Shot some street today

[The_Traveler]

I typically don't like to be part of the scene; my goal is to look into others' life without affecting it.

 

[bribrius]

i sorta like 4, the separation in the frame with the two inside and people outside on the other side of the frame. The two inside also make good subjects. Beyond that, i have to admit i don't quite understand what you were shooting at. Maybe you could explain?
And if they are just snaps, that is fine too. we all do snaps it is fun. You said "capturing the moment" but i am a little lost at what moment you speak of. Could totally just be my ignorance i am not seeing it.

 

[sashbar]

i sorta like 4, the separation in the frame with the two inside and people outside on the other side of the frame. The two inside also make good subjects. Beyond that, i have to admit i don't quite understand what you were shooting at. Maybe you could explain?
And if they are just snaps, that is fine too. we all do snaps it is fun. You said "capturing the moment" but i am a little lost at what moment you speak of. Could totally just be my ignorance i am not seeing it.

Thanks for your interest. Technically Nos 4 and 5 are very similar "frame inside frame" type of shots but the mood is obviously very different. Yet there are more similarities than it may initially seem if you look closely.

As for an explanation, I can not really explain every shot and no photographer can or should.
I will try here.

No 1. just imagine that you are on a NASA spaceship that is approaching Pluto. You glance back and see two large planets on the right, these are Saturn and Jupiter. Then on the left you see Mars , Earth and Venus. You see Sun on the wall and under the Sun you see Mercury. Mr. Mercury is having a break, looking into his Big Mac and thinking WTF. And the whole system is spinning a bit anti clockwise. OK ? You can imagine that bags are their moons if you wish.

No 2 Is obviously evening prayer time with lots of young people around the church who could not care less. Because iPhone is their new Bible. And only one old man still remembers what church is for. Because it is time for him to hink about eternity. But honestly the story albeit obvious does not interests me as much as the early evening light that paints two identical columns in completely different colours. And also shadows that these columns cast. I think there is a lot of space in this shot.

No 3 The guy here is moderm London rickshaw. London Mayor Boris Johnson wants to ban them. It used to be students who did this job many years ago, now I guess it is mostly Eastern European migrants, even if they are wearing Union Jacks with horns. Again I liked the light that fell on the guy and the cold dark cityscape on the bkgnd, that paints quite an alien place for a rickshaw. It is not clear here that the guy is rickshaw though, because I have trimmed the lower part, but I did it because it just looks better. As I said, screw the story, give me a nice composition and colours.

No4 and 5 were already discussed.
No 4 I like the inner framing and the warm background. Should have darkened the guys t-shirt.
No 5 is just for fun. I can only add that in both cases I had to take two shots before they noticed and reacted.

 

[sashbar]

I typically don't like to be part of the scene; my goal is to look into others' life without affecting it.

Typically, yes. Typically I much prefer to be invisible, but it does not deter me from exploiting other options.

 

[bribrius]

i sorta like 4, the separation in the frame with the two inside and people outside on the other side of the frame. The two inside also make good subjects. Beyond that, i have to admit i don't quite understand what you were shooting at. Maybe you could explain?
And if they are just snaps, that is fine too. we all do snaps it is fun. You said "capturing the moment" but i am a little lost at what moment you speak of. Could totally just be my ignorance i am not seeing it.

Thanks for your interest. Technically Nos 4 and 5 are very similar "frame inside frame" type of shots but the mood is obviously very different. Yet there are more similarities than it may initially seem if you look closely.

As for an explanation, I can not really explain every shot and no photographer can or should.
I will try here.

No 1. just imagine that you are on a NASA spaceship that is approaching Pluto. You glance back and see two large planets on the right, these are Saturn and Jupiter. Then on the left you see Mars , Earth and Venus. You see Sun on the wall and under the Sun you see Mercury. Mr. Mercury is having a break, looking into his Big Mac and thinking WTF. And the whole system is spinning a bit anti clockwise. OK ? You can imagine that bags are their moons if you wish.

