UPDATE, 2026: My post-Strobist book, The Traveling Photographer's Manifesto: A Guide to Connecting with People and Place, is now available worldwide, in both print and audiobook editions.

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WIRED Video: Street Portraiture



It has nothing to do with flash, actually. In fact, it is all available light (in shade) and shot on taped-up white seamless. In this configuration, the open sun area behind you is almost like a huge, on-axis soft box.

But this isn't about the lighting. It is a good primer on overcoming your shyness of photographing others -- and how to interact with them in a quick, fluid environment. Something I suspect many people reading this site will appreciate.

FYI, the photographer is Clay Enos, and you can see more of his work here. And on top of that, he is a pretty consistent blogger, too.

Thanks much for the tips, Clay. And ditto to WIRED.com, for making the video embeddable.

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