Learn the Art of Street Photography
About the Street Photography Course
DPC offers a complete street photography workshop, consisting of a full day practical street shoot and online tutorials!
Practical excursion
The highlight of the street photography course is an exciting one-day practical street photography excursion under guidance of Danie Bester, one of SA’s foremost fine art street photographers.
Online Tutorials and Bonus Lightroom Presets
Students get exclusive access to an online classroom with over ten hours of tutorials wherein Danie discusses important creative aspects to prepare you for the practical street excursion, including an introduction to editing your street photos. Participants receive 10 creative Lightroom Presets that will help you transform your best street photos into works of art.
Also included is a curated library of supplementary online tutorials by some of the world’s most influential street photographers to inspire and help you find your own street photography style. We also keep adding fresh materials to the online classroom for continued learning even after you completed the course.
Presented by
The Street Photography Course is presented by Danie Bester.
Danie is the founder of DPC and is a well-respected photography educator and accomplished fine art photographer. He has been hailed by Photo World Magazine, as a Knight of Photography as Art. Danie has over 15 years experience in street photography and exhibited and sold fine art street photos for over a decade.
Photography is not like painting. There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.
Key aspects
The most important aspects covered in the Street Photography Course:
- Turn your street photos into works of art!
- Constructive and real-time feedback from Danie
- Using light and shadow to create visually striking street photographs
- Using storytelling principles to bind your street photos into timeless bodies of work
- Creating visually striking images by incorporating interesting backgrounds and structures
- Identifying which street photos work better in colour, or in black and white
- Various techniques for perfectly timed candid photos
- Creative shutter blur and deliberate camera movement
- Legal aspects related to photographing strangers
- How to blend in and win the trust of strangers
- Essential camera gear for street photography
- How to use your mobile phone’s camera if you can’t use a camera
- Master Street Photographers; Then and Now
- Insights into street photography projects and curating your street photos
- Introduction to editing your street photographs
- Free Lightroom Presets to transform your street photos!
Who is this course for?
Anyone who is interested in the art of street photography including aspiring and experienced street photographers who want to learn the finer details and turn their street photos into works of art.
Course duration
Full 1-Day practical session and over ten hours of online recordings and supplementary tutorials
Requirements
- Any camera will do, including smartphone cameras.
- It is expected that participants who will be using cameras with manual controls like DSLR, or Mirrorless cameras, have a basic to intermediate understanding of how to set up your camera, e.g. controlling ISO, shutter speed, aperture, focusing, etc.
Cost
R1 500 per person. R300 Discount for ex-DPC students.