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06/03/2009 06:41:04 AM · #26 |
  prior shot
Edit to take out description of pic. I wasn't sure if comments/descriptions were allowed.
This is my first post on a side challenge... don't know if I'm doing it right...
Second edit to add some comments.
I see this guy at this spot, which is on a ramp to get on a bridge. Every time I've taken this route (driving) he is there. He's dressed well but has the gimmicks (mickey mouse hat, rubber chicken, etc) to help him get donations. I took this w/ my iPhone as I was driving by (second attempt to get an iPhone pic of him). So I know the quality isn't great and the composition isn't great. The prior snapshot (and this was a snap) had my side mirror in the way but more "context" of where he was. He seemed like an interesting subject for this side challenge topic. Any comments appreciated (after having read the WAYSMTP comments, I realize this pic didn't show the context of where he was as well as I would have liked.)
I added the prior shot.
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06/03/2009 06:57:39 AM · #27 |
This post has nothing to do with this thread, would you please click on my profile  Highnooner I need to check if the flag counter is working.
BIG THANKS
Tareq
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06/03/2009 09:33:42 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by lky623:
Edit to take out description of pic. I wasn't sure if comments/descriptions were allowed.
This is my first post on a side challenge... don't know if I'm doing it right... |
By all means include a description if you wish! You can put whatever you like in the comments/descriptions for side challenges, and sometimes the more the better! Ask specific questions for feedback. Let us know what the situation was surrounding the shot. Tell us why you chose that angle or that aperture setting if that was important to you. Side challenges are for learning and sharing, not voting. Enjoy! |
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06/03/2009 12:26:59 PM · #29 |
Thanks  Melethia for clarifying... |
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06/03/2009 12:36:51 PM · #30 |
| The term "side challenge" is a little misleading. |
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06/03/2009 01:02:21 PM · #31 |
Now  Pawdrix has made me even more nervous about adding anything here :) but he's making a valid point..
This is a candid-ish portrait where the subject happened to look at the camera. I liked it because of the little elements in it even though the sunlight was horrible.
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06/03/2009 02:36:35 PM · #32 |
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06/03/2009 04:01:22 PM · #33 |
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06/03/2009 04:17:21 PM · #34 |
I'm digging up and editing some images from the past few days/weeks. Just figuring to give things here a kick cus I may not be able to post much this month otherwise.
Cheers! |
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06/03/2009 05:40:53 PM · #35 |
Not sure about this one...
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06/03/2009 06:16:00 PM · #36 |
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06/03/2009 07:36:58 PM · #37 |
To kick things off for me, one older photo, I've not posted it around before though, it's not been right and I forgot about it for a bit, but it one of the ones that lingers with me so I want to share.
The rest will all be new photos, shot with this side challenge in mind. |
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06/03/2009 08:30:36 PM · #38 |
Don't see why this can't also be a discussion thread.
I have mixed feelings on this contraption -- the "super secret spy lens." Helen Levitt, God bless her recently departed soul, allegedly used one. And got terrific results. It's basically a mirror that mounts to your lens at a 45 degree angle, so you point not at your subject but perpindicular to it.
Here's a link. The fourth thumb is a short video worth viewing. Thoughs?
//photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/candid-photography-spy-lens |
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06/03/2009 09:35:36 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by bvy:
Don't see why this can't also be a discussion thread.
I have mixed feelings on this contraption -- the "super secret spy lens." Helen Levitt, God bless her recently departed soul, allegedly used one. And got terrific results. It's basically a mirror that mounts to your lens at a 45 degree angle, so you point not at your subject but perpindicular to it.
Here's a link. The fourth thumb is a short video worth viewing. Thoughs?
//photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/candid-photography-spy-lens |
I think this would make me more unconfortable than to use a white Canon L lens :) The way I see it, if the photographer can't manage to deal with his subject, then street photography may not be for him. And don't get me wrong, I can be pretty shy on the street. But hey, one has to take some risks ;) |
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06/03/2009 10:05:33 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by bvy:
Don't see why this can't also be a discussion thread. |
I have some questions for you more experienced street shooters.
