How to do street photography in a regular or ugly town?

Shivani118

I'm tired of "street photography" tutorials or courses that only give you generic tips (Don't be afraid, you can use your cellphone, take your portfolio with you, find interesting comp, etc.) then they show examples and (ironically): photos where 60% of the beauty is the location because the city has great architecture, lights, high rails, edifices, super aesthetic places everywhere, clean skies (no wires)... 30% is having a Sony A7RII with a Sigma Art 28-70 F2.8 lens with incredibly fast and exact auto focus, and 10% is genuine skill because they only did random images with cool settings, which isn't much of what I'm looking for.

Thank You.

Gregor Samsa

Shoot (or process) in black and white. Regular and ugly looks better in black and white.

dinneenp

Just look at some other people's sites/Instagram accounts. Loads of gritty, non-flattering ones out there.

https://www.oh-brother.co.uk/street-photographer-london/

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jul/23/around-dublin-with-street-photographer-eamonn-doyle-in-pictures

bemak

people often overlook the mundane in everyday life as subjects for photography - but I think they're exactly the type of photos you want to see in years to come

Cetyl Palmitate

I find the most difficult part as a beginner is getting close to your subjects. In some of the examples above from Eamon Doyle he is almost within touching distance of the people he is photographing. I would feel paranoid or assume I am being too intrusive getting that close.