nice one neo_lam

Great juxtaposition by itself, made even stronger with the flag

felt so sad when i saw this scene...its like a beggar women sitting there...between a flag and a luxurious coffee shop sign board...
very irony....and thanks for the compliment...

neo_lam: Very nice! I see this all the time, but not this way.

gulp.. Leica

I think that's what we are looking after for a street photograph, strong message and good image!! Well Done!! love it

very little chance to get such image that come with strong message...have to make more effort to get more like these..thanks bro..

Wait, sorry if I ask, what is so good abt that picture?

i just wanna show the juxtaposition and how ironic the scene was...all the bros are overrated lah..

This post has been edited by neo_lam: Sep 5 2011, 04:02 PM

Well, good effort no doubt. Lets improve together

This pic gimme a lot of "kick" Well done!

Good message, but composition?

Maybe shot from left to have the foreground the auntie with the baby in bad living condition and the background as the Starbucks logo as well as the more luxury wall?

Also by shooting that way, it will form a leading line, from bad living condition to luxury wall?

Just food for thoughts.

Just my 2 cents. No hard feelings

Always see this forum ppl all say good good good and never critic, not a good culture to improve

This post has been edited by hidden830726: Sep 5 2011, 09:18 PM

What went wrong with the composition?

I've edit above.

This post has been edited by hidden830726: Sep 5 2011, 10:28 PM

hidden830726, I agree. Why is everyone saying "good" for pictures here that are obviously not street photography?

On the other hand, there are TOO many shots that are shot at an angle, when they should be shot from directly in front. In fact, I would prefer that neo_lam crouched slightly and aimed the camera level, so that the Starbucks wall is aligned to the right edge of the picture.

Though I have to say this shot comes a lot closer to street photography than most.

Anyway, here's a street photo!

Good vibrant color. And framing the subject well. Nice.

"When is it street photography? Bruce Gilden once said that “If you can smell the street by looking at the pho-to, it's a street photograph”. This brings it to the point. You cannot point your camera out to the street and make a photo. It’s not that simple. I guess you have to get into it to understand it. Some people even say that 99% of the photos out there are not street photography at all. Don’t think too much about this, just look at other people’s photos. Most important is that a photo tells a story.

What are the differences? Street photography is very versatile. The hardcore guys see strange things on-ly. Like people in the foreground matching the background in color, patterns and so on. Some people more like a daily situation or emotion. Some make photos which make you think or which tell a story. I personally like candid portraits very much, but some people even think this is not street photog-raphy at all. There is no rule or right way. Just figure out what you like and fol-low that path until you get it right."

Thomas Leuthard, Switzerland

I like the composition actually.. The flag says 2020... Starbucks says expensive coffee.. Wealth..Moving on.... Then theres the vertical line border between the two and the women represents those left behind. Thats what it says to me la.

Anyway.. As long as dont just shoot homies, tourists, people's back and childrens can di.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Sep 5 2011, 11:50 PM

act i crouched dy...but the surface is abit steep one...and tht lady keep on ignore my staring...so i have to shoot fast loh...this is the best i can get from that moment...
and i think that in street photog we have to break many rules which cannot have too many angles...


from what i imagine to what u said the image will become not clear enough to express the story...coz u notice that the luxury wall is popping out...if i shoot from left that it cant create any leading lines also...
and this will make the flag disappeared...and from my eyes the flag is very clear sign to tell everyone in this country got such ironic scenes occurred....
and by shooting in front the contra of the story will be larger and stronger....anyway thanks for the comments....

you are seeing what i wanna tell the audience..thanks for the compliment...

This post has been edited by neo_lam: Sep 6 2011, 02:39 AM

hmm, its a good message, no doubt about that,

Shooting from left will have the Blue color water pipe as leading line leading the audience to the subject which is the Auntie with baby. Im not saying this is the best way or only way, its just, one of the way to shoot it.

In an ideal situation, is to take shot in multiple point of view, its possible to do this in this case study because the subject is sitting there and non moving, if u walk from left, to right, saw the subject, straight a pic 45 degree from left side of the pic, one portrait and one landscape shot to see how it goes. Center one more shot then 45 degree right to left one more shot. No matter which direction one walk towards this subject multiple pov can be achieved. Dont even need to take the full flag as a partial of it will be able to illustrate it as Malaysia flag, same goes with SB logo.

When in practical, agreed that things happen so fast, and many other factors involved. Fine if only center shot taken.

Maybe this shot in B&W will amplify the message more. For creativity, make it a bit more dark left side and more Bright right side to illustrate the contrast. If got time go try out and show us

Cheers.

To be frank, dont u ppl feel this kind of discussion more beneficial / fun? instead of just pic spam and no comment? Lets critic every damm picture.

This post has been edited by hidden830726: Sep 6 2011, 08:24 AM