1. Do your subjects know you are taking pictures of them? (Obviously, in some of the pics, the answer is no.)
2. Do you try taking street shots in stealth mode? or do you chat them up, hoping the subjects will be okay with it?
I ended up chatting with some folks before taking their pic today.
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06/04/2009 12:13:47 AM · #41 |
| I generally shoot in open stealth mode. What that means is I don't actively engage subjects (mostly because I don't speak their language), but I don't really "hide" either. I'm small, old, female, and non-descript. I can stand in the middle of a throng of people going in both directions and shoot, and few will pay any attention to me at all. I do get "caught" sometimes - so far it hasn't resulted in much other than a strange look, or a few mumbled words which I don't understand. :-) |
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06/04/2009 02:53:37 AM · #42 |
| I do both, but mostly stealth... |
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06/04/2009 03:11:40 AM · #43 |
Message edited by author 2009-06-04 03:13:06. |
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06/04/2009 03:16:55 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by lky623:
Originally posted by bvy:
Don't see why this can't also be a discussion thread. |
I have some questions for you more experienced street shooters.
1. Do your subjects know you are taking pictures of them? (Obviously, in some of the pics, the answer is no.)
2. Do you try taking street shots in stealth mode? or do you chat them up, hoping the subjects will be okay with it?
I ended up chatting with some folks before taking their pic today.
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love the pick, really get a feel for the mood.
to answer questions people usually dont know im taking their picture, atleast untill after iv taken it. sometimes with homeless people and so on ill talk to them first though.
though im certainly not what u would call experienced. |
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06/04/2009 03:53:53 AM · #45 |
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06/04/2009 05:45:36 AM · #46 |
Taken last month, but I haven't had a chance to get out yet this week as it's dark by the time I leave work!
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06/04/2009 07:22:46 AM · #47 |
The serious part adds some anxiety for sure.
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06/04/2009 07:49:19 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by lky623:
Originally posted by bvy:
Don't see why this can't also be a discussion thread. |
2. Do you try taking street shots in stealth mode? or do you chat them up, hoping the subjects will be okay with it?
I ended up chatting with some folks before taking their pic today.
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When you start chatting with your subjects you may very well moving into another genre that's not considered Street Photography. It's hard to say depending on the situation and the image rendered but a good chance that you're in a different realm. I've said here in these forums many times that SP is a lot deeper than simply taking any image in the street. You can call those images anything you want and they may qualify as SP at some base level BUT you may be producing watered down versions of an art form and skill that's steeped in dynamic relationships.
The men walking in line, in my image Three Wise Men came out of a garbage cluttered sidewalk (not seen in that frame) which produced that particular dynamic flow. The same way Roller Coasters cause people to throw their arms up an scream as they drop, Streets produce dynamics that aren't usually found in studios, homes, backyards, workplaces etc. In my opinion when you've captured that special energy or a relationship that's born out of the street, then you've captured a great Street Photo. This also relates to shapes (architecture), rhythm, patterns, angles (curves), pairings like in e301's work or Melethia's, dude at the train station (a cool example posted earlier).
I suppose I could step outside, at this moment and take a few hundred Street Photo's in a few minutes, just by snapping away BUT without those other energy elements or combination's...relationships...the stuff that gave birth to the genre, I don't believe I will have accomplished all that much. People have been taking images in the streets for years but when those clever elements started to merge in work like Henri-Cartier Bresson's, the genre was born. Again, there are millions of SP images flooding the internet each day but few really ring the bell.
All for now...
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06/04/2009 09:11:52 AM · #49 |
| I don't do a lot of street photography, but the bit I have done, what has worked for me is standing there, snapping away, and people will just walk through the frame doing their own business, not realizing this is what you are wanting. That's how I got the shot I entered in the 1000th challenge. Sometimes the person will realize I have taken their picture and I will then chat with them afterwards, and ask their permission to use it, if practical. |
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06/04/2009 11:36:11 AM · #50 |
I appreciate everyone's input to my questions. Thanks.
I started reading this thread too,
Street Photography tips?
Message edited by author 2009-06-04 11:48:47. |
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