What a photo story is

Planning a photo story

Practice: a 10-photo story

Editing and presenting

Selecting and sequencing

Editing in Lightroom or on your phone

Photo walks and certificate

Hands-on photo walks and field sessions (dates and locations by email)

Your certificate and joining the Pahana Media community

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