Is street shooting easy?

[btgc]

How it is - easy? How it is - hard? Look at kids when they play. Do do things adult hardly can repeat or even justify. From where it comes? Are kids dedicated, or passionate about what they do? Maybe they submerge into what they do; you can call them to come for a lunch - and what? they will not notice you. They are deeply into their own, they live.

Same with jobs. Some colleagues simply die at work, and some do everything like they are playing, they turn over enormous amount of work yet making innovations. Is this hard for them? Is this easy?

 

[gekopaca]

is this being a streetphoto gallery ?
I doubt it, anybody can post it's pictures, but I don't think it will improve the quality of this thread

people who speak here are supposed to have made streetphoto, we don't need to prove it showing each others pictures

And do you think the 2 last pages of comments improved the quality of this thread?
I'm not so sure than you that people who speak here are all street photographer…
And sometimes pictures are more efficient than words… that's why we make pictures don't we?

 

[GSNfan]

And do you think the 2 last pages of comments improved the quality of this thread?
I'm not so sure than you that people who speak here are all street photographer…
And sometimes pictures are more efficient than words… that's why we make pictures don't we?

That is true, but posting the same images repeatedly in every thread not only makes it repetitive but comes across as self-promotion.

This is a conceptual discussion of street photography not visual.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

is this being a streetphoto gallery ?
I doubt it, anybody can post it's pictures, but I don't think it will improve the quality of this thread

people who speak here are supposed to have made streetphoto, we don't need to prove it showing each others pictures

I agree.

Gregory, no problem with your street shots and your urban shots, they're fine as long as they're fine for you.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

That is true, but posting the same images repeatedly in every thread not only makes it repetitive but comes across as self-promotion.

This is a conceptual discussion of street photography not visual.

True.

And if posted images would have been impressive, then this thread would have received help from them, but unfortunately that's not been the case here, with very few exceptions... Anyway, we're used to, and it's the normal rule anywhere.

I've enjoyed the conceptual discussion here a lot more than most of the shots, but that's just me: others may have felt it differently, and others may have enjoyed a lot imagining their words and shots give relevance to each other... We're all different...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

An invitation to all members to continue this thread in the line "What's different in street photography compared to other fields like urban or portrait or landscape or fashion or product? Do those differences make it a harder game sometimes? In which ways? How different street photography's aesthetics and visual goals have historically been from other fields? Where do its lyric possibilities lay? What's the sense or honesty in creating, changing or reflecting?"

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Nikkor AIS]

GSNfan: Conceptual? Says who? You don't control the discussion 😛.
What are you bringing to the table to further the discussion and how is your post moving the discussion forward?
I for one love the mix of dialogue and images to illustrate the points being made.

As far as needing to prove to people that we have it made, I think you're wrong.
Talk is cheap without the work to back it up. Epecially when you make strong statements without showing ... the work.

I am not afaid to put my opinions or my work out for criticism. To me, that is how you further the discusion and move the art of street photography along.













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It's not always easy to document things you may come accross on the street. I still say the ability to lift the camera and shoot some pictures takes guts.
And while there are many ways of being sneaky, I think it's better when the subject knows that I am taking the image, and the image is far more honest as well.

It changes the moment. And adds the risk of interaction with you and the subject.



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[GSNfan]

An invitation to all members to continue this thread in the line "What's different in street photography compared to other fields like urban or portrait or landscape or fashion or product? Do those differences make it a harder game sometimes? In which ways? How different street photography's aesthetics and visual goals have historically been from other fields? Where do its lyric possibilities lay? What's the sense or honesty in creating, changing or reflecting?"

Cheers,

Juan

In my view, street photography defines itself by its impact on the viewer. It goes beyond the basic visual design.

Where as other types which you described usually work by design and don't get very far from that.

Once again as GW said, "its not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do." Now the meaning of this phrase becomes clear.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Great shot!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Sparrow]

It's just a matter of being in the right place and pressing the button at the right moment.

People clearly have different definitions of the genre, to me it has to be people in their environment with some sort of story, a few folk wandering about, or posing for the shot won't do for me, weather or not they happen to be on the street.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Great description, Stewart!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[migtex]

Gentlemen

I kindly delete all my photos to improves any discussion or debate, seriously.
No hard feelings, I know I miss the 3%.

 

[sanmich]

I sudendly had a vision of a street shooting simulator.
A Wii game maybe?
People are walking and you try to get a good shot.
If one of them punches you, game over.

Too many hours corecting students exams I guess 😱

 

[migtex]

I sudendly had a vision of a street shooting simulator.
A Wii game maybe?
People are walking and you try to get a good shot.
If one of them punches you, game over.

Too many hours corecting students exams I guess 😱

Hmm they can incorporate that "feature" - Street photographer - in Grand Theft Auto, that will improve even more the sales...
in fact is a Great idea...
One can be a War Photographer in COD4....
The GP5 already has the Photo feature included....

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

I apologize if any comment of mine sounded too rude: that's not been my intention...

I with all my heart appreciate our efforts while shooting, and also any forum member's collaboration here, including all sorts of photographs in this thread.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[tlitody]

Hi,


Today I was thinking I have very few street shooting images I consider really good... And after some experience in other fields I was thinking perhaps street/people is the photographic field I'd describe as the toughest one for getting outstanding results, both because you can't repeat and make your images better as you have almost no time to act, and also because when your main subject is what briefly happens to people around you, you don't depend on your abilities exclusively, but on situations you can't -in lots of different ways- control, prepare or predict...


Have you ever felt street shooting is a hard, complex and slow game? Or do you feel it's easy and get great results all the time?


Cheers,


Juan

Anything is easy if you know how, are talented and experienced. Getting to that point is another matter. If you find it difficult then at least one of the above may not apply to you. Depending on which one, you may learn to become good at it and find it gets easier as experience is accumulated. But if you simply have no talent for that particular style then it will always be difficult. Biggest problem is judging the quality of your own work. Those with a big ego will think anything they do is superb even when its crap. Most people have a lot of self doubt about their own work or are super critical of their own work. Best advice is to get your peers to judge your work as that can build confidence, especially here at RFF as everyone likes to have a little love in over everyone elses work(most of the time). But there is a lot of very good work here IMO.

 

[jsrockit]

I sudendly had a vision of a street shooting simulator.
A Wii game maybe?
People are walking and you try to get a good shot.
If one of them punches you, game over.

😱

Sounds cool...but after playing for too long I'd question myself with regard to why I wasn't out doing the real thing. 😱

 

[migtex]

Sounds cool...but after playing for too long I'd question myself with regard to why I wasn't out doing the real thing. 😱

Virtual Punches and Virtual Searches by Virtual Cops don't hurt.... on the other hand a Virtual Punch back with a F3T will make you feel better and will teach the Virtual Moron about Public Street Photo rules.
After that you can go out and Shoot , shoo, shoot... film or Virtual Film!
Just saying..
Apologies, too many days on Optical/IP networks project...

back to the topic..

 

[migtex]

I apologize if any comment of mine sounded too rude: that's not been my intention...

I with all my heart appreciate our efforts while shooting, and also any forum member's collaboration here, including all sorts of photographs in this thread.

Cheers,

Juan

Cheers,

Juan

No harm done here, you even like one them!

Saludo

 

[sper]

The craft of street photography came easy to me, but doing something new and creative is the challenge. There are a lot of cliche street images out there now. Doing something to set yourself apart is the hard part.

I myself don't feel that the world needs another picture of kids playing around an open fire hydrant.