STREET SMARTS
Photography week|June 17, 2021
Photojournalist Colin Moody shows an aspiring street photographer how to capture her own narratives
Colin Moody
STREET SMARTS

THE PRO

COLIN MOODY

CAMERA: VARIOUS

Colin moved to Bristol 11 years ago from London, and hasn’t looked back. He splits his time between photojournalism assignments, leading workshops, putting on exhibitions and authoring photography books. Colin has been mentored by Martin Parr, and his work has won various awards. See more of his work at https://bit.ly/3a9azvt

THE APPRENTICE

CASSIDY GRACE

CAMERA: NIKON Z 6

Cassidy is from Cardiff, and is finishing her bachelor’s degree in journalism and media at Bristol’s University of the West of England. She enjoys travel and portrait photography, but wants to spend more time capturing the city she’s called home for the past few years.

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

Colin showed Cassidy how to set up her camera to maximise her chances of capturing eye-catching street shots

MANUAL MODE

Colin says… I shoot in Manual mode unless I’m using a point-and-shoot camera as I need to be able to rely on my settings. Street photographers have to act quickly, and although automatic functions work well most of the time, you need to ensure the camera doesn’t deliver any surprises.

CAMERA SETTINGS

Colin says… We started at ISO200, which was ideal as we were outside with plenty of light. I often use lower f-stops to create a shallower depth of field and pull the subject from the background. I’ll shoot above 1/125 sec to avoid lots of motion blur, or below 1/100 sec if I want to make blur a feature.

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