One thing I have noticed on my walkabouts is there is a definite "warmup phase" to the day, as if I'm doing a workout! A good 20 minutes of finding the groove and limbering up. Great video.

I visit a local, larger city quite often, and will usually have a general objective for the day. Abstracts. People. Details. Etc… While working on the objective, I also work to be open to whatever else catches my eye and pay attention to changes since the last visit. Thanks for sharing your process!

Thanks, this is one of the best process videos I’ve watched, and studied. What makes it more valuable is that you direct the process to the artistic interests of the photographer and not to replicate someone else’s art (even your own), which is destined to fail. Well done!

Hello Roman. I'm from Portugal and a photography enthusiast - just a hobby, I'm really a teacher! I live in a small town, 70 km from Porto, and, in the past year or so, I've been going there regularly to "try" to do street photography! Your photographs of the city of Porto will certainly serve as an inspiration😉. Best regards.

The light, the light, the light! This is the best advice I heard all year! It ironic that as a photographer that needs light, I didn't think of it's nature and to "walk" with it. Thank you for this advice, and I will implement it on my next street walk. Also thanks for the photo set advice, this always slips my mind and I need a contact reminder about it.

I think this is your best video yet. Extremely engaging and well thought out. Fantastic job. As for process, I usually will focus on a specific neighborhood at a particular time of day, wander around and photograph whatever captures my eye, be it people , signs, architecture, angles formed by light and shadows, whatever. Not having a specific goal keeps expectations down and helps me have fun.

I feel like everyone is watching me as soon as I lift the camera up.

I can’t stop looking at the photo at 7:42 (the deer). I don’t know what it is about it but it really moves me. Its really calming.

Such a useful and practical video, thank you. I really liked learning about your process for taking photos and how that will affect your gear and location choices. I'm going to start to incorporate that more into my photography sessions. I tend to be a bit random and just shoot whatever catches my eye.

Great video Roman! You've been helping me go from beginner/rediscovering photographer to budding enthusiast over the past year. I've still got my note somewhere from your video telling us what basic exposure triangle settings you take as a starting point, and they're still always in the back of my mind. This video is perfect for the next level of photography-probably a bit too much for the beginner to take in properly but for someone that has been practising their craft for a while, 👌👌 just what I needed to improve my general methods and refine the things I've been doing right. Thank you!

Excellent! Thanks for all of the great pointers. I believe they will help all levels of photographers, beginners or pros.

I absolutely love how you present your thought process!

Actually, incredibly insightful, informative and very practical as well! Love it. And it's always very inspiring and motivating looking at your work.

This is a great video. Honestly I usually just get a feel for a video and rarely watch it through. Everything here made me want to finish it and I’ll definitely be watching it again.

I love your videos! They are so well put together and contain such great tips! Thank you so much for sharing this content! It's incredibly motivating 📸

Totally agree with "take photos of what YOU find interesting". I think doing that adds more vibrancy to photos. Also agree with some photos are just for you to remember the place/event/person. Am really enjoying your travels...hope to visit some of those places myself someday.

Great video mate! Watching your back-library really helps/helped me becoming a better photographer. I also studied photography at uni, then documentary, then lost my way a bit due to the daily grind (nothing related to my studies) and have now picked up a camera again (the XT3 btw) and I would say you helped swing this decision for which I am really grateful. Keep making youtubes! Your fan from Austria.

Your discussion of Balance is absolutely brilliant. This old man loves learning from you. Keep it up.

This is a video I've been waiting for. Thank you so much for sharing your process

Very well said. Great video and awesome photos mate!

Great work on this. Thanks!

Just wow, awesome stuff. I really learned a lot from this video. Thanks for sharing Roman! 🙌🏻

Great pieces of advice here. I like your channel very much!

I am really enjoying your posts. You talk so much practical common sense and I always learn a lot. Keep it up!

Roman, Thanks very much for your time and all that useful information, really help me a lot.

Brilliant video Roman! Amazing shots and photography wisdom throughout.

Thanks for the great video, amazing guidance!

Thank you for sharing this knowledge, really great content as always. Cheers.

Very helpful! I normally just hit the street and start compiling sets in post. Time to start thinking of my approach before I head out!

Great vid, Roman!

you are a living legend, thank you for the video!

Excellent video with lots of sensible information. Thanks.

