Street Smart Photography: Staying Safe

I've been in precarious conditions when I take over-the-top chances.

One of Matthew Bamberg’s best sellers at Pixels.com is a colorized photograph of an abandoned building taken off an Arizona highway requiring a fence crawl.

You probably are keenly aware of the feeling.

An out-of-body experience while shooting on the street or while driving.

I don’t know about you, but watching where I’m going needs my utmost attention.

Or else…

It can be tragic.

My adrenaline sometimes gets the best of me.

The I-gotta-get-this-shot can come over a person as fast as lightning.

Spotting color while photo hunting has caused my breaks to squeak and exit abruptly off the highway. Not good.

Stay calm. You can always make a U-turn at the next traffic light if you’re going too fast.

Say you see a fantastic building behind a fence. I’m not a tall person. I’ve climbed fences off highways to capture sellable images because I couldn’t reach up far enough to capture a structure in the camera’s viewfinder.

The photo above is proof. Heck! It’s classic abandonment—mid-century modern style.