Street Photography Point-of-View 33 continues our first outing of the 2021 season, which we step up by adding a second GoPro 7 Black to the photowalk, giving even more visual aid to viewers learning how to use Snap Focus and the other many features in this Ricoh GR III Review video, including camera techniques, tips and street settings for any camera.

Snap focus on the Ricoh GR III allows you to set a focal length and not worry about focusing on your subject, making it the perfect camera for Street Photography, or just walking around snapping photos. You can purchase this camera, or any of the accessories in the description section of my Youtube videos.

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Independence Day 2020 was dampened by lockdown restrictions and a ban on public gatherings for fireworks displays, so that naturally kept most people out of Indianapolis on this Saturday. Fortunately there were enough folks out, including a guy trying to sell me a Leica, on payments, and a very patriotic moment with some armed forces members, that I was still able to come away with a video full of photos from my Ricoh GR III.

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Ricoh GR III Street Photography Point-of-View #7 takes us through the urban streets of downtown Indianapolis while I ask strangers if I can take their pictures. This is the best way to do street photography as it allows you to compose the shot, capture the personality in the subject's eyes, and possibly gain a follower, client, or even friend.

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I continue my testing of the Ricoh GR III by asking strangers in a small town if I can take their picture. I also grab some shots of the town's memorial to our fallen heroes, a nice throw-back ice cream stand, and some other photos along the way.

The purpose of the video is to show how to take advantage of an average walk around a small town, whether you're with your family, or just stopping by on your way to another location and don't want to lug around the DSLR or other large camera. The Ricoh GR III is perfect for this sort of photography, as it's not intrusive and doesn't really attract attention.

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In this Point-of-View Street Photography video, I walk downtown Indianapolis, Indiana asking strangers if I can take their photo with my Canon T3i camera and 18-55mm Kit Lens III. Most agreed, only a couple did not, yet they still at least talked to me.

The advantage of asking for a portrait, or picture, is that you get the subject to look directly into the camera, which is where the soul of the photo makes its appearance. It might be artsy to have the subject look away, or capture a candid shot when the subject looks at you, but when you ask to take their picture, the corner of the eyes slightly twitch upward, which is where the person's true character comes through. Even if they are not smiling, there is a sense of surrender that they are allowing you to take the photo.

In hindsight, I would have taken more closeup shots of these individuals. The situation was a bit different than usual, in that the Covid virus kept most of the usual workers off the streets, leaving the construction, security and civil employees, and the homeless. I normally do not approach homeless people for photos as I feel it's taking advantage of their situation, and I don't want capture them like animals behind bars in a zoo. But on this outing, it was hard to tell who was homeless and who wasn't, so I just started asking anyone I saw, and the payoff was some excellent portraits.

Sharp and Clear Canon 18-55mm Kit Lens III

I just recently purchased the Canon 18-55mm Kit Lens III to use on my T3i when I don't want to take out the Canon RP. This lens proved to be very sharp, very accurate, and despite being a kit lens, performed exceptionally well during this photowalk in May 2020 during the Covid lockdown.