Another great instructional video. Clear crisp and concise. Thank you for making it.👏👏👏

That video presentation was wonderful. It was informative and your points were supported by inspiring photos 😊

Excellent Roman! One of your best… I am always trying to improve my craft! These type of videos I find thought provoking! 👍

One of the most useful photography videos i have seen in a long time. Makes me want to go out and shoot new! Thanks Roman!

Very good video, Roman!

A yet another excellent video to learn from. Thank you.

I really enjoy your tutorials. You're great at explaining

brilliant as usual ! loving watching all your videos ...ive just traded in my old ex3 and the 16-80 with the xt-5 and a 16-55 and 50mm f2 its spot on !

I am totally hocked on your videos I am Austrian but live in Australia like Portugal and Spain very much and now got Fuji gear great videos you produce very motivating KZfaq to go out and do photography thank you I am a Camino walker with a camera

Great video. Very interresting. Always something to learn and to think with your videos and zines. Thanks Roman

Thanks for this videos. I’ve learned a lot. Greetings from Chile.

Thank you for this video it has really helped me

Roman, I really really really like your photographs. Great work! And thanks for your video. Again a great one.

I bought the XT-4 and the 15-55 lens per your recommendation for my Asia trip! Thank you so much for all of your advice and effort in your content.

Roman, you put those details very well and I am sure it will help loads of viewers . Light is something we often can do little about without resulting to flash . But that is missing the point. Windows , lamps and reflective surfaces all influence the perception of light . An example of this may be how the light falls on a part of an object that in itself is not particularly interesting , but then a shaft of light alters and the subject is enhanced and draws our attention and asks us how we are going to use it or ignore the subject . Intuitive thoughts are very emotive and come from observing a scene or reflecting on a image that appeared somewhere that caught our eye and our imagination . After light it is training our senses to see and react to what is before us and being willing to adapt and work the scene to achieve an outcome . Post processing does the rest . You are very good Roman . You take a complicated subject and convey it enjoyably .

Superb unfolding. |Thank you very much

This is one of the best instructional and informational videos I have ever watched in its genre. Bravo. Very well arranged, concise, yet content-rich and easy to follow, covering all that really matters in practice when doing street/documentary photography. I definitely had not thought of east-to-west route trick for setting yourself up for success. Thank you. (I’ve linked this video on my photography club’s page)

Nice video, Roman, thank you for putting these out, they have been helping me so much. In answer to your question - it's still early days for me as a photographer but I split my days into "homework" and "destination". It's pretty much how you described it. "Homework" days are where I am trying to work on some specific skill, so that tells me the lens choice, destination, and time of day. Although usually I'm lazy and it's backwards: I have time now, where can I get to and what can I work on there? I've got some ideas from books and courses and youtube videos and I might pick a few to do - "Take 20 pictures that feature stripes" or whatever. These are usually solo jaunts for an hour or less. "Destination" days are where my family or friends and I have already made plans to go somewhere, and I realize I can do some photography while we are out. Vacations would fit here, but also just "ooh we're going downtown" etc. So I work out what lens would be best for that destination at that time of day/weather and given the type of subjects I expect to encounter - which could be some specific landmarks or could be "oh a lot of people will be out" or "oh we're trying that new restaurant". The "route" and how that affects light isn't something I gave any consideration to before, so thanks especially for that. I guess I always imagine myself standing at "the" place instead of the route to and away from it, so all those shots in between. Gear is kind of an easy one - I only have three lenses at this point so there's not many choices! It's kind of a more humble version of your set up: a wider angle (16mm 1.4), a "nifty fifty" (35mm 1.7, manual and super-tiny!), and a zoom (18-55mm 2.8-4.0). I think I'd take the 35mm out more if it were auto-focus, hadn't realized how much I'd miss not having that option but given that my "destination" days are more grab-and-go, auto is handy. On vacation I am pretty good about getting the variety needed for a good story, but now you've got me thinking that I should make sure to think about story on my "random nights out" too. Wouldn't take much extra effort and will be a more satisfying collection for sure. Once again - thanks for the videos. Nice and straightforward, practical, approachable, and we get to see your nice photos.

“Take photos of what you like” - best advice ever. Thanks for a great video. Made me think!

Thank you. Lots of practical advice and some beautiful example shots!

Very interesting video, thank you so much Roman!

