philber wrote:
I don\'t usually do portraits, but this street organ player beckoned. One full size, and one crop. C&C welcome
Its nice to see someone struggle with street as I do with landscape, maybe now someone might appreciate that street shooting is more than out of focus and incorrect exposure and odd colours. Its not a portrait by the way, it’s a street picture and they are not the same regardless of the many on-line disputes in definition.
Buskers by the way are very unsatisfying, like having a bag of chips for dinner ...
Street photography is not a matter of simply stepping outside. Sadly it is the destination of any kid with a new dslr. They have finished with the cat and Uncle Frank was trying to watch the football and tells them to get outside. The effect of so many photogs in the street is the death knell of street photography itself. Picture of man reading newspaper, picture of hot chick, picture of woman with pram, picture of hot chick, picture of man with cigarette, …you get the picture. It only gets worse when its picture of hot chick with cell phone.
There is very little post processing possible in a street pic but its more about instaneous truth anyway and even cropping is (or should be) forbidden. If the sun goes in, you cannot wait till it comes back, if a tram passes and casts a green hue over the scene, you cannot wait for it to pass, if the clouds are rolling in you cannot hurry it up. If someone steps into the shot, then they are part of the shot. Imagine a bus parking on one of your rolling hills.
But the picture does need to say something and regardless of all else this is the key to street photography. What it says and how it speaks though is as lost on landscape photographers as landscapes are equally lost on me. I expect too that you landscape photographers develop a style, I find it hard to see beyond the discussions of sharpening or exposure but I suppose you think the same of street.
These from my ‘just now sold’ D90 and soon to be replaced with a D700. My processing could do with some work but Im still learning and have the RAWs so you get the drift. My zeiss are all zf so no metering either. You would think I would envy anyone with metering but then my pics would look like they were taken by a Japanese Electrical Engineer everytime I clicked the shutter. I only have zf lenses, nothing else and I can tell you that they are the ‘hands down’ ultimate street lens.
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(zf100) My very 1st street pic, Im in a corridor of buildings and realise that all of them behave like reflectors. Pic doesn’t say anything, its just eye candy but I had to start somewhere.
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(zf100) Its my 2nd day and Im a metre away and saw the shine in his eye, we made it to her cheek at the same time. They didn’t even see me and I showed them the pic, she though it was beautiful, I thought she was too.
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(zf100) After the smooch pic I turned around and saw this …couldn’t believe it. His name is Leslie and he now has some really nice thermal underwear and socks and Lyn (my sweetheart) has knitted him a scarf that looks like a part of his work uniform.
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4.
And to annoy the exposure police, here is a twist of the knife.
Titled ‘monsters’
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(zf100) My heart nearly leapt out of my chest as I fiddled and focused and only this chance before he was out of frame.
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5.
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(zf28) She just stood there motionless, I waited for everyone to step into frame and stepped forward to get the fellow on the left to change direction.
philber wrote:
I don\'t usually do portraits, but this street organ player beckoned. One full size, and one crop. C&C welcome
Its nice to see someone struggle with street as I do with landscape, maybe now someone might appreciate that street shooting is more than out of focus and incorrect exposure and odd colours. Its not a portrait by the way, it’s a street picture and they are not the same regardless of the many on-line disputes in definition.
Buskers by the way are very unsatisfying, like having a bag of chips for dinner ...
Street photography is not a matter of simply stepping outside. Sadly it is the destination of any kid with a new dslr. They have finished with the cat and Uncle Frank was trying to watch the football and tells them to get outside. The effect of so many photogs in the street is the death knell of street photography itself. Picture of man reading newspaper, picture of hot chick, picture of woman with pram, picture of hot chick, picture of man with cigarette, …you get the picture. It only gets worse when its picture of hot chick with cell phone.
There is very little post processing possible in a street pic but its more about instaneous truth anyway and even cropping is (or should be) forbidden. If the sun goes in, you cannot wait till it comes back, if a tram passes and casts a green hue over the scene, you cannot wait for it to pass, if the clouds are rolling in you cannot hurry it up. If someone steps into the shot, then they are part of the shot. Imagine a bus parking on one of your rolling hills.
But the picture does need to say something and regardless of all else this is the key to street photography. What it says and how it speaks though is as lost on landscape photographers as landscapes are equally lost on me. I expect too that you landscape photographers develop a style, I find it hard to see beyond the discussions of sharpening or exposure but I suppose you think the same of street.
