One from Saturday - a bit Bruce Gilden?
Dan, I really like those rain shots.
Nice framing, the uprights are upright, a good leading line in from the bottom-right, and a nice group. Not as bad as you might be thinking. And as for shooting street, you'll probably soon find that most people aren't as interested in you as they are in themselves, or as you are in them. They might notice you when you turn up but if you don't do anything straight away, they'll forget you're there. A 50mm f/1.8 to f/2.8 is nice for street, or 35mm if you want to go a bit wider. I tend to either use my 18-55 kit lens or my 55-200 if people are too far away.
"Ideal" is what you are comfortable with. Don't let someone tell you that the way you choose to get the shot is somehow wrong. Way back when street photography was getting started they did not have the lens technology that we do now and they also did not shoot in color (which is much harder to do). So all to often you hear the so called experts saying you have to shoot a 50mm prime in black and white to be true street. BS,, shoot what gets the shot. I use the Canon 70-200II and love it. I can compress the shot and also compose the shot because of the distance between us rather than just pointing it real fast at the subject and hoping it all turns out okay. That's just what I like, you may like something else. It doesn't matter because there are no rules in street photography. If you haven't tried a long lens try it, you might just end up loving it.
I think you need to be much closer, with a flash in their face - and hope they don't suffer epilepsy
Cheers, just got to explore in flickr!nice light
Cheers, just got to explore in flickr!
Bangkok by shayne_photos, on Flickr
China Town Bangkok Thailand by shayne_photos, on Flickr
I raised my camera and she raised her banana.
China Town San Francisco by shayne_photos, on Flickr
Street Photography by shayne_photos, on Flickr
Winds of change is a beauty Marcus well spottedA couple of pics captured today with the little Fuji XF-1
Winds of Change by XFile2708, on Flickr
Trolley Dolly by XFile2708, on Flickr
Walkies by XFile2708, on Flickr
The shot of the bikes is brilliant Barry
Winds of change is a beauty Marcus well spotted
The shot of the bikes is brilliant Barry
Cool subject (graffiti artist) I got the thinking another angle might have helped the image. Low down from the right perhaps. Just spitting ideas out ..
Hi Simon, Some really good street shots there. They're all good but my favs are #2, #4, & #7,
It doesThe last few street sessions I did some extreme culling... this time I didn't it might speak volumes about standards in this post..
1 FQ2A7854 by dancook1982, on Flickr
2 FQ2A7863 by dancook1982, on Flickr
3 FQ2A8264 by dancook1982, on Flickr
4 FQ2A8275 by dancook1982, on Flickr
5 FQ2A8347 by dancook1982, on Flickr
6 FQ2A8369 by dancook1982, on Flickr
It does
Its all good buddy, the problem is that you elevated yourself from just posting snapshots so you got to work three times as hard to keep that up. I know you can do itok ok .. sorry they are all crap maybe i shouldn't process on the same day I take photos - so I can be more critical and less emotional
Its all good buddy, the problem is that you elevated yourself from just posting snapshots so you got to work three times as hard to keep that up. I know you can do it
I know just the nurse for you! Ami....I have a condition called "perfectionism procrastination paralysis"
I really like that first one, love the smile, the two others looking at something together. Great moment captured, yet leaving lots to the imagination.Character profiling.... these are such heavy crops I'm ashamed and amazed at the same time..
FQ2A8429 by dancook1982, on Flickr
FQ2A8410 by dancook1982, on Flickr
FQ2A8402 by dancook1982, on Flickr