now now, don't have to go all mean just because all your points got countered. and countering your points doesn't mean i butthurt either.

you prefer your grd3, good. that's YOUR preference. others can go around with SLR for street photography with no issues.

and no, i don't need your #4. that link won't help you with your missed numbering but it's ok. small matter.

in some circumstance, i still prefer my D90 + 1750 + speedlite (sometime attach only not even on) to do candid or streetphotography. i dont know its wrong or not. but do u care about what it? but i do. coz i always want the best for my every single click so i use the best of what i have.
and clearly can see that im prefer sour and u prefer sweet. we have different taste.

Another thing to remember when out on the streets : make the shot count !

once you spot a subject , try and compose it mentally 1st instead of "tracking" it with your lens

wow... entirely interesting topic to discuss...
its good...
well... personally, i would think that it would be good if you've actually taken someone's photo as a main subject... probably a very clear view of the person's face or features.... you could let them know LATER/AFTER you've shot as a sign of respect and so things wouldn't get ugly later. then again, its just a gesture.

well... having a slightly longer focal lens, or learn to shoot from your hips or shoot using live view is a good choice for street photography? many of us do this during our travel or vacation. just so happen there's this particular school of photography focusing alot on "street photography". DSLR or pro-sumer or range finder or even your pns... what matters now is that you get your shot and it means something. train your eyes to look around with a framing in mind so you would have got your shot straight away. most of the time i would would just hold my camera without the strap over my shoulder. people wouldn't notice my camera until i'm near them or communicating with them. having a telephoto / zoom would be good if you do not have a specific set of photos to get as you might not be able to compose with a prime but i personally like the confinement of a prime lens so it would allow you more room to work on a particular theme or principles you've in mind.

all and all... i do think that... the b/w is not necessary as i've seem tonnes of colored ones... or monotonous....

let's move on to different points my fellow forumers... haha.... let's not counter counter lo... kekeke...

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I agree, street photos look well even in colors sometimes, many people do it in B&W doesn't mean it has then become a rule


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/4...in/photostream/


I am tempted to get UWA lens too, I think is pretty cool for street photography too as it gives some entirely different perspective - like these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/american-psycho-uk/3735318569/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deejey/3251680584/

But it's challenging task because you often have to get quite near to the subject to make that impact

This post has been edited by samurai1337: Jul 22 2010, 02:31 AM

you guys should check out Trent Parke, if you wanna be inspired

i use UWA for street also. better still, i shoot without looking into the viewfinder! outcome can be rather interesting.

this gallery for example, http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldfries/set...57614390788908/ - 1/3 the photos were taken below waist without me looking into viewfinder.



i didn't compose that image. it's as it is, walking and random shot.

street doesn't mean need to have people inside. doesn't mean have to be BW.

i'm still learning about 'street photography'.. can someone tell me is the picture above street photography??
in my noob eyes the photos is just a beautiful colorful photo of a street with human subject in it..

i always thought street photography is always about telling a story, a specific moment in time, where you may not come across it again in your lifetime,
where it will haunt you everyday of your life.. (i'm exaggerating here.. )

can someone shed a light on me of what is the story of the above photo??
how can we differentiate between a 'street' photo and photo of a street..

Million thanks..



This post has been edited by blurr33: Jul 22 2010, 09:29 AM

Errr.. mmmm... turns on the serious-deep-thought mode.

street (strt)
n.
1.
a. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.
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5. The common public viewed as a repository of public attitudes and understanding.

So.. some people see's street as taking picture of streets... with people on it.

or/and

some people takes picture of life... not necessarily on a street.

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Added on July 22, 2010, 10:30 amIt's a beautiful colorful dark and dangerous backalley.

I wonder if Lorong Haji Taib can look like that?

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jul 22 2010, 10:30 AM

Wah. Now I confius. I though street photography must have some human element in the photo. As a minimum small animal like dog, cat, pigeon, or rat. Something alive la . Or is anything photographed on the street can be considered street photography?

well... in my humble opinion is that street photography would be define simply by being able to to document a part of a city/life/street and it would prompt thoughts, ideas or even feelings.

what gold fries shown wasn't common and yes i would say its considered a street photography shot as it includes him taking a journey through the town/village or city and capturing something in angle that prompt a thought to him in which we don't understand.

like i've previously mentioned, photography is an art. photographers are artist. we paint with our camera and view life through the viewfinder just like how artist paint with brush and view life through their own eyes in their own perspective. generally, an artist would have a specific theme or title or a phrase/word to accompany an art they have done as to give the viewer an hint on the direction of his perspective.

how each and everyone of us view an image is different, some may be same as we're influenced the same way but even if we maybe thought the same we would still have a different output. most of us went through the malaysia's public education syllabus, taught by teachers but we each went through it differently and we get to feel the same thing differently.


as referral to the color image of a lonely guy in the backalley with wonderful colors in it... i think it brings a thought to my mind, how a person can look so sorrow and how a BACK alley can look so colorful when most of us would perceive back alley to be dark, dirty, black, and filthy?


how we include a living object in a shot to portray a story is something each of us view differently, how one shot of totally nothing could mean something?

20cents this time.... no more 2cents... aajaja

yup mr josh, you did give me some idea regarding the back alley image..
the irony of the image, why didn't i think of that..

thanks bro..

mr blur33... you're most welcome... i guess we're all blur at times like this...

more than willing to share whenever possible

I assume you guys already read Street Photography for the Purist, am i rite?

ehh if you read my post, i stated that I did that while i was doing street photography.

that is one example of a shot that

1. i did not compose
2. i didn't even look through viewfinder
3. shot below waist level, random angle.



there are humans in other photos within the series.

some places have lesser human activity that others, you still can get nice shots from those areas. you can shoot items that show sign of human activity.

Shot thru windows of a moving tour bus.



This post has been edited by peterscm: Jul 22 2010, 11:07 PM

Uhhhh, this one can pass as street photography?




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@masahito....pfft~

Read it last night. Interesting article. According to him ...

- Only Rangefinder. All other brand suck except leica.
- Only black and white.
- Only People shots with no eye contact.
- Only film. No digital.
- Hates Ken Rockwell.

ha ha. I think he now shoots color with M9.