airfrogusmc wrote: Surfnsun wroteairfrogusmc wrotehttp://www.pbase.com/airfrogusmc/image/166755698.jpgI’ve been trying hard to understand street photography. Usually I just don’t get what people see in it. But this photo really captured me attention. I feel like it really tells a story. My work was featured over on the Leica site a year or so ago and I was also interviewed. These are some on my thoughts that I shared at that time. http://blog.leica-camera.com/2016/12/15/spontaneous-relationships/
I think if you really want to know more you should really look at the work of Henri Cartier Bresson, Winogrand, Costas Manos, Meyerowitz and Robert Frank (to name but a few)
Heres a piece on Robert Franks The Americans
I think that really good street work captures what photography does best as an art form. That is it does something that other art form can do. It freezes a moment in time and if you are really successful you find something interesting and or meaningful in that moment. It takes a lot of really hard work to do it well. Bresson called it a developed instinct.
One thing that i do totally agree with Winogrand about is I do not think that single photographs tell stories or need to do so. I agree with him in this piece. I think its about 1:26 in and goes through about 2:44
Thanks for taking the time to share your background. It’s interesting to hear from people with such a different perspective. I’ll be sure to check out some of the photographers mentioned.
It has been a long time since I last posted in this thread, but i am glad to see all the activity here, not to speak of all the great photos. I have been stopping by from time to time to find inspiration or to just to enjoy all the nice photographs
My own lack of activity has a reason, and as David commented on flickr, it is related my latest acquisition
Right now she is lying next to me, craving for attention and giving me prompt (and somewhat loud) feedback whenever she feels I have had my eyes directed at the computer - not her - for too long. Not that its a big problem, computer time is not very high on my list these days. Its an amazing feeling, and despite all the small difficulties and challenges these two months have been the best of my life.
Hope all of you had a great Christmas holiday and wish you a great new year
OleAndre wrote:
It has been a long time since I last posted in this thread, but i am glad to see all the activity here, not to speak of all the great photos. I have been stopping by from time to time to find inspiration or to just to enjoy all the nice photographs
My own lack of activity has a reason, and as David commented on flickr, it is related my latest acquisition
Right now she is lying next to me, craving for attention and giving me prompt (and somewhat loud) feedback whenever she feels I have had my eyes directed at the computer - not her - for too long. Not that its a big problem, computer time is not very high on my list these days. Its an amazing feeling, and despite all the small difficulties and challenges these two months have been the best of my life.
Hope all of you had a great Christmas holiday and wish you a great new year
OleAndre wrote:
It has been a long time since I last posted in this thread, but i am glad to see all the activity here, not to speak of all the great photos. I have been stopping by from time to time to find inspiration or to just to enjoy all the nice photographs
My own lack of activity has a reason, and as David commented on flickr, it is related my latest acquisition
Right now she is lying next to me, craving for attention and giving me prompt (and somewhat loud) feedback whenever she feels I have had my eyes directed at the computer - not her - for too long. Not that its a big problem, computer time is not very high on my list these days. Its an amazing feeling, and despite all the small difficulties and challenges these two months have been the best of my life.
Hope all of you had a great Christmas holiday and wish you a great new year
Yes Ole, I thought I hadn't seen your posts for quite some time, and I discovered the reason, first on Flickr with that beautiful photo. Congratulations again!
Joakim - that abandoned (really, how sad?) farm series is wonderful.
A few more M8 oldies, all with CV35 f/1.4 MC Nokton Classic.
I had literally taken only about 20 shots at home with my new acquisition before these ones taken in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. I remember trying to use an iPad app for raw file processing - tedious.
lenticular11 wrote:
Yes Ole, I thought I hadn't seen your posts for quite some time, and I discovered the reason, first on Flickr with that beautiful photo. Congratulations again!
I think I have found a new niche for photography. My plan is to be a rangefinder expert specializing in film LIF shots. That would be Leaf-In-Flight. Is this a solid business plan? PS - crummy scan but you get the idea!