Natural-Light Portraits: Just Find a Window

Same street: someone gets a postcard, someone gets a snapshot. The gap is rarely gear — it is where you stand and how long you wait.

Habits that make casual photos better

• Find the light first, then place your subject
• Leave one thing in the frame and subtract everything else
• Crouch, step closer — changing your angle beats any filter

Good photographs are waited for, not shot.

All frames here are straight out of camera; settings are in the captions.