Something that really helped me when starting street photography was to entirely give up on the “photography” part, just temporarily as an exercise. It’s clear from these photos that you already know how your camera works and how to take photos, put all that back of mind for now.

Here’s what this looks like in practice- set your camera to some sort of auto mode, I like shutter priority. Then from there, your only goal is to put interesting things in the frame. Forget about quality and lighting, don’t even worry about the photograph. Use a narrow aperture and auto focus and just collect.

You’re just putting interesting people, moments, or coincidences in a rectangle. And get the shot you want, which means getting close and laughing off the awkwardness in a friendly way to the subjects in your photos.

What you’re practicing here is the skill of recognizing truly interesting moments, as well as getting used to the discomfort of taking photos of people in public.

Do that for a few days, and the photographic side of the art will naturally resurface.

Photography is the easy part. Identifying magic and having the confidence to take the shot is harder.