Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri is a french street photographer who treats his camera like a sketchbook as he strongly believes that photography is an immediate reaction like drawing is a statement on how artists observe the subject etc. Henri likes to treat is camera like a sketchbook also to spot the awareness and the naturalness to master the instant moment in a photograph which helps him to question the persons view on something where us photographers will be photographing the decisive moments while subject is looking at something mysteriously and lost in thought which is interesting as it makes me question on their expressions.

Henri's advice to photographers is to apply geometry to images because if you look at the composition of his images he experiments in vertical, horizontal,and diagonal lines, curves, shadows, triangles, circles, and squares to his advantage. He also paid a great deal of attention to frames by looking through his view finder with full concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity and a sense of geometry. Street photographers can's only see the world as it is, we need to look for shapes and geometry that happen naturally. The images we take need to Open up our mind and break the environment into different formal elements. Look for lines that could include beams of light on ground, that may lead to subjects or squares that may frame the image. Making images poetic with your images by capturing a theme and story on what you are passing.

When photographers are out shooting and see fascinating scenes, it is important to wait for the right person to walk by to complete image.