Photo Comp Dec 2013 - "People"

[RiK]

Decembers topic, as chosen by last months winner Nyarla is 'People'

I chose this subject (have we had it before? i couldn't see it..) because I always feel shy about photographing people, but I really like seeing photos of us in our natural habitats.... it's super every-day, but somehow interesting...

So yeah I was thinking like, photographs of friends, family, strangers, whatever.. Individuals or groups or whatever crazy stuff you come up with is cool of course

I know there are some people here who already take lots of people pics, so, cool.. but almost any photo I've ever shared myself is of objects and landscapes and whatnot.. people seem harder to me - you actually might have to talk to them first!

(not that I take many photos, only camera I have at the moment is an iPad. Want a DSLR! I feel a bit bad, haven't even been paying attention to these photo comps for ages....will try harder...)

OK, the month is almost over, here are my five favourite peopley photos for voting on..

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And second someone who was trying to avoid being photographed, which is. Unless I shoot a better one.

Heres one a bit more recent (and I think unused this time! ); Matt Bellamy of popular beat combo "The Muse" tries to remember how the chords go in front of 60,000 people:

My son sulking yesterday because he was over tired and didn't want to walk any more.

This dude!

Thanks y'all

[RiK]

So much potential in this one, family shots, portraits, candid stuff, street photography etc.

[GoatFoam]

An old one

[PFVA]

Pending taking a maybe more appropriate one

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[RiK]

So many different styles to choose from, a few from the archives for inspiration:

Street Photography..


Natter by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Bristol-4874 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Wet wet wet by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Bristol-5790 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Having a splashing time.. by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Bristol-2955-Edit by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr


Up? by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

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[RiK]

You might need to explain that last one to me boobies.. Can't see the people myself!

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Damn I thought that was pretty obvious... and I chose the less abstract version too!

The pink areas are hands. The face of the person in the photograph is obscured by a camera, blue dot on left side is centre of lens. Does that help ??

Here's the more abstract version :

[F-ZeroOne]

An old one, but still one of my favourites that I've taken, and as usual a complete fluke:

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She looks a bit young to be riding a unicycle.

[F-ZeroOne]

Shes from Sakai-Minato, its a town where that sort of thing is built into the very cement...

[RiK]

Damn I thought that was pretty obvious... and I chose the less abstract version too!

Ahh, it's like one of them magic eye things.. once you see it, you can't un-see it!

I got it now..

[RiK]

An old one, but still one of my favourites that I've taken, and as usual a complete fluke:

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http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=3 ... 8#p1556171

[Meow]

Some of your photo's are awesome.

[Xstreme]

This dude!



Stopped the car in the middle of nowhere, Morocco to admire the view way above the sea. I was disturbed by a noise behind me. A laden donkey came running full speed around the bend followed by this little old man running and waving his arms about erratically. I presumed he was signaling to me if I could stop his runaway cargo. Much to his relief I managed to halt his donkey receiving many thanks in Arabic as he didn't speak a word of English / French. I asked if I could take his portrait. He agreed, posed for me then wanted me to show him the back of the camera so he could view the screen. I tried to explain there is no screen and my camera was a Polaroid. When I peeled the negative away to reveal his photo, he snatched it from me immediately, his reaction was total astonishment. He posed to let me take a couple of photos. One I gave him as a gift. The other I kept