I'll try to describe the way I shot my recent street uploads taken at an open market. Maybe some will find this information useful.
First, I adjust my camera, so no further adjustments will be in need while photoshooting. This is very essential, because if people see you fiddling with your camera they become cautious and tent to avoid you. The secret is to never look at your camera! You have NO camera with you! Make your camera invisible! I use a black Nikon with a plain black strap with no fancy yellow nikon logos on it and when I hang it around my neck I wear dark clothes.
As for the adjustments: I use a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 prime which makes
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Masters of Photography part VI
Garry Winogrand (14 January 1928, New York City – 19 March 1984, Tijuana, Mexico) Winogrand was a street photographer known for his portrayal of American life in the early 1960s.
Winogrand studied painting at City College of New York and painting and photography at Columbia University in New York City in 1948. He also attended a photojournalism class at The New School for Social Research in New York City in 1951.Many of his photographs depict the social issues of his time and in the role of media in shaping attitudes. He roamed the streets of New York with his 35mm Leica camera rapidly taking photographs using a prefocused wide an
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Street features
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The Day Before The Oscars
Today is the day before the Academy Awards broadcast at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, U.S.A. (The Kodak Theater will be getting a new name because a court just ruled that Kodak, now bankrupt, no longer has to pay for the name placement.) I held a number of actual Oscars but I never realized the nose was that flat!
I took a walk on Hollywood Boulevard where the theater is located and things were not quite as glamorous as they will become. Still, there were lots of people around and a lot busy work going on.
This is the grandstand for the outside spectators as the people attending the Academy Awards stream in. It's not very bi
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Why Street Photography is not documentary by myraincheck, journal
Why Street Photography is not documentary
Street photography is an eye focused on the ordinary, on the every day life.
Its interest is in capturing every day moments and situations that filtered through the sensitivity, vision, personality of the photographer are able to pass emotions and sensations to the viewer.
Moments can be of every kind: ironic, sad, melancholic, surreal, beautiful, wry, tender, poetic, destabilizing, iconic, descriptive. They all show aspects of life.
Sharing with you an interesting article by Evangelo Costadimas.
Why Street Photography is not Documentary Photography
by Evangelo Costadimas
source http://www.streetviewphotography.net/b-spvsdp/
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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY FAQ
What is street photography?
Ha! You didn't read my previous journals, did you?
Street photography is "un-posed, un-staged photography which captures, explores or questions contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings".
Street photography is an eye focused on the ordinary, on the every day life. Its interest is in capturing every day moments and situations that filtered through the sensitivity, vision, personality of the photographer are able to pass emotions and sensations to the viewer.
Moments can be of every kind: ironic, sad, melancholic, surreal, wry, tender, beautiful, p
PE Street Photography Myths by myraincheck, journal
PE Street Photography Myths
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY MYTHS
Myth No 1:
People will stare at me, sue me, beat me up, break my camera, think I am a terrorist, shoot me and dance on my grave.
No, most likely people won't even notice you. Most likely they will think you are taking pictures of something else around you. Even if they do notice you, most likely they will pretend not to see you. Sometimes they will look at you as if you were a weirdo (which you are) and they will keep away, but most often they won't mind being photographed. Sometimes they will even feel flattered by it (well, ok, don't think you will get girls' phone numbers this way, though). I never had problems ta
PE Cliff Notes on History of Street Photography by myraincheck, journal
PE Cliff Notes on History of Street Photography
CLIFF NOTES ON HISTORY OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography first emerged in the eighteen century http://www.photohistorytimeline.com/?page_id=52, but it wasn't until roughly the 1880s and 1890s that film speeds became advanced enough for a normal street scene to be captured (without having to use a long shutter speed that would normally result in blurs). Also around this time, the flash was developed, allowing the photographer to venture into areas that were once too dark for exposure. But one of the assisting inventions of street photography was the emergence of portable cameras, especially small 35mm, rangefinder cameras, first introduced tow
In its methodology, photography can be reduced to a series of decisions which determine the exact characteristics of each photo. When conducting street photography, in particular, the opportunity to make these decisions is limited. The process begins slowly, with lots of time allowed for selecting gear, setting the camera, and so on. It then advances to a fast stage with little time for the photographer to react—the actual moment when the photograph is taken. This is followed by another slow stage after the decisive moment in which the photo can be edited and processed.
This decision-making process can be broken down in order to minimi
Thank you to ~Ikarisou (https://www.deviantart.com/ikarisou) for writing and sharing this article:
FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Is there really such a thing as good or bad light?
There is gorgeous light, little light, strange light, dim light, golden light, light so wonderful it makes your whole body hurt, scary light, difficult light, blueish light, morning light, evening light, light at night, light that feels like lead, the sulfuric-yellowish light shortly before a hailstorm, mixed light, the rose tinted light of Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, soft light and hard light, harsh light, artificial light, autumn light, light that tickles you in the morning and wakes you up, maybe ther
What is zone focusing? A technique. Like auto-iso or bracketing, it's a way to increase the odds and assure that you get "that photo". In this case it's not about the adequate speed or the right exposure, but about it's focus.
We all know that street photography is not about planning or action, but all about reaction. The pursuit of that perfect moment that you can't imagine in advance.
After your alertness see that light, that mood, that person, that face, thatcharacter, that situation, that juxtaposition, that balance, that repetition, that situation, that something that triggers you, all you can do is… react.
Well, without going into Do
PE The Streettog: An Unexpected Journey by myraincheck, journal
PE The Streettog: An Unexpected Journey
THE STREETTOG: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, )
Taking a successful street photo, a photo that is able to strike, surprise, trigger an emotional response is not easy. You have to be looking, without really knowing for what.
You have to be looking for the unexpected.
You have to be alert, focused, intuitive, to foresee what could be a potential good street photo.
"Street Photography may be the single most difficult photographic genre. It i
PE Street and neighborhood by myraincheck, journal
PE Street and neighborhood
PE STREET AND NEIGHBORHOOD
Sometimes deciding if a photo fits Street category or not can be really quibbling.
Every subject can be photographed with a street approach and fit street photography, and every subject can be photographed with a not-street approach and fit something else.
Categories mean nothing outside this place (or other art sites) and mean nothing about the value or quality of an image.
Though they are useful to make it easier to see, discover, find street images.
I hope that these few lines will be able to clear some of the most common doubts in submitting to street category, and would spare you flipping a coin before subm