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02/12/2007 03:38:38 AM · #26 |
| I'm looking forward to shooting for this one, but looking forward to voting even more! Ed, take your camera to work. You can't not enter. |
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02/12/2007 03:46:20 AM · #27 |
| may have to bring along the ol' P&S for secret shots lol. Be all sneaky like >:) |
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02/12/2007 03:48:33 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by vzegarski:
This was taken quite a while ago, but I need some idea for what to do. Would this fit the qualifications?
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It would, but I think you'd need to find something that really catches the eye and makes the photo unique.
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02/12/2007 03:51:35 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by jan_vdw:
Originally posted by vzegarski:
This was taken quite a while ago, but I need some idea for what to do. Would this fit the qualifications?
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It would, but I think you'd need to find something that really catches the eye and makes the photo unique. |
I agree with  jan_vdw - It's a pretty nice image showing the hustle and bustle on the street, but the lighting is a little flat, and there is no central theme that is drawing you in.
For the Street Photo type photo that move people (and hence does well in challenges), the image need a central character or sets of characters that draw you in to hear about their story. |
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02/12/2007 03:57:14 AM · #30 |
This is one of my favourite streetphotographs. The expression on their faces does it for me I think. It was taken while they were sitting outside of the church.
Message edited by author 2007-02-12 03:57:32.
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02/12/2007 04:26:21 AM · #31 |
Nice one Puckz, they look formiliar.. have seem them around :)
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02/12/2007 04:32:17 AM · #32 |
Left you a comment on the page...:-)
Originally posted by vzegarski:
This was taken quite a while ago, but I need some idea for what to do. Would this fit the qualifications?
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02/12/2007 04:33:37 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by lowonenergy:
Nice one Puckz, they look formiliar.. have seem them around :) |
I gues I'll have to see if they go to church next sunday (if I'm up early enough :-P )
thnx for you comment about that wall near the former church by the way. I wish I could get behind the fence, I love that location, it's so weird a piece of a wall and interiour in the middel of a field. That photo was taken from underneath the fence, very hard to get a good shot of the wall like that.
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02/12/2007 05:04:20 AM · #34 |
Oh ... thank you thank you thank you ... You just reminded me of a building that was torn down but they left the one kitchen wall and/or a stove and an ajoining toilet behind another tiny chunk of wall left and the rest is GONE! ... I am gonna go there as soon as it stops raining ... it is only like 7 minutes away.
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02/12/2007 09:38:41 AM · #35 |
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02/12/2007 09:43:55 AM · #36 |
I think photographing homeless people should result in DQ. :P
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02/12/2007 10:07:45 AM · #37 |
Just back from my street photography excursion....that was such fun! I had to address people face to face a few times too, which was stressful, but I came out unscathed. People aren't that frightening really it would seem. Am going to spend the rest of the week playing with photoshop!!  |
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02/12/2007 10:11:15 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by faery:
Just back from my street photography excursion....that was such fun! I had to address people face to face a few times too, which was stressful, but I came out unscathed. People aren't that frightening really it would seem. Am going to spend the rest of the week playing with photoshop!! |
Congrats on being able to approach them! I"m sooooo nervous about doing that!!! What did you tell them? That it is for a contest? Or that you are just a photog out taking photos? I'm petrified of what to say?!?!? ! |
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02/12/2007 10:16:01 AM · #39 |
In this article Henri used to have an assistant get between himself and the subject and then at the oppotune moment, shoot over the assistant's shoulder or push the person aside to clear the shot. He did not ask permission - just take the shot close up and run in case the guy picks up a pitch fork as one of his subjects did.
"Be careful out there people" |
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02/12/2007 10:46:07 AM · #40 |
This sux. I might not be able to shoot anything this week AND I'm trying to take DPC break...from Challenges, anyway. Great timing.
