Photo Comp Jan 2014 - 'Street Photography'

[RiK]

Anonymity by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

Ian might just recognise the location.

[Xstreme]

Ian might just recognise the location.

Nice shot. Palais Royal? I'm currently lost in the mountains. Very nice but not helping my street photography mission.

[RiK]

Nope, Champs-Élysées, outside FNAC if I recall correctly..

[Xstreme]

Nope, Champs-Élysées, outside FNAC if I recall correctly..

Aha, I generally avoid the Champs like the plague. Would be a wonderful place for street shots though. Chaos every single day of the year.

[PFVA]

People still too far i imagine (but at least i'm starting to point the camera towards them)

Riverside

[Xstreme]

Getting closer PFVA. Way to go until we adopt Bruces style which basically seems to be jumping out in front of people and stick a camera / flash gun in their face. I'm sure if I tried to adopt the same technique I'd have a black eye within the first hour

[Xstreme]

Possibly as close to street photography as I'll get this month - some dude drove his truck off the road coming up the mountain. As I was coming down I was greeted by the scene below. Arguably not really street photography it does feature some people on a road. I got as close as I could without upsetting the nice policeman.



Should probably mention that I'm obviously not entering my own photo. Just wanted a crack at something as street photography is something I've pretty much zero experience in. I chose the wrong month to run off into the back of beyond

[RiK]

In the spirit of keeping these things going, if nobody is posting much, I'm just going to keep throwing stuff in the mix and see what sticks..


Bath-7760 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

[RiK]

Halfway.. by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

[Xstreme]

I remember that woman one Rik, great shot!

There does seem to be a bit of a lack of activity this month. Though the topic should be a fairly easy one for people to get into. Perhaps it's work in progress and there will be a flurry of activity over the next few days.....

[GoatFoam]

I don't much like going and taking pictures of random people. I don't like it when they do it to me either.

Combined with being too busy at work to go outside during daylight I think I will give this one a miss.

[RiK]

I remember that woman one Rik, great shot!

Ta. That was in the subway to cross the road between the top of the Champs and the Arc de triomphe. Shot from the hip so it needed a fair bit of straightening though!

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Well having ripped my muscles off my ribs have been housebound since New Years but they are starting to bond back on I think so whatever went out today anyway and ...



Altrincham town centre (North West UK on the outskirts of Manchester) it's fuckin dead!

This is my entry for this month :

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I don't much like going and taking pictures of random people. I don't like it when they do it to me either.

Should say, tried, but realised I feel pretty much the same about it. If it's a street performer or something, or a happening of some kind, possibly a reportage type situation where there's a public interest, ok, but otherwise I'd want permission or at least some non verbal cue that the person is willing to be shot (eg the glance of the guy playing the recorder) before taking photos of people going about their business. Have had a look at some street photography and seem quite a few pros operate to this principle. Bruce Gilden is a bit of a cheeky cunt tbh. At least he alerts ppl that they're getting shot with his flash.

[edit : though I'm thinkin my shot still counts as street photography despite the lack of people.]

[RiK]

but otherwise I'd want permission or at least some non verbal cue that the person is willing to be shot (eg the glance of the guy playing the recorder) before taking photos of people going about their business.

LOL.. Actually, about 3 seconds later he got up and threatened to 'ram my fucking camera up my fucking arsehole sideways until it bleeds'.