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 11/11/2011 02:44:53 PM · #1
When we look at others' photographs we often wonder if they were set up or truly candid. Did the photographer even know the person they shot? Of course I am not talking about the obvious ones. I have started to grow a great deal of interest in street candid shots over the past year and it has become one of my absolute favorite genres of photography. When I have my camera with me and I am out on the street, I am constantly looking for interesting moments to capture and at times I even anticipate that something especial is about to happen and for those cases I have even hung around for more than 30 minutes for that special magic to happen (like my "Left Behind" shot in the Toddlers challenge). I thought it would be nice to create a thread where people can post all or some of their favorite street candid shots they have entered in the challenges since they became members. These are all of my candid shots that I have entered in the challenges since I became a member. I have not included the ones where the people in my shots are looking at the camera because to me that is not truly candid anymore.






I am looking forward to seeing your collection now.

Message edited by author 2011-11-11 18:25:37.
 11/11/2011 03:45:09 PM · #2
Seems I have only posted one, I have a few sports shots but I don't consider those candid, not sure this one is truly candid.


BTW I am a huge fan of your candid shots. Great work.
 11/11/2011 04:47:11 PM · #3
I have yet to summon the courage to walk out into the streets and photograph others. I would love to, since I absolutely love candid photography, with jagar being someone I admire much.
 11/11/2011 05:23:55 PM · #4
Originally posted by gcoulson:
I have yet to summon the courage to walk out into the streets and photograph others. I would love to, since I absolutely love candid photography, with jagar being someone I admire much.


Thanks Garry, this might change your mind though :)



11/11/2011 05:34:36 PM · #5
Quite a few, I consider this by far my best street shot:



Got a ribbon with this one:



And almost got a ribbon with this one:

11/11/2011 05:43:18 PM · #6
Entries? A few. Prints? lots more. And probably hundreds more in the vault.



11/11/2011 05:48:50 PM · #7
Good post put on watch. Love candids and street photogaphy. Have shot many but had not entered any into a challenge yet. When I happened to take my faves I was dumb not to enter them into a FS.
 11/11/2011 05:55:08 PM · #8
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Quite a few, I consider this by far my best street shot:

Got a ribbon with this one:



Love this one.
 11/11/2011 06:06:41 PM · #9
Thanks for starting this thread Allen!

street/candids has been my favorite genre for a long time, so if I list here all my candid entries, it would be a lo-o-ong post... just a few





and many more entries and non-entires are here

by the way, I would disagree that is a person is looking into camera, it is automatically not a candid. As long as it is spontaneous and not posed, it still is a candid in my book. I sometimes purposely wait for a person to look at me and take a shot at that very moment, it often creates a very special mood and tension. Like in these two recent shots

11/11/2011 06:21:44 PM · #10
A good quantity of my challenge entries are street candids as well, but I can't compete with the likes of you, Allen, or Lev, or John. I enjoy shooting candids, though.
 11/11/2011 06:21:52 PM · #11
I blame Jagar for my recent addiction to this genre after reading his comments on one of his entries



I find this genre to be the most rewarding as there are so many elements to get around, such as getting the shot without being noticed.

These are my own personal favourites.





11/11/2011 06:24:03 PM · #12
You forgot one:
11/11/2011 06:28:16 PM · #13
Originally posted by gcoulson:
I have yet to summon the courage to walk out into the streets and photograph others. I would love to, since I absolutely love candid photography, with jagar being someone I admire much.


A long zoom lens which you seem to have should help. I've also noticed that it is much easier to get great street shots outside of US because based on my experience people seem to mind it a lot less (if they see you take their photographs) than they do here in US. As for Los Angeles, I don't even try really.

Message edited by author 2011-11-11 18:28:54.
 11/11/2011 06:39:06 PM · #14
Originally posted by Melethia:
You forgot one:


Too true, but i figured i will be seeing this one for a very long time.
 11/11/2011 06:50:05 PM · #15
Without any shadow of doubt, a very difficult style. I don't have many...
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But yours are a true inspiration!
 11/11/2011 07:04:41 PM · #16
More than I ever should have.
 11/11/2011 07:05:30 PM · #17
Cool idea. I know I have a few. A handful of these might be considered marginally candid, since they didn't know I was taking their photo and they were just acting normally, but they were doing something where they might reasonably expect their photo to be taken. Kind of a fuzzy line, I guess. I seem to have more of them as I get to the more recent entries.





11/11/2011 08:28:11 PM · #18
Though not up to the standards of those who have already posted, these are some of my favourite challenge entered candids:


Although not fitting to the theme of this thread here are my two favourite candids that I didn't get to enter in a challenge but just wanted to share:
11/11/2011 09:45:57 PM · #19
Great subject Allen! I realized now that probably 50% of my shots are candids. Goodness, what did you do to me? And that's only a "small" selection.
Living in NYC shooting candids seems almost a duty. I have a lot of them grouped by location: street, subway, museums
Street







Subway


Museums

11/12/2011 12:20:00 AM · #20
Good topic. I seldom enter candid shots in challenges (but then I don't enter very many challenges) and yet it's the genre I like best and more than 90% of the shots I take are candids. However, the last free study was surely candid and did surprisingly well considering.
11/12/2011 01:44:29 AM · #21
Mariuca, what a lovely collection!! Keep 'em coming!
 11/15/2011 07:16:04 AM · #22
Uhh, I only have two, not too canonical as for that, and possibly another, but it's still being bashed.. hemm, voted on :)





Thanks for starting this thread, it's a good way of finding about interesting shots.

Message edited by author 2011-11-15 07:16:36.
 11/15/2011 04:26:30 PM · #23
My Candids



Oddly enough, the first one is a personal best. . .complete candid shot at the end of a 300mm zoom. The others are almost all shot with a portrait lens. I didn't put any model shots in here, or photos of people knowing I was taking their picture and "posed". LOL.
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