I am very excited to share this set of street photographs with you for a very personal reason, and that is that I finally realized a goal I had for a very long time as a street photographer, and that is that I finally managed to overcome my fear and went to the midtown of my city to take street photographs.

I must show you this first photo to put you in context:

The midtown of my city is a very urban, chaotic, and full of life place. I have always known that it has a lot of potential to take very good street photographs, BUT there is also a much higher risk that someone could steal my camera since I live in Venezuela and this is not a very safe place to walk around with such expensive equipment in hand... However, I had always wanted to do it and I mustered a lot of courage and did it with fear but I did it!!

I took these photos TODAY and went straight to edit them so I could share them with you. At the time I took the photos it was raining, so I took advantage of the weather to take many photos where people came out with umbrellas. That was the most repetitive element in this day of photography.

I parked my car in a safe place and walked the 4 blocks around where my car was to have some way of escape in case something happened. I was willing to run to my car and leave.

I had a hoodie on and carried my Canon RP camera with a 50mm lens in the hoodie pocket. I also had an umbrella to protect myself from the rain.

Every time I saw something interesting, I quickly took the camera out of my pocket, took the photo, and in a matter of seconds I put it back to avoid people seeing me walking with a camera in my hand.

I didn't ask permission to take any of the photos and I had very little time to frame. Everything was pure instinct and speed. I took the photo and kept walking.

On the sidewalks of the midtown there is a lot of informal commerce, there are many people selling all kinds of things:

I even photographed a dog that was asleep on the sidewalk:

The following motorcyclist was covered with a rain poncho and had parked to hide from the rain:

For me, taking these photos was quite an adventure full of emotions. I hope you found them as interesting as I did!