My Portfolio: Street Photography
Street Photography
By Steve Huff
I have always been intrigued by street photography. It was not until I bought my first Leica M, an M7, that I started to shoot people going about their daily routine. These days, so many photographers gear up and hit the streets to capture a daily slice of life. Many street shooters believe in NO interaction with the subjects. I mix it up a bit and sometimes I may give some eye contact, a nod or even have a chat before taking the photos. It all depends on the person and surroundings. The #1 thing with street shooting is you have to drop your fear of shooting people in public. Just take a stroll, camera in hand, and don’t be afraid to capture the world around you.
The photos below were all shot during my travels around the world.
All shots below were captured with my camera of choice, the Leica M9. Also, some later photos were also captured with the wonderful Fuji X100.
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Tallinn Estonia 2011
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Pula Croatia 2011
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The next two shots were taken in Scottsdale AZ in December of 2010 with a Ricoh GXR
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St. Petersburg Russia 2011 – M9 and 35 Summicron
and more….
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i find it funny how Seal is taking pictures of people when people usually take pictures of Seal!
Stunning Steve. I always wonder if you do less post processing when you use the M9 than other equipment?
Thank you! The shots here had MINIMAL PP. All of it was done during raw conversion. Just exposure, contrast, color, etc. I used to do more PP but have gotten away from that a bit.
My favorite is still that 34th and Penn station one. The man rising from the ground makes you anticipate him coming into full view, which never happens.
incredible emotive stuff. love it.
Very strong set of streetphotos. Inspired me to look for different things and angles next time I go for a walk with my camera.
Second one has unhealthy amount of awesome sauce in it.
Amazing pictures ! very inspiring work for this difficult job of street photography !
Super Like! ^^
Although I saw most of them from other posts of yours, Steve, it still inspries me. Thanks again.
Just curious, about what is your favorite focal length to street shooting ?
Like 34 street penn station
and the one of Stella Artois, tough i think i know why you shoot that one
Fave focal length for street is 50. I also use 35 but 50 is a bit better for me. Thank you!
For me the girls with the guitar still stands out. There is so much joy in that photo…
Adventurous greetings,
Coen
lovely shots and great use of the leica M9
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The Penn Station pic from the Noct is one of my fav photos of the last ten years. Kick butt job!!
Wow, thank you!
Great pictures and great tips for street photography
Steve,
Even the valuable information you share through your website can’t overshadow this: you’re a gifted photographer. Making beautiful images is the goal. Thanks for reminding us with your work.
Love Love Love!! I’ve been following your blog for just over a year and can always count on you to inspire me to take photos! Thank you for inspiring LIFE.
Curious to know if you have model releases for all the images?
I am curious to know if you had model releases for the photos?
You do not need model releases when shooting on the street in public.
Thanks for the reply!
Very nice pictures . I just discoved this site by googling on the new fuji X100 . Steve , you really make me feel that I will sell my leica M7 ,my mamiya7II+50mm+80mm , my D700+24-70f2.8+105+85f1.4+50f1.4 to get leica M9 and use the 50 suicron that I have .Why carry so much weight when such a small and leight can do the same or even better .
It’s nice to be teleported to another time and place – great work Steve.
Very Nice Street pictures!
Nice shots Steve, I use both 35 and 50 for street, though I find tele less intrusive. I once tried to shoot a store keeper and he walked away when he saw my camera. I felt embarrassed.
Steve, I admire your photos! I from Russia. Whether you do postprocessing of the pictures?
Steve, I admire your photos! I from Russia. You do postprocessing of pictures? What for you the most important thing?
Steve… you’ve always inspired and amazed me with your Leica…. this site is the main reason I started to ditch my Canon collections and started a whole new life with M8, and hope to save some money for the M9-P…
so keep up the good work and I will come back more and more to learn a lot from you….
They’re all special, but i espacially like the one with the orange garbage bins & man emptying bags…the orange on the blue background is stark..its an evocative image of life which is always beating even in the early hours of the morning when most of us are oblivious & still in bed…
Great set of pictures. Nice balance between b&w and colour. Glad to see you freely mix them. How do you decide if the picture should be one or the other? Do you prefer b&w but if colour works then go with it? Thanks for the inspiration.
Hi Steve , Great photos ! there’s one in this category I think is the middle of page looks like you lend some in the streets used your Leica M9 ?
Image 9
It’s Seal the musician… Steve’s buddy, he has his own M9 plus the titanium m9 also.