Street Photography Magazine

Craig Litten – Don’t think…Shoot

Dec 17, 2021

50:20

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Craig Litten

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Quick takeaways

Successful street photography involves instinctive reactions, quick judgments, and framing the shot without overthinking.

Using zone focusing in street photography with a focal length of 28mm or 35mm and slightly under-focusing can lead to capturing desired subjects and achieving quick and instinctive shooting without the need to focus.

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Greg Litten's Background and Street Photography Journey

Greg Litten is a commercial photographer and former photojournalist based in Florida. He has been doing street photography since the 1980s and has always been fascinated with capturing people. He started his career in photojournalism and later transitioned into advertising and commercial photography. However, he still continues to shoot street photography with small cameras, primarily focusing on photographing people on the beaches of Florida.

Fusco's Train Photos: Capturing Spontaneity and Emotion

01:27

How to Shoot Street Photography

01:40

Being Stealthy and Observational for Great Street Photography Shots

01:14

A Photojournalistic Project and Shooting on a Small Rustic Pier

01:47

Introduction

3min

Street Photography: Thinking Like a Gunfighter

6min

Zone focusing and its application in street photography

2min

Street Shooting and Zone Focusing

5min

Street Photography: Distance and Focus

4min

Camera Techniques for Street Photography

17min

Discovering New Projects in Photography

11min

Recalling Past Encounters and Discussing a Photography Event

3min

Photojournalist and commercial photographer Craig Litten has e had a camera in his hands since he was 15-years-old. From the beginning, his desire was to photograph people.

This led to a 20-year career as a photojournalist producing more than 10,000 published photos in print. Most recently he has been working as an advertising and lifestyle photographer for clients like Bose, Mizuno, Sun Bum & HBO.

In his free time Craig is an avid street photographer where he applies his skills creating personal projects.

Craig believes your strongest street photos are created when you shoot things that capture your attention instinctively, without thinking. His philosophy is “Don’t think…Shoot.”

In today’s program Craig explains his zen-like method of building muscle memory with your camera to training methods used by gunfighters the old west.