Some black & white street shots - c/c welcome

[Lazy Photographer]

The first photo's from the Milton Steam Era Fair back in the summer. The rest were taken on the streets of Toronto. The last time I posted b/w photos someone asked why, so I thought this time I'd offer a preemptive answer: Because I like black & white photography.

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[dxqcanada]

I like the translucent cat.

Hmm, Radioactive Man looks familiar ...

Were the Firemen there for the toasted subs ?

#8 would look better if you had the motion blur in the background like you did in #7

 

[Samerr9]

nice pics but i didn't get the point of 6 and 8

 

[mswiech]

nice pics but i didn't get the point of 6 and 8

I think with number 8 he was trying to get the harshness of winter with the homeless person that sits on the air grates they have in the City.

Number 6 I think was a snapshot of the firemen standing around getting somefood, but I might be wrong.

 

[Lazy Photographer]

Pretty much dead on, mswiech, thanks. Frankly, I usually don't look for a "point," per say. If every photo had to have a point, my output would drop dramatically. I usually keep an eye out for some element that attracts me to want to photograph it, point or no point. If it has a point, mind you, then giddy up, all the better. When I started posting here a while back I used to tell a little story about how the photo came to be. Then people would critic the photo based on whether or not it was congruent to the story I told about it. I learned quickly to stop telling stories about photos.

Ironically, if I had to choose which of this group of photos actually had any sort of point to them at all, I'd probably pick #1, #6 and #8. Maybe #3, too. Of course, your mileage may vary. There is no wrong answer.

Thanks everyone.