I can’t imagine some of the most prolific street photographers were ever bogged down by definitions / names. I like to think they were more interested in seeing street photography as an approach / process that was not limited by place or subject matter.
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Beginner Street photography. harder than I thought.
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Once upon a time, well about 20 or so years ago a person with a camera might go unnoticed. Camera phones were only just appearing on the market. I remember getting my first one in 2003.
Sadly, these days if you carry a camera in the street you couldn't be more noticeable than if you carried an AK-47 assault rifle! Even Henri Cartier-Bresson might struggle.....
There are already whole generations who have never owned a proper camera and never will. So.... try ditching the camera for street photography. May sound heretical on here I know.
Sadly, these days if you carry a camera in the street you couldn't be more noticeable than if you carried an AK-47 assault rifle! Even Henri Cartier-Bresson might struggle.....
There are already whole generations who have never owned a proper camera and never will. So.... try ditching the camera for street photography. May sound heretical on here I know.
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I can't imagine they ever considered themselves to be 'street photographers'.
I was 'out' of photography from 1983 until 2010. Pre-'83 there was 'candid' photography that was mentioned in Amateur Photographer etc., but the stuff by photographers like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Kertesz, Arbus, and others I was aware of wasn't called 'street' but probably would be now.
Street photography appears to have been invented/branded/marketed in those intervening years. Not for the better IMO. Making narrower and narrower pigeonholes for genres/styles stifles creativity IMO. The internet, YouTube in particular, only serves to make this worse.
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Perhaps that's true in some places but I've never come across such a circumstance. My experience is that very few people ever notice me using a camera or if they do, they show no sign that they care.
Ah, but how do you record a photograph without a camera?
Before you say it: the camera in a phone is still a camera and many, many people these days know, that if you hold your phone up to eye level with the lens pointing at them, you're taking their picture.
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A positive result from a chance encounter.
I happened across a couple of cos players on the prom today, they were all messing about taking photos of each other.
I saw an opportunity, so moved in and took charge, first by lining them up a bit.
I chatted for a few minutes to the guys and gals and it quickly became obvious they were lovely people and receptive to having photos taken. so I started to move them around into various poses. The phone snappers loved it............woooooo thats a good idea!
It was all going so well until Princess Leia had a wardrobe malfunction.
IT just goes to show what an enjoyable hour you can have with a bit of friendly chit chat with like minded people, You just Gotta practice, same as anything else.
I happened across a couple of cos players on the prom today, they were all messing about taking photos of each other.
I saw an opportunity, so moved in and took charge, first by lining them up a bit.
I chatted for a few minutes to the guys and gals and it quickly became obvious they were lovely people and receptive to having photos taken. so I started to move them around into various poses. The phone snappers loved it............woooooo thats a good idea!
It was all going so well until Princess Leia had a wardrobe malfunction.
IT just goes to show what an enjoyable hour you can have with a bit of friendly chit chat with like minded people, You just Gotta practice, same as anything else.