These from my ‘just now sold’ D90 and soon to be replaced with a D700. My processing could do with some work but Im still learning and have the RAWs so you get the drift. My zeiss are all zf so no metering either. You would think I would envy anyone with metering but then my pics would look like they were taken by a Japanese Electrical Engineer everytime I clicked the shutter. I only have zf lenses, nothing else and I can tell you that they are the ‘hands down’ ultimate street lens.
..
1.
..
(zf100) My very 1st street pic, Im in a corridor of buildings and realise that all of them behave like reflectors. Pic doesn’t say anything, its just eye candy but I had to start somewhere.
..
2.
..
(zf100) Its my 2nd day and Im a metre away and saw the shine in his eye, we made it to her cheek at the same time. They didn’t even see me and I showed them the pic, she though it was beautiful, I thought she was too.
..
3.
..
(zf100) After the smooch pic I turned around and saw this …couldn’t believe it. His name is Leslie and he now has some really nice thermal underwear and socks and Lyn (my sweetheart) has knitted him a scarf that looks like a part of his work uniform.
..
4.
And to annoy the exposure police, here is a twist of the knife.
Titled ‘monsters’
..
(zf100) My heart nearly leapt out of my chest as I fiddled and focused and only this chance before he was out of frame.
..
5.
..
(zf28) She just stood there motionless, I waited for everyone to step into frame and stepped forward to get the fellow on the left to change direction.
philber wrote:
I don\'t usually do portraits, but this street organ player beckoned. One full size, and one crop. C&C welcome
Its nice to see someone struggle with street as I do with landscape, maybe now someone might appreciate that street shooting is more than out of focus and incorrect exposure and odd colours. Its not a portrait by the way, it’s a street picture and they are not the same regardless of the many on-line disputes in definition.
Buskers by the way are very unsatisfying, like having a bag of chips for dinner ...
Street photography is not a matter of simply stepping outside. Sadly it is the destination of any kid with a new dslr. They have finished with the cat and Uncle Frank was trying to watch the football and tells them to get outside. The effect of so many photogs in the street is the death knell of street photography itself. Picture of man reading newspaper, picture of hot chick, picture of woman with pram, picture of hot chick, picture of man with cigarette, …you get the picture. It only gets worse when its picture of hot chick with cell phone.
There is very little post processing possible in a street pic but its more about instaneous truth anyway and even cropping is (or should be) forbidden. If the sun goes in, you cannot wait till it comes back, if a tram passes and casts a green hue over the scene, you cannot wait for it to pass, if the clouds are rolling in you cannot hurry it up. If someone steps into the shot, then they are part of the shot. Imagine a bus parking on one of your rolling hills.
But the picture does need to say something and regardless of all else this is the key to street photography. What it says and how it speaks though is as lost on landscape photographers as landscapes are equally lost on me. I expect too that you landscape photographers develop a style, I find it hard to see beyond the discussions of sharpening or exposure but I suppose you think the same of street.
These from my ‘just now sold’ D90 and soon to be replaced with a D700. My processing could do with some work but Im still learning and have the RAWs so you get the drift. My zeiss are all zf so no metering either. You would think I would envy anyone with metering but then my pics would look like they were taken by a Japanese Electrical Engineer everytime I clicked the shutter. I only have zf lenses, nothing else and I can tell you that they are the ‘hands down’ ultimate street lens.
..
1.
..
(zf100) My very 1st street pic, Im in a corridor of buildings and realise that all of them behave like reflectors. Pic doesn’t say anything, its just eye candy but I had to start somewhere.
..
2.
..
(zf100) Its my 2nd day and Im a metre away and saw the shine in his eye, we made it to her cheek at the same time. They didn’t even see me and I showed them the pic, she though it was beautiful, I thought she was too.
..
3.
..
(zf100) After the smooch pic I turned around and saw this …couldn’t believe it. His name is Leslie and he now has some really nice thermal underwear and socks and Lyn (my sweetheart) has knitted him a scarf that looks like a part of his work uniform.
..
4.
And to annoy the exposure police, here is a twist of the knife.
Titled ‘monsters’
..
(zf100) My heart nearly leapt out of my chest as I fiddled and focused and only this chance before he was out of frame.
..
5.
..
(zf28) She just stood there motionless, I waited for everyone to step into frame and stepped forward to get the fellow on the left to change direction.
