How many good street photos do you get in one year?

[Juan Valdenebro]

I know this will be subjective. But maybe it could be interesting...


How many good street shots are you getting in one year?


Good means different things to everyone, but I mean shots you feel proud with yourself, proud about sharing or exhibiting, and shots you feel could be interesting for other people now and in the future...


It might depend on how much film you use too... I don't shoot too much... Maybe 10-20 rolls/month...


I've been doing street shooting for two years, and I guess I'd pick no more than 20 or 25 frames, so my vote is around 10 images/year...


Cheers,


Juan

 

[wlewisiii]

Essentially none, but that has more to do with the fact that I shoot landscapes (urban, industrial, rural, whatever) rather than street. It is a very rare circumstance that gets me to even consider doing any street shooting. I would expect that those who enjoy it and do it probably have the higher success ratings up there.

YMWV, of course.

William

 

[Roger Hicks]

Depends on how I'm feeling; how I want to use the picture; what I think is 'good' today (not always the same as yesterday); and what I define as 'street'. Is a shopping mall 'street'? A bar interior? A bar with tables on the sidewalk? A gallery? The pedestrian area outside the gallery? A path on a river shore? Boats on a busy river such as the Ganges? The ghats beside the Ganges? A concert in a square or park?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Depends on how I'm feeling; how I want to use the picture; what I think is 'good' today (not always the same as yesterday); and what I define as 'street'. Is a shopping mall 'street'? A bar interior? A bar with tables on the sidewalk? A gallery? The pedestrian area outside the gallery? A path on a river shore? Boats on a busy river such as the Ganges? The ghats beside the Ganges? A concert in a square or park?

Cheers,

R.

Hi Roger,

Yes, I'd call all those street, as long as we talk about vanishing scenes...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Roger Hicks]

Hi Roger,

Yes, I'd call all those street, as long as we talk about vanishing scenes...

Cheers,

Juan

Dear Juan,

Okay; so would I. Now consider:

(a) a pattern of shadow visible only for a few minutes on a bright sunny day, cast by chairs and a table on a sidewalk, set in a rough pattern by the café owner but 'working' only in this pattern (i.e. as soon as they're moved, the pattern of shadow disappears)

(b) a pattern of colours and shapes formed by those same subjects on an overcast day

(c) the technique explicitly used by Willy Ronis and implicitly used by HCB, of choosing a good viewpoint and waiting for something (more or less fleeting/vanishing) to complete the composition.

Cheers,

R.

 

[johannielscom]

<Define Mode On> Street photo. According to Buzzardkid: "A non-staged, urban-located style of photography, predominantly depicting people, but not excluding other subjects." <Define Mode Off>

I voted 50.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Dear Juan,

Okay; so would I. Now consider:

(a) a pattern of shadow visible only for a few minutes on a bright sunny day, cast by chairs and a table on a sidewalk, set in a rough pattern by the café owner but 'working' only in this pattern (i.e. as soon as they're moved, the pattern of shadow disappears)

(b) a pattern of colours and shapes formed by those same subjects on an overcast day

(c) the technique explicitly used by Willy Ronis and implicitly used by HCB, of choosing a good viewpoint and waiting for something (more or less fleeting/vanishing) to complete the composition.

Cheers,

R.

(a) and (b) urban and (c) street maybe?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[back alley]

i'm still waiting on my first...

 

[Pablito]

347 per year.

 

[Chris101]

Depends on the year. Some years a lot. Others, none.

In 2008, I shot lots of street style, netting a few hundred photos. In 2009, I was in transition, and shot only a couple dozen. In 2010, I shot no street whatsoever, well maybe one or two, mostly at the end of a roll to finish it off. In 2011, I don't have any street plans, but that could change, depending on my interests and projects.

 

[jky]

Five @ best.

 

[Neare]

Exhibition quality, not a lot. 5-10 of really great ones maybe, though with lots of O.K. shots.
This is something I'm working on at the moment.

 

[Arjay]

Hard to say.

I'm still learning, and the more I learn, the more rigorously I am editing my work. Right now, my number of shots is decreasing. Maybe 5, or perhaps just 2?

 

[Keith]

i'm still waiting on my first...

What a load of BS ... I've seen posted street shots from you that any of us would be proud to own!

🙂

 

[taskoni]

Around 5, but hope for improvement. Looking to buy an M2 for that purpose 🙂

 

[robbeiflex]

For me it depends mostly on how often I travel to big cities in a given year. Trips (personal, not business) to major cities are always an opportunity for me to just wander around with a camera in between the sites, the shopping, the meals, etc. I'll get one or two really good ones on such a trip, and voted five, so you can do the math. Once in a while I get a good one around Luxembourg City, but as I'm pretty much limited to Saturday afternoons there its not often. My day job in an office is not conducive to carrying a camera all day every day. 😱

Cheers,
Rob

 

[Kent]

Somewhat between zero and some or so. Depends how often I get the chance to go to the next biggest city. No street shots possible in my rural area. 😉

 

[maddoc]

In four years trying it were two, so that makes 0.5/year. 🙂

 

[Roger Hicks]

REALLY good shots, across all genres: 1-5.(Stuff I list among my 'best ever')

Quite good shots, across all genres: 10-50. (Stuff I'll use rather than shooting something new)

Usable (publishable) shots, across all genres: hundreds.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Sparrow]

i'm still waiting on my first...

you're not fooling anybody you know ...

🙂