who here considers themselves a 'street photographer'?

[back alley]

this sounds familiar...i hope i didn't start this thread before...

i do, by the way...i wish i were better at it but i do consider myself mostly a street shooter...i occasionally wander into other areas and enjoy the trip but if there were only one choice to be had, for me, it would be the streets.

 

[SausalitoDog]

I think I think of myself the same way 🙂

Certainly with any of the rangefinder style cameras, I do. If I'm lugging something heavier, maybe not; if I have the tripod with me, definitely not.

 

[nikon_sam]

Even using a Mamiya m645 I consider myself a street shooter and there have been times I wish I had a tripod with me...I don't really try to hide what I'm doing while shooting...
I've been doing the street stuff as far back as the early 80's...

 

[kxl]

I'm a street photographer when I am shooting street, a nature photographer when I am shooting nature, a sports photographer when I am shooting sports, etc...

 

[Mark T]

I dislike the term, and labels generally. Why constrain yourself? I photograph lots of things, sometimes on the street, sometimes not.

 

[back alley]

I dislike the term, and labels generally. Why constrain yourself? I photograph lots of things, sometimes on the street, sometimes not.

so, that's a no?

 

[Richard G]

Not me. I've taken some street shots, but also don't like the confining label.

 

[back alley]

i was hoping for a simple yes/no thing...

but to add to the discussion...labels don't confine me...my attitude might but not labels.
plus, i have always loved the idea of street shooting and doing only that for my entire life would make me quite happy and i doubt that i could explore all the facets of it anyway.

when i moved to canada i did lots of landscapes, shots of skiers and wild animals...THAT got old pretty quick for me...

 

[Monochrom]

i do, i consider myself to be 100% street shooter...if i shot another theme it´s by chance or in order to test some gear...

I must admit i would love to shoot nude women...but my wife won´t let me and she won´t pose either (she´s a beaut thou :bang🙂...that´s a problem...

But as a street photog i´m very happy...since i can remember everytime i wanted to shoot something i thought about street scenes...

I think all my gear in order to fit my street needs!

🙂

 

[noisycheese]

I'm a street photographer when I am shooting street, a nature photographer when I am shooting nature, a sports photographer when I am shooting sports, etc...

If I had to label myself, I would label myself as "a photographer."

I do documentary, street, macro, panoramic, nature, landscape, urban, travel, night, abstract, automotive and occasionally wildlife photography. At present, my efforts are fixated on documentary and street.

Some of my photographic cohorts would label me as a "looney b@$t@rd" because I use only film cameras for my photography. 😀

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Yes, but I also shoot a lot of documentary stuff.

 

[helen.HH]

Its really the Only Place I shoot ...

 

[koven]

no


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[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I'm not, though I did so a lot of street shooting when I lived in Santa Fe. That city had a vibrant street life that we just don't have in Fort Wayne. When we have festivals and carnivals here, I do go out and do street-type work, though. Mainly I consider myself to be a documentary photographer. Sometimes I shoot buildings, sometimes posed portraits, sometimes candid street-type photos of people. Sometimes I shoot landscapes. Whatever I need to tell the story.

Ironically, I did most of my street-type work before I ever owned a rangefinder camera! I used an Olympus OM-4T. Today, I'm using rangefinders for almost everything! I have a couple of Leicas and I recently sold my Hasselblad kit to buy a Mamiya 6, which I absolutely love.

 

[silverbullet]

I was a street photographer when this category wasn't described.
To lazy to calculate flash output, carrying background carton and other heavy gear.
Just good shoes and scanning eyes....
Now 40 years later I'm looking a bit broader because there are so beautiful things around me....but people are fascinating me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36573929@N00/5023647528

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

If I had to label myself, I would label myself as "a photographer."

To misquote: "I am not a label, I am a free man!"

😀

 

[user237428934]

Only when I'm on vacation as part of the touristic shots I take.

 

[Harry S.]

No, I consider what I do mostly to be contemporary landscape photography.

 

[John Bragg]

Yes, but not exclusively. I will be hopefully shooting some street shots later. I have a newly acquired XA3 to try and it should be perfect for these shots.

 

[Keith]

No! .... to label myself as any type of photographer seems pointless.

Another monkey with a camera ... yes!