Can I see your best Street shot?

[reagan]

Not a great photo, but one of my favorites from several years ago ... just a fun moment. I liked the smile, the flags and that big, long, shiny hood and grill. It's hard to get more *street* than parade-action.

 

[htimsdj]

 

[kdemas]

 

[zauhar]

Here's a recent one I was happy with.

 

[taylan]

some of mines are below


112-2 by perre_tt, on Flickr


2 by perre_tt, on Flickr


117-1 by perre_tt, on Flickr


4 by perre_tt, on Flickr


7 by perre_tt, on Flickr


52-2 by perre_tt, on Flickr

 

[sdotkling]

Damned if I know why everyone calls these "street shots." Isn't it simply photography out in the world, as opposed to the studio or my kitchen table? Is it so weird people want to leave the house and look around them with a camera once in a while? Does it have to be a phony genre?

 

[semilog]

20101031-scan755 by Semilog, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[Pete B]

Pete

 

[zauhar]

Damned if I know why everyone calls these "street shots." Isn't it simply photography out in the world, as opposed to the studio or my kitchen table? Is it so weird people want to leave the house and look around them with a camera once in a while? Does it have to be a phony genre?

Well most of these ARE on a city street, as opposed to somewhere in the forest.

I think "street shot" tends to imply photographs of people, which are difficult to capture unposed. So, I think it is worth a special name.

Why do artists practice "figure drawing" as opposed to plain old "drawing"?

Randy

 

[reagan]

Damned if I know why everyone calls these "street shots." Isn't it simply photography out in the world, as opposed to the studio or my kitchen table? Is it so weird people want to leave the house and look around them with a camera once in a while? Does it have to be a phony genre?

This is a great thread with lots of really good shots. I'm not sure calling every photo in a 20+ page thread "phony" is the most welcome critique. Feel free to share your own favorite "simply photography out in the world" shot and call it whatever you want.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Damned if I know why everyone calls these "street shots." Isn't it simply photography out in the world, as opposed to the studio or my kitchen table? Is it so weird people want to leave the house and look around them with a camera once in a while? Does it have to be a phony genre?

Don't whine...post!

 

[_goodtimez]

New Orleans 1987 at the other end of a Leica M6


New Orleans 1987 by CustomM8, on Flickr

 

[Moriturii]

Only street photo I have I think worth showing to anybody.


Dreams by LeonLynchPictures, on Flickr

 

[horosu]

Great thread!

Maybe this one:

or this one:

or this:

 

[sdotkling]

Hey, I wasn't denigrating the photos, just the need for people to give it a dumb name. I shoot them, too.

 

[zauhar]

Hey, I wasn't denigrating the photos, just the need for people to give it a dumb name. I shoot them, too.

And for a long time too! How far does this one go back?

Or was this "Brady Bunch" day? ;-)

Excellent photos!

Randy

 

[sdotkling]

1970's. I put the camera down for like, what? 20 years.
But here's a few new ones. Trust me, it's harder than I remember.