street photography Archives - Rudy Giron Photography

#PhotoTips: How to Use Natural Frames to Make Stronger Images

Whenever possible use natural frames to make your images more interesting and stronger⁠. ⁠ Today’s shot was made during one of the Antigua Photo Walks I lead around town. I was sharing some of the best street photography practices and creative frames to capture...

#PhotoTips: Try to anticipate what is going to happen next.

Always carry a camera with you, even if it is your smartphone camera or a point and shoot camera. Better yet a compact camera with either a sort of normal lens, 35mm, 40mm or 50mm lens. Also, try to anticipate what is going to happen next. Visualize how the elements...

#PhotoTip — Include movement and clean background in your frame.

Try to frame your subject against clean background whenever possible. Also, try to include movement or the idea of movement in your frames to make your photographs more dynamic. Slide left to see a previous frame which fails in both of these tips street photograph...

Welcome to my pandemic photo project for Antigua Guatemala

Welcome to the new normality of the pandemic-interrupted reality. After taken a much-needed hiatus from blogging here, I’m back to sharing with y’all images from my pandemic photo project. Even though there’s plenty of lockdown images from other...

#StreetPhotographyTip — Kissing couple framed within three sets of arches in Antigua Guatemala.

This image was during a recent photo walk where we were practicing how to use natural frames and sub-framing. Believe it or not, the human elements came together within seconds. First the couple walked into the frame and sat almost dead center inside the arched...