Message edited by author 2007-02-12 16:40:59. |
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02/12/2007 10:49:22 AM · #41 |
OK, it appears that  e301 and pawdrix will simply have to call in sick one day this week. Can't have the challenge without 'em. If you need a note, I have great handwriting.... |
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02/12/2007 10:59:20 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by xion:
Submitted and excited! |
Cangrats... you are the first one :P
Good luck |
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02/12/2007 11:26:50 AM · #43 |
No pitchforks: people are surprisingly happy to have you take their photo. I just kind of stood there in the chosen site, and started taking pictures of arbitrary things around me. Those people in the vicinity started noticing and got used to the idea that someone was there taking pictures. Then I would make eye contact (with the person I really really wanted to take a picture of) and say "can I take your photo?"...did this a few times in and around the locale I had chosen. Every one of them smiled and said yes. I don't think shoving a camera at someone and clicking is wise...strangers need some time to adjust to your presence too (you're also a stranger!). I also tried some panning shots and just crowd shots...will see what comes out of them. I am keen to post as many as possible in my portfolio.
Originally posted by magenmarie:
Originally posted by faery:
Just back from my street photography excursion....that was such fun! I had to address people face to face a few times too, which was stressful, but I came out unscathed. People aren't that frightening really it would seem. Am going to spend the rest of the week playing with photoshop!! |
Congrats on being able to approach them! I"m sooooo nervous about doing that!!! What did you tell them? That it is for a contest? Or that you are just a photog out taking photos? I'm petrified of what to say?!?!? ! |
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02/12/2007 11:31:18 AM · #44 |
i can sound very "doctorly" on the phone :)
Originally posted by Melethia:
OK, it appears that e301 and pawdrix will simply have to call in sick one day this week. Can't have the challenge without 'em. If you need a note, I have great handwriting.... |
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02/12/2007 11:33:36 AM · #45 |
I've blogged a couple of times about trying to take street portraits and the process I went through. Particularly on what I found worked well or didn't work when trying to approach people.
The blog posts are here.
There is also a good radiant vista podcast on ways to do street portraiture, here.
Street/stranger portraiture certainly isn't the whole range of street photography and doesn't touch on the more candid or hidden ways of shooting on the street.
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02/12/2007 11:44:20 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by faery:
No pitchforks: people are surprisingly happy to have you take their photo. I just kind of stood there in the chosen site, and started taking pictures of arbitrary things around me. Those people in the vicinity started noticing and got used to the idea that someone was there taking pictures. Then I would make eye contact (with the person I really really wanted to take a picture of) and say "can I take your photo?"...did this a few times in and around the locale I had chosen. Every one of them smiled and said yes. I don't think shoving a camera at someone and clicking is wise...strangers need some time to adjust to your presence too (you're also a stranger!). I also tried some panning shots and just crowd shots...will see what comes out of them. I am keen to post as many as possible in my portfolio.
Originally posted by magenmarie:
Originally posted by faery:
Just back from my street photography excursion....that was such fun! I had to address people face to face a few times too, which was stressful, but I came out unscathed. People aren't that frightening really it would seem. Am going to spend the rest of the week playing with photoshop!! |
Congrats on being able to approach them! I"m sooooo nervous about doing that!!! What did you tell them? That it is for a contest? Or that you are just a photog out taking photos? I'm petrified of what to say?!?!? ! |
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Thanks faery! I guess my fear is that people will ask me why, and i"ll be like....uhhh......ummmmm....... duh. |
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02/12/2007 11:44:38 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I've blogged a couple of times about trying to take street portraits and the process I went through. Particularly on what I found worked well or didn't work when trying to approach people.
The blog posts are here.
There is also a good radiant vista podcast on ways to do street portraiture, here.
Street/stranger portraiture certainly isn't the whole range of street photography and doesn't touch on the more candid or hidden ways of shooting on the street. |
Thanks for the links Gordon. I'm going to read them now. :) |
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02/12/2007 11:53:01 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by magenmarie:
Congrats on being able to approach them! I"m sooooo nervous about doing that!!! What did you tell them? That it is for a contest? Or that you are just a photog out taking photos? I'm petrified of what to say?!?!? ! |
The links I posted above talk a lot about how to approach people - if you want them to be aware of you shooting. The worst first line seems to be 'hi, can I take your picture?'
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02/12/2007 12:03:31 PM · #49 |
I wonder if it's possible to make this a two week Challenge? That would really enhance the quality of the images, I'd bet.
Even the best of the best Street Shooter might not be able to deliver anything respectable within a weeks time.
Better to shoot...better to view, IMO. |
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02/12/2007 12:22:45 PM · #50 |
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