Well, I had a look at a number of sites on the net to find a definition and didn't feel it appropriate to quote them. I would really like to hear what Omaroo's concept of "Street" photography is or for that matter, what other members think.
My personal take on street photography is there's 2 types:
1. candid, natural photos of people doing everyday things - just what happens in real life, nothing staged. The skill is in framing, focusing and capturing the image without affecting the image.
2. Capturing everyday scenes or ordinary things that are normally ignored to highlight them as the subject or in an unusual way (need not involve people).
I used to do enjoy street photography with my old OM-1 and a wide angle lens, prefocused and set exposure and just shoot from the hip. I had friends who sort of thought they were into photography with the latest fully auto cameras, who thought I was stupid, not even looking through the camera to take a shot, but sometimes to catch the moment there is no time... and I don't like people in posed photos much.... Its a challenge to get a natural expression or a fleeting moment. Eventually I won them over when they saw the shots.
Al.
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Street photography is just the way Al described it. It is mainly photography that is done literally wandering along the street - capturing people in situations and their plethora of moods. Nothing more, nothing less. It is not contrived, set up or planned. Subjects rarely look at you and smile because they have no idea they're being captured. The reason I bought my OM-D is because I can shoot from the hip without raising the camera to my eye, by flipping the rear touch panel up to compose and take my image from. Zone focusing is another normal technique - where you place the camera in manual focus and pre-set your distance on the lens and in your head. As potential subjects walk in to frame at approximately the right distance, fire away. Frames don't have to be straight - in fact interesting angles are good at times.
It's an art form that has a great many followers around the world.
Cheers Chris....
You guys have raised the bar bloody high this month. I think it will have to do as the month is running short.....
Have I mentioned how much I love this little camera?
Geez Deeno, you're really getting fired up with this. Well done sir! Excellent "street"!
I'm thinking of going to Cockatoo Island this Saturday for the Biennale of Sydney before it ends. Fred Vanderhaven was just recommending it on FB and took some great shots. Interested? Andrew? Anyone?
, please explain.
Didn't realise........even after all the photos posted by you and others recently......
