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...

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

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

more than willing to share whenever possible

this thread is getting a lot of hits
hahaha....
its nice to see everyone posting up more photos to share...

below the hip...
perhaps try going lower than that... or even doing it portrait instead of landscape....

disabling AF beep is fun~! hahaha... more candids available... especially to those photo-reluctant sensitive humans...

hahaha...
you should try~ its more fun~
hahahahahahaha

do it more subtle la... aiyo....
tak kan you keep taking picture along the way.... the whole time?

i see i see...
how often do you do it then?
whenever you travel or just do it whenever you feel like it?

hahaa...
put on monopod... carry it the other way round... swing it... and use RC to shoot~!

isn't that cool...
getting that shocked effect...
they would be looking at you not the camera... so its still quite candid... one candid that you create... ripples of effect

then plant some camera elsewhere to snipe~!

This post has been edited by JoshuaLee: Jul 26 2010, 05:20 PM

interesting array of shots portrayed here....
in fact, i guess more and more of you are actually getting it good!

caption for him...

from left to right

1. hmmmm.... this doesn't taste right, i thought i ordered redbean? argh!!!!
2. panas panas~! this is definitely good eh? but its sooo hot! *sure kena ulcer later*
3. cannot bite tim... i forgot i sudah takda gigi... shit... didn't bring my denture out! f**k!!! i need to eat this!! i neeeeeeed to eat it!

truly mad~!
haha like it... it would be cooler if she's facing you~!

this thread is getting interesting... like how all of you start posting up nice pictures... >.<
i don't think i've posted up anything yet... hahhaa

wah sheh.... everyone nowadays very daring to go tembak all this random shots...
nanti kena kejar

this thread has really grown so much...
everyone giving input and sharing their view on how things are through their lens...

keep it up guys...
enjoying your pics