For all of us wanna be street photographers

[peterm1]

Check out this site for some eye popping imagery

http://www.designerterminal.com/inspiration/photography/street-photography-gallery.html

This is where we might learn a thing or two about street photography.

 

[RobVinc]

Interesting mixture,
but I have the feeling some of the HDR-shots would also have worked (and maybe even better) in plain b/w.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Yeah, I'm a little old fashioned and just don't equate "street photography" with heavily photoshopped stuff. But, there are also some excellent photos there.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Some good images there - and I pointedly exclude HDR ones -- on that site. Thanks for sharing that!

 

[Vickko]

wow wow wow

 

[tunalegs]

A lot of these show that it is still worth it find an interesting scene then wait for the right moment. It didn't look like anything was shot from the hip, or made by running up and shooting a flash in somebody's face.

 

[reagan]

Wow. Good stuff. Thanks!

 

[Paolo Bonello]

Thanks Peter for the share. I'm in love with the pic of the yellow umbrella against the yellow squares of the pavers. I have a liking for umbrella shots in general but that was brilliantly captured if in fact it was totally random or else was brilliantly set up.

 

[peterm1]

My pleasure

There are some really nice images here too. This time of rain photos.

http://www.designerterminal.com/inspiration/photography/rain-photography.html

All in all the site has some very nice resources

http://www.designerterminal.com/

 

[Lss]

http://www.designerterminal.com/inspiration/photography/street-photography-gallery.html

This is where we might learn a thing or two about street photography.

Many excellent photographs in that set. Some pictures, if they were mine, I would not call street, though. I also find it interesting that fairly many of the pictures were quite distant. If your shots are not good enough to get on that page, you are not far enough. 🙂

 

[leica M2 fan]

Thanks for posting the links. This is one of the best sites I have ever seen and there are quality examples in each one of the presentations, Thanks again!

 

[Dektol Dan]

My Dad's Old School Ain't This

My Dad's Old School Ain't This

90% were long shots with long lenses (a flattened distant look). I counted maybe six or seven with any intimacy from wide angle depth and immersion.

Humanity was clearly there and favored, but I saw little sympathy, and more emotional distance for the sake of composition. There's nothing wrong with this, for now its a digital world where getting lucky with an endless supply of shots trumps 36 on a roll with taste and skill.

If that were a portfolio of one man I would truly be impressed.

 

[Ljós]

This site does not sit right with me in a number of ways. I think it is content-mining in a negative sense of the word.

If you check out the site and the "about" statement you realize quickly that the makers do not care too deeply about street photography. They have a very keen business-like approach of putting together "content" that will generate page views.

Ah, now realize the following: check where the pictures are coming from: it appears the pictures on designerterminal are all taken from the 1x.com-site, and it does not look legit to me. Maybe legally legit, but not up front. Check the category "street" on 1x.com and then "most popular ever" and there you go. I think I'll drop them a note.

Edit: sent an email to the owners of http://1x.com/about

Greetings, Ljós

 

[photogdave]

Some great compositions and captured moments shown here. A couple of boring snapshots snuck in too.

 

[Lumpy]

These are awful. They are 'stock image' type photos, which have no substance whatsoever. I have never seen anything worth noting on these "101 examples of street photography" type sites. Long lenses, contrived, overworked, HDR, dull & uninteresting is how I would sum up this group of 'street' photos. This stuff gives real street photography a bad name, but also shows up people that think that it's easy.

 

[brainwood]

Great link...inspiring stuff indeed.

 

[daninjc]

Ugh. Can't agree more. I find them tacky and dull. Maybe I'd save a couple but they are drown in a sea of over-processed cliches. Glad I'm not the only one thinking that.

These are awful. They are 'stock image' type photos, which have no substance whatsoever. I have never seen anything worth noting on these "101 examples of street photography" type sites. Long lenses, contrived, overworked, HDR, dull & uninteresting is how I would sum up this group of 'street' photos. This stuff gives real street photography a bad name, but also shows up people that think that it's easy.

 

[igi]

Thanks for sharing, some of the pictures are really good and interesting though some look posed?

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

These are awful. They are 'stock image' type photos, which have no substance whatsoever. I have never seen anything worth noting on these "101 examples of street photography" type sites. Long lenses, contrived, overworked, HDR, dull & uninteresting is how I would sum up this group of 'street' photos. This stuff gives real street photography a bad name, but also shows up people that think that it's easy.

Yah. I didn't want to say it, but, there it is. But, in their defense, i'm typically not moved by any 'contemporary' street photography. It all just looks like pictures of people who just happen to be outside. As if the photographer was from Mars and EVERYTHING is interesting to him. These pictures are better than that, but still just seem like 1980s photography textbook pictures.

 

[twopointeight]

I'm with Lumpy on this. Sad state of affairs.