I have to admit that a lot of things happen on the streets but finding something that’s worthwhile to photograph is not easy. What do you capture? People going about their business? An event unfolding? Portraits? The various emotions of people? Sneaky photos of strangers shot from the hip? The play of light and shadows? The interaction of colors? Shapes and geometry? One or more of the above? All? What do you photograph? If you are trying to do too much at once you are bound to fail and you won’t have anything at all. So you need to narrow it down to one or two of the above (or something else entirely). I find it baffling to find something that is worthy of a shot. Especially since I only have 36 frames at a time and each has a cost associated with it. As a result, I find street photography a more introspective activity than you would think. I am constantly asking myself, What am I seeing here? What is there to see? What is there to show?
I have that trouble of deciding what I should be photographing, sometimes I over think it and photograph nothing at all.
Analysis paralysis, eh? It might be better to over analyze and end up with a lot of shots, than none at all. At the very least you’ll get practice and later on, you can look back and see why some or all were bad. But at the same time, these learning mistakes are better done with digital or with home developing.