Blog on all things related to photography, weddings and the author's random thoughts on on-going pieces on the world. Opinions and perspectives are the author's. The author, Eugene Tan, is a full-time wedding and family portraiture photographer. he shoots primarily on the fujifilm system, a proud father/husband, and madly loves Leeds United.
Photo walk with wedding friends!
What happened was, Ryan, a fellow wedding photographer casually asked if we should find some wedding photographers and videographers to go on a street shoot together.
So I asked on a Instagram post to see if anyone wanted to join us if we had arranged.
Eventually, the photo walk that was supposedly a smaller scale one, quickly escalated to a bigger one that I had to scramble to seek help in finding a space to house everyone lol. It seemed like the wedding scene peeps has been waiting for a moment like this, to meet and chat with industry vendors but never had the opportunity.
Until I innocently asked one day.
Street photography and how I approach them (Photo walks with Fujifilm community)
I wouldn’t dare call myself a street photographer. In this day and age, who would? Oh wait - unless you’re one of those ‘photographers’ on the streets approaching pretty ladies, asking them for a photo. Heard that they are rampant on TikTok. ‘Hi I’m a street photographer, can I take your picture?” is how they begin. Cringe much. Even in China, they are getting increasingly popular. Even Straits Times term them ‘street photographers’ in this article here. Got to do your research, team at ST : (
But what I can claim, is that I love photographing on the street a lot. In fact, I got my start in this career, photographing on the streets.