DIGI

(a) We like better street shots from close, which put one right into the action, without totally rejecting shots from far, which showcase a carefully composed scene pleasing to the eye.
(b) We believe that B/W helps in a better composed picture, without the colour that sometimes is very destructing. Without rejecting street shots in which colour rather adds than subtracts from the picture.
(c) We are not fond of beggar and homeless shots, from people who just sit still, or from shots of people just passing in front of a poster. As a matter of fact, we don't like "just" shots! (Just another guy, Just another pretty girl, Just another back shot, just another street musician etc.) but are seeking for those special moments that take place out in public places with people interacting with their environment in a special, unusual, unique way which forms a story worth telling by an image.
(d) We are not fond of pictures of people shot from the back, unless we're talking about very special images.
(e) We believe that a good street shot needs nothing more than minor adjustments in contrast and sharpness.
(f) We like shots where even if one thinks one is close enough, one gets even closer!
(g) We believe that a shot is street, when one can smell the street in it, knowing that there are very different kinds of noses and that many street shooters if not all, smell with their hearts.
(h) We know that the street genre is a very misunderstood one, a very broad one, almost with no limits and is highly subject to each one's personal tastes. Some people's taste stink, some people's taste is excellent, some people's taste is getting better with time.


FILMIE

(a) As the title says, these are guidelines, not rules.
(b) Obviously, as the name of our gallery suggests, we only accept pictures taken on film (that means only film, as stated, no digital shots with added grain or else that just make the shot look like it was taken on film. There  is a digital gallery to submit to if you take pictures with a digital camera!). We accept both colour and black and white film.
(c) To make it possible for us to tell if your pictures are in the right place (Filmie Gallery) - that means if your pictures are really taken on film, please include information on the camera, lens & film you used to take the picture. If no information is provided, we will ask you to edit your deviation and provide us with what we want to know in order to approve your picture.
(d) We don‘t mind if pictures are taken with Dianas, Holgas, Polaroid film or else - whatever the camera or the film - as long as it‘s street (and taken on film), it falls into our guidelines.
(e) We won‘t accept any heavy post-processing, apart from contrast/curves/leves adjustments.
(f) So much for the technical side. - What is even more important, we look for pictures that suggest a story, show uncommon or funny situations, catch the viewers eye. We don‘t look just for any picture of people in the street, we want a decisive moment well caught, interaction between subjects and their surroundings, we want to see emotion - in a nutshell anything that would make us stop and look again.


EDGE

(d) - EDGE FOLDER - no member can submit directly here anymore. This is the place to Feature the best unorthodox work, known until now as “Edgy”, and will have curators to assure awesome quality, promote experimental kind of work, making it even more inspiring and appealing. So, from now on, all submissions can only be made to DIGI Folder or FILMIE Folder, making it easier for the Yard member, who´s only concern now is to shoot and upload.
Please feel free to watch the Edge gallery and draw your own conclusions if it has got a chance to make it in there!



July 2012