Free Street Photography Walks & Guides

Self-guided street photography walks designed to slow you down, sharpen your eye, and help you make more meaningful street photographs.

Pick a walk. Open it on your phone. Tap Start Walk. Work the prompts. Repeat the walk another day.

Available Guides

What the Guides Are

These are not sightseeing routes or lists of “best locations”. They’re structured photography walks through real, everyday places, designed to help you practise seeing rather than chasing.

Each walk gives you:

  • A clear route you can follow at your own pace

  • Thoughtful stopping points with prompts and exercises

  • Enough structure to stay focused, without telling you exactly what to shoot

They’re designed to be repeated. The same walk can feel completely different depending on the light, the time of day, or your own personal headspace.

Some days you’ll come back with photographs. Other days, you’ll come back having noticed more than you did last time.

The three things every walk is built around

  • A woman with blonde hair, wearing a maroon sweater and earrings, standing on a city street during daytime. She is holding a black and white handbag and looks directly at the camera. Behind her, tall buildings and other pedestrians are visible.

    Light

    Light is the driver behind everything here. Where it falls, how it shapes space, and how people move through it often matter more than subject or location.

    These walks encourage you to recognise good light, stop when you find it, and wait.

    Sometimes nothing happens. Sometimes everything does.

  • A man running up stone steps with fallen leaves, while a woman sits on the steps reading a book and wearing a trench coat and boots.

    Composition

    Rather than chasing people, these walks push you to build frames first.

    Layers, geometry, background control, and separation come up repeatedly.

    Not as rules, but as tools for making sense of busy environments and simplifying what’s in front of you.

  • A person with a blue jacket and jeans is lying face down on the sidewalk, partially behind a low stone barrier in front of a historical building with columns and windows.

    Moment

    Moment doesn’t have to mean all-out-action. It can be hesitation, humour, connection, or the smallest human reaction.

    Many of the exercises deliberately limit how much you shoot, because intention usually produces better photographs than volume.

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Safety, Ethics & Boundaries

These walks are designed for public spaces and everyday situations, but how you behave matters just as much as what you photograph.

You’re encouraged to:

  • Stay aware of your surroundings, especially in busy or unfamiliar places

  • Avoid blocking pavements, entrances, or people going about their day

  • Trust your instincts. If something feels uncomfortable, move on

Ethically, the emphasis is always on observation rather than intrusion. You don’t need confrontation, permission-seeking drama, or bravado to make strong street photographs.

Each walk includes a short, practical note on local legalities and expectations, so you understand where you stand before you start.

How to use the guides

There’s no single “correct” way to approach these.

You might:

  • Follow a walk from start to finish as a single outing

  • Drop into one or two stops and work them deeply

  • Revisit the same walk months apart and see what changes

The exercises are deliberately transferable.

What you learn on one walk should help you wherever you photograph next, whether that’s another city, another country, or your own local streets.

Available walks & guides

More walks in other cities and countries will be added over time.

London Street Photography Walk: West End and Soho

If you want a London street photography walk that actually feels doable, try this one.

It’s not a list of “best locations” that leaves you wandering about like a lost tourist, but a proper route you can follow.

Area: West End, Soho, Covent Garden

Duration: 2–3 hours (full route) or 60–90 minutes (short route)

Stops: 12 guided stops

Focus: Layers, people flow, light, and moments inside busy streets

Explore this Walk

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Who are these guides for?

These walks suit photographers who enjoy observing people, patterns, and behaviour, and who are happy working with what’s already there.

You don’t need to be an expert or technically obsessed. A small camera helps, but curiosity helps more.

If you’re looking for guaranteed shots or quick-hit locations, this may not be your thing.

If you’re interested in building a more thoughtful, repeatable way of seeing, you’ll likely feel at home here.

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Editing your street photographs

These walks are about seeing first, not editing. But once you get home, the way you treat the photographs matters.

All of the images you’ll see across these walks are edited using my own Lightroom presets. They’re built to work with real street photographs – mixed light, fast moments, imperfect frames – not studio-perfect files.

They work with any camera brand, not just Fujifilm, and they’re designed to be a starting point rather than a heavy-handed look. Subtle contrast, clean monochrome, colour that doesn’t shout.

If you already have an editing style you’re happy with, ignore this completely. If you don’t, or you’re still searching, they might save you a lot of time.

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If you’d rather experience this kind of walk in person, I also run small, practical street photography workshops.

They’re not about walking in a line or copying shots. We move slowly, stop often, talk about what’s working and what isn’t, and I’ll help you see what you might be missing.

The same ideas you see on these walk pages – light, composition, moment – just applied in real time.

Group sizes are kept small, and there’s plenty of space to ask questions, experiment, and work at your own pace.

See All Available Workshops

FAQ

  • No permission is needed to photograph people in public places in the UK. These walks are designed around observation, distance, and respect, not confrontation. You’re not encouraged to interrupt, direct, or stage anything – just to notice what’s already happening.

  • Yes. If you can operate your camera without thinking too hard about the buttons, you’ll be fine. The prompts start simple and gradually become more challenging, so beginners and experienced photographers can get different things from the same walk.

  • No. Any camera will work, including a phone. A small, unobtrusive setup is often an advantage. If you want guidance, a single prime lens (around 28mm–35mm equivalent) suits most of these exercises well, but it’s not a requirement.

  • Absolutely. Each walk is broken into individual stops, and there’s a short-route option if you only have an hour. You can also repeat the same section on different days – the exercises are designed to work that way.