Why not a Street Photography forum?

some people look down at street photography.
I guess they hate the term or what they invision of what it is.
 
What better street forum is there to have than the gallery. There are plentty of street shots that needs commenting on. Thats what street photography is all about isn't it?
 
Perhaps, but it doesn't stop anybody talking about images if they wish to. 😉

Kim

Pitxu said:
You are perfectly right gb. Problem is, too many people here would rather argue about gear than discuss images in a consrtuctive and artistic manner.🙁


Pitxu.
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I like to commit photography and talk about kit. And drink. And then there is getting up people's sleeves. But I do not like to talk about straps, bags, or anything labeled Leica. Did I mention drinking?
 
andrealed said:
Why not a Street Photography forum?
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Because most modern 'street' photography seems to consist of poorly composed, poorly focused, poorly exposed, black and white pictures of random people doing nothing very much. Much of this seems to stem from the bogus notion that Henri Cartier-Bresson and others like him simply prowled the streets looking for something interesting and/or attractive to photograph. As far as I can see, they generally had specific images in mind and worked hard to get them, interacting with and posing their subjects, and making numerous attempts to achieve the composition they wanted.
 
As far as I can see, they generally had specific images in mind and worked hard to get them, interacting with and posing their subjects, and making numerous attempts to achieve the composition they wanted.

What prevents anyone from doing this nowadays? And I think you have not really been looking if you have not found this type of art presented here and elsewhere. There are many fine photographers finding and creating images which IMO are as telling of our cultures and the people living in them as the ones shot long ago.
 
terrafirmanada said:
What prevents anyone from doing this nowadays? And I think you have not really been looking if you have not found this type of art presented here and elsewhere. There are many fine photographers finding and creating images which IMO are as telling of our cultures and the people living in them as the ones shot long ago.
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Nothing prevents people from doing this. They just don't seem to do it very often.
 
Ade-oh said:
Because most modern 'street' photography seems to consist of poorly composed, poorly focused, poorly exposed, black and white pictures of random people doing nothing very much. QUOTE]

sorry but that post got me angry a little..very overly generalising, it just shows that you are not very deep into modern street photography...

here´s some to look through if you like, ignorance isn´t allways bliss..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetphotography/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kay_von_aspern/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wykowski/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakuralove/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eavis/

just a few of the very talented people...

BTW I really miss Beniliam! Does anyone know where to view his work??
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Ade-oh said:
Because most modern 'street' photography seems to consist of poorly composed, poorly focused, poorly exposed, black and white pictures of random people doing nothing very much. Much of this seems to stem from the bogus notion that Henri Cartier-Bresson and others like him simply prowled the streets looking for something interesting and/or attractive to photograph. As far as I can see, they generally had specific images in mind and worked hard to get them, interacting with and posing their subjects, and making numerous attempts to achieve the composition they wanted.
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There are lots of areas of photography that don't interest me or that I don't like.I love street photography its to me the primary use for Rangefinder and small cameras.This is one of my favorite sites.
http://www.in-public.com/

Regards
Steve
 
We're a rangefinder camera site and don't have a street photography forum, but we do have a bags and straps forum.

Maybe somebody else can explain that one.
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
We're a rangefinder camera site and don't have a street photography forum, but we do have a bags and straps forum.

Maybe somebody else can explain that one.
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Supply follows demand.
 
thafred said:
sorry but that post got me angry a little..very overly generalising, it just shows that you are not very deep into modern street photography...

here´s some to look through if you like, ignorance isn´t allways bliss..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetphotography/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kay_von_aspern/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wykowski/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakuralove/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eavis/

just a few of the very talented people...
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Good spot!

Actually, the sites you've linked to rather prove my point, with the exception of the 'sakuralove' set which are quite interesting. The rest struck me as pretty banal and derivative.

I'm happy to look at good street photography, I just don't see very much of it.
 
I totaly agree with Pitxu! it´s just a matter of taste.

Anyways, regardles of genre, allways the bad shots outnumber the good ones by a large margin! ...especialy sunsets 😛
 
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