Street Photography clichés, no no's and taboos.
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Sparrow
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I don't think Chris mentioned rules in the first post and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't restrict anyones creativity ...
Black
Photographer.
Absolutely correct, Stewart. No rules were mentioned by myself. But, as tradition dictates, the thread has mutated beyond an exercise in "Chinese Whispers". I was instigating a discussion. I never said anyone shouldn't shoot such images - I asked what the general consensus was.
RTFQ, as I was taught when I joined my most recent employment.
Sparrow
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... yes I imagine you were livid when Joe read it, and answered you in the very next post ... post No.2
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Rtft, as in t=title.
A list of cliches, no-no things and taboos.
Where exactly is the difference
Anyway, whatever. The whole thread sounds like a seen-it-all, done-it-all, boring wiseass list of apparently objectionable stuff one should not photograph.
It is useless and as i said, very depressing.
Black
Photographer.
Not at all. But threads don't get very far with one sentence answers from just the one member. But at least Joe was addressing the question. I think the resultant descent from the original question is just a pandemic characteristic in forums in general.
Not a criticism, you understand - just another pesky observation.
Sparrow
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... I thought it an amusing way to warn newcomers of the clichés, no-no's and taboos folk complain about
PS ... oh! and another pesky observation, naturally
Black
Photographer.
What is a cliché? What is a no no? What is a taboo? Its all about perception and that is what I was asking about. The memberships observation on these and perhaps more.
I really don't think I need to read my own title, now do I? 😉
And as for the seen it all, done it all wise ass comment, I'll take that with an EC food mountain of salt given that I posted...
...in the very same original post.
I find that personal attacks usually come from people with little to offer a conversation. Whatever the case, I am sure you can imagine that I will be crying myself to sleep on my huge internet pillow this evening 😉
back alley
IMAGES
i'm a master of the one liner...
KM-25
Well-known
This thread is about Clickbait...
Clickbait by the OP to have started something that causes a disturbance.
Clickbait to continue in wasting one's life on the internet instead of living in the real world and actually making a photograph.
Clickbait in that cliche's abound solely for the reason to have you click the shutter and check it off your list.
It sure brings out the best in folks, eh?
Clickbait by the OP to have started something that causes a disturbance.
Clickbait to continue in wasting one's life on the internet instead of living in the real world and actually making a photograph.
Clickbait in that cliche's abound solely for the reason to have you click the shutter and check it off your list.
It sure brings out the best in folks, eh?
fotographz
Established
KM-25
Well-known
Roll of TMY2 loaded in my Mamiya 6 and headed out the door to work on a long term commissioned portrait series of ski patrollers, see ya!
airfrogusmc
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Wasn't Siskind a member and doing street stuff in the beginning?
Just back from a two hour shoot.
Michael Markey
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... its fun reading about it and looking and admiring the work of others but the only real teacher is work and more work.
Shoot as much as you can....its the only way that you are going to learn.
Shoot as much as you can....its the only way that you are going to learn.
airfrogusmc
Veteran
It's more than fun. You can learn a lot from it and looking at their work. But I won't disagree about getting out and shooting.
back alley
IMAGES
i think wasting one's life on the internet IS a part of living in this life...
rogazilla
Level 2 Newb
Daido Moriyama's quote(translated):
“I think that the most important thing that photography can do is to relate both the photographer and the viewer’s memories. At first sight a photograph looks straightforward as it slices off a scene or a moment in time. But the images that photography captures are actually ambiguous. And it’s because of this ambiguity that I like photography.”
So the back of someone on their mobile walking down the street in front of a poster just happened to stick their leg out may seem pointless to some might relate to some other viewers.
“I think that the most important thing that photography can do is to relate both the photographer and the viewer’s memories. At first sight a photograph looks straightforward as it slices off a scene or a moment in time. But the images that photography captures are actually ambiguous. And it’s because of this ambiguity that I like photography.”
So the back of someone on their mobile walking down the street in front of a poster just happened to stick their leg out may seem pointless to some might relate to some other viewers.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Yes, Siskind was a member for 8 years until about 1940.
Hsg
who dares wins
Street is "alive" and so far only video can capture that.
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