No 2 Is obviously evening prayer time with lots of young people around the church who could not care less. Because iPhone is their new Bible. And only one old man still remembers what church is for. Because it is time for him to hink about eternity. But honestly the story albeit obvious does not interests me as much as the early evening light that paints two identical columns in completely different colours. And also shadows that these columns cast. I think there is a lot of space in this shot.

No 3 The guy here is moderm London rickshaw. London Mayor Boris Johnson wants to ban them. It used to be students who did this job many years ago, now I guess it is mostly Eastern European migrants, even if they are wearing Union Jacks with horns. Again I liked the light that fell on the guy and the cold dark cityscape on the bkgnd, that paints quite an alien place for a rickshaw. It is not clear here that the guy is rickshaw though, because I have trimmed the lower part, but I did it because it just looks better. As I said, screw the story, give me a nice composition and colours.

No4 and 5 were already discussed.
No 4 I like the inner framing and the warm background. Should have darkened the guys t-shirt.
No 5 is just for fun. I can only add that in both cases I had to take two shots before they noticed and reacted.

helpful, least i get a idea of what you were looking at. other than the frame in frame i was starting to get a little perplexed. Long as you now what you are shooting, there ya go. Thanks.

 

[rexbobcat]

I like #4 because of it's faux-posed appearance.

It reminds me of the Sartorialist.

There are have been many street photographers whose presence is acknowledged by the subjects. It's not like that's a lesser form of street photography, so I don't understand why people are treating it like it is.

 

[The_Traveler]

I like #4 because of it's faux-posed appearance.

It reminds me of the Sartorialist.

There are have been many street photographers whose presence is acknowledged by the subjects. It's not like that's a lesser form of street photography, so I don't understand why people are treating it like it is.

Once I disturb the scene with awareness of my presence as a photographer, then I'm changing it and I don't want that. If you look at the difference between posed portraits and candid shots where the people are not aware of the photographer, there is a certain vitality about the latte that the posed shots don't have.
The picture with the woman waving, that is all about he interaction between her and camera and nothing else. It is essentially posed.
I think being able to get shots with the subjects unaware is more difficult.

 

[sashbar]

I like #4 because of it's faux-posed appearance.

It reminds me of the Sartorialist.

There are have been many street photographers whose presence is acknowledged by the subjects. It's not like that's a lesser form of street photography, so I don't understand why people are treating it like it is.

Once I disturb the scene with awareness of my presence as a photographer, then I'm changing it and I don't want that. If you look at the difference between posed portraits and candid shots where the people are not aware of the photographer, there is a certain vitality about the latte that the posed shots don't have.
The picture with the woman waving, that is all about he interaction between her and camera and nothing else. It is essentially posed.
I think being able to get shots with the subjects unaware is more difficult.

There can be street shots where subjects are unaware, there can be shots where they notice and react, there can be shots where some are aware and some are not, when some start hiding and some start acting, and there can be shots where they are willing to pose for a portrait. The lines between these types of shots are more blurred than it seems. The only rule that should be there in my view is that one needs to be honest with his work and respectful to the people on the street. That is all. And there are easy and difficult shots in each of the above categories.

 

[rexbobcat]

I like #4 because of it's faux-posed appearance.

It reminds me of the Sartorialist.

There are have been many street photographers whose presence is acknowledged by the subjects. It's not like that's a lesser form of street photography, so I don't understand why people are treating it like it is.

Once I disturb the scene with awareness of my presence as a photographer, then I'm changing it and I don't want that. If you look at the difference between posed portraits and candid shots where the people are not aware of the photographer, there is a certain vitality about the latte that the posed shots don't have.
The picture with the woman waving, that is all about he interaction between her and camera and nothing else. It is essentially posed.
I think being able to get shots with the subjects unaware is more difficult.

It might be more difficult, but it's not necessarily better. Candid portraits are great. I love getting a good portrait of someone in a wholly "natural" scene. However, I can appreciate the last two images because they acknowledge the photographer as a voyeur. It gives me a different feeling than candid portraits.