Why you like street photography..

[gabrielelopez]

Let's Show us some shots that make you love street shooting around in your available time..


;)

[Chaser]

Interesting people and situations that beg for me to come closer.

[Doug]

Downtown in my small city, with not-quite-finished mural backdrop.

[Doug]

Going out for a walk in the park...

[AC3THX]

Some street shots in Hong Kong

[varjag]

Mundane moments of life.

[James Burton]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4031607-lg.jpg

It's all I've got.

Thanks,
James

[Andrew Touchon]

Because I enjoy taking pictures of other people taking pictures.

[Todd.Hanz]

because it's there..... :)



Todd

[Biggles]

Because the pictures are just waiting for me to go find them.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/2394/U2394I1136650992.SEQ.0.jpg

[rool]

Because it is so real
... and because sometimes you bump into such surreal scenes ...

[RayPA]

...because the world is never what is seems, it's a mystery, and sometimes in a split second you can capture it, and examine it for clues.


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[sbug]

Great shot Biggles!

Because the pictures are just waiting for me to go find them.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/2394/U2394I1136650992.SEQ.0.jpg

[JimG]

BYSTANDER: A HISTORY OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY by Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz that has allot to say about the uniqueness of street photography apart from other styles of photography. This is one of my favorite books on this subject. Has anyone else seen it?

Quote from book: "Winogrand seemed to be happiest when he confronted a wall of humanity surging down the street. He threw himself into it."

[RayPA]

BYSTANDER: A HISTORY OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY by Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz that has allot to say about the uniqueness of street photography apart from other styles of photography. This is one of my favorite books on this subject. Has anyone else seen it?

Quote from book: "Winogrand seemed to be happiest when he confronted a wall of humanity surging down the street. He threw himself into it."

Yes. A bit text heavy, IMO. I found the physical size of the book to be a hinderance to just kicking back and reading it. But it's very good, and seemingly thorough. BTW, about the middle of last year we (RFF members) had a discussion thread, or two, that centered on this book.




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[trittium]

I love shooting on the street, cause it makes me feel sneaky :P

My Photos can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/trittium

Or you can go to my favorite street photos though these links
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/88128746/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/88128777/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/88128657/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/88128594/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716787/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716690/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716529/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716477/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716052/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86716000/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trittium/86715939/

[vincentbenoit]

BYSTANDER: A HISTORY OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY by Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz that has allot to say about the uniqueness of street photography apart from other styