tried street photography, dont get it.

[pixmedic2 1]

I see a lot of people here talking about "street photography" so I thought I would try my hand at it.
honestly, I dont see what all the fuss is about. took a few shots of my street, and it doesnt really make a very good model, and certainly not interesting subject material. maybe your streets are more glamorous than mine.
I guess you never know until you try, but I don't think i will be doing any more street photography. It just isn't my thing. these are SOOC, converted from RAW with LR4.3


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[cgipson1]

 

[thetrue]

For #1, remember THE RULE OF THIRDS!!!!! It's too centered, that's the problem. I would also try cropping it to a pano

 

[bhop]

 

[runnah]

I like that each photo tells a story.

 

[pixmedic2 1]

For #1, remember THE RULE OF THIRDS!!!!! It's too centered, that's the problem. I would also try cropping it to a pano

damn..maybe I should do a re shoot. also, i wonder if some OCF would help? maybe a reflector?

 

[cgipson1]

For #1, remember THE RULE OF THIRDS!!!!! It's too centered, that's the problem. I would also try cropping it to a pano

damn..maybe I should do a re shoot. also, i wonder if some OCF would help? maybe a reflector?

Need to run it through Portrait Professional.. soften those imperfections!

 

[pixmedic2 1]

For #1, remember THE RULE OF THIRDS!!!!! It's too centered, that's the problem. I would also try cropping it to a pano

damn..maybe I should do a re shoot. also, i wonder if some OCF would help? maybe a reflector?

Need to run it through Portrait Professional.. soften those imperfections!

maybe use a smoothing tool.

 

[thetrue]

I say a shoot through umbrella camera right and a snooted speed light camera left would work fine with a reflector behind the subject and cat burglar style hanging apparatus to ensure the perfect PoV. Also make sure to shoot at the widest aperture you are able to achieve minimal DoF.

 

[sm4him]

Pix...how long have you gone without sleep?!?
I'm thinking those long shifts have started to take their toll.

Actually, in an interesting coincidence (okay, so perhaps NOT interesting, but a coincidence nevertheless), *I* also did some street photography today:



I think I just had a more photogenic street though.

 

[oldhippy]

Smoothing tool, like in blow torch. works well but will spatter.

 

[thetrue]

Sm4him, those LEADING LINES are perfect! :lmao:

On a serious note, is that really your street??? Looks quite interesting.

 

[pixmedic2 1]

its probably not good because I used an old camera. if I had used a D7000 the pictures would obviously be 100x better. Ive heard that you cant get good pictures with old digital cameras since once the tech is outdated, the camera automatically stops taking good pictures to force you to upgrade to the newest model.

 

[Rick58]

This is a common mistake made by many noob's like yourself. You should be able to see by my example that this obviously should have been done in a portrait crop.

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[pixmedic2 1]

im sticking to people...street photography is too hard.