Finding a good spot with great light and staying there to work the scene, this is how I now approach street photography I have in the past waited in a spot for hours working it. Most of the time I wait at a spot until the light has gone and as is the case with Cambridge market I’ll always revisit to work the scene over and over.
Working the same scene over and over can sometimes be because the city where you live is small and there’s only a few places with good footfall and there’s the other reason why I will work the same scene over and over and that’s because I haven’t captured a photo I’m happy with.
Don’t dismiss a scene because your bored going back to the same area, something I’ve learnt over the years I’ve been shooting on the streets is that everything will refresh and something new and different will happen. I’ve been finding this more and more as I continue to shoot in my hometown and in Cambridge and I know this is down to me growing as a street photographer.
The benefits more than out weigh the negatives about finding spots and working them until you achieve your vision, you start to understand how the light acts and you being to learn the best times of the day and year to work that scene.
The following photos are from 2 areas I like to visit in Cambridge