I usually come back to areas or things I see when I am either in the area or passing by

Thank you for a lot of useful things. Until recently, I rarely thought about what I would shoot when I went outside. I just went out and filmed everything that interested me. Now I began to think about what I want to shoot before going on set. And then just this video comes out during.

You really talk about make-or-break stuff that nobody else is mentioning (and I've looked a lot) Thank you!!

Its so important to work well and adapt to any situation with a small amount of lenses on hand, I've never found myself swapping between more than 2 or 3 lenses even if i have 6 in my bag and it forces you to know the strengths of particular lenses and work with them not just swap to whatever lens best suits the job like its a studio setting

Great video! Very comprehensive but at the same time very "simple"! Thanks a lot for sharing!

Thanks again for sharing your experience with great comments... video very helpful as a hobbyist I am still learning..... your tips give me food for thought when I am out & about.... cheers from Australia 😀

Such a fan of your videos, they're really helpful, thank you

Fantastic insight many thanks inspirational.

Outstanding video sir, thank you and subscribed . . .

Came across your video by KZfaq algorithm. It is interesting as you don't talk about the gear but more about the thought process. For me, the part that I like the most is the last one, the photosets as I always forgot that taking photos is about documenting the event of the day, so I should've included the "establishing shot" and introduced the subjects. I will be practising this from today: (1) Establishing shot, (2) Subject shot, (3) Detail shot.

Another factually interesting video mate interspersed with some great images, keep well.

My process is often this: big scene, tight scene, and some details. Love your ideas man!

Thank you Roman, for this Video,

Well explained, thank you

Big thanks! Really good tips!👍

What time of day do you usually shoot? Awesome video! Love learning about your process and have applied so much of what you've taught!

Thank you, Roman! Very helpful video!

This is so sickest, dopest, amazing, beautiful vid!!! I’ve seen these pics but I didn’t realize it’s a kind of good strategy.. thank you Roman!! Is there a fog outside? 😜

Great video! This helped me reevaluate my last couple times out shooting. I kind of just wandered and didn't come home with anything that I liked. I live in Chicago so I have no excuse lol. I'll keep these pointers in mind next time I go out, thanks!

One of your best. Congrats!

Dude you 100% nailed this one.

Screw the noise ! Best advice ever !

Great video, thanks :)

Great discussion Roman. Loved the part about `what you like' and the insecure folk who need to tell you where you went wrong. Also the last section on the photo set. Quite inspiring.

To echo the commenters below, I think this is one of your best videos ! Now I can walk about with a sense of organization to my outing, rather than walk about aimlessly & hope something worth photographing might pop up. Anything is photographic, but your interest & artistic creation may fit you & not others. Took hundreds of photos on our past three riverboat cruises & the composition probably wasn’t of museum quality, but to this day , the memories are.

Love this video, great tips, thanks

Great process ! To me a photo must tell a story, I fully agree with all you said.

Great video

Great video Roman, thanks 👍

Love this video!!

That train photo is staggering 👏. A great video idea would be your top 20 favourite photos you've taken of all time and the story behind them? 👍

benefits of knowing where you're shooting... Great info, thanks!

Brilliant video, thank you!

Very useful advice

Roman, great stuff, as always. We’ve got to get you to San Francisco. You’d love it.

hey, could you do a video explaining how you calculated the light being at the right angle for a trip out? I assume you use an app to do it, which?

Thank you very much, the video is very helpful!

Hi Roman, thanks for sharing your workflow, showing how much thoughts are going into your photos. I have yet to find a better street photography shooter, your content and personality are very awesome, I would like to know about your humour though 😀Love your work, keep going

love this and feel you could spend hours on each category! on subject, one of my friends was a successful songwriter and used to say, "if you like it, chances are someone else will too."

Really good video - many thanks! Do I have a process/purpose? I'm trying much harder when photographic inspiration strikes to immediately make a brief note on my phone - then (try to) remember to consult those notes and then plan and pre-visualise - it's beginning to work!!!

great video as always :)

Very wisely said: "it's not something that you'll learn watching this video, book or photography course. It's something that will come naturally to you as you spend more time doing photography".

Fantastic video, Roman.

Great video!

Thank you so much for this video. It helps a lot..👍👍👍

Very helpful, Roman

This is such a practical help to so many. Knowing why and how helps us all to stop and ask ourselves the same question. Thank you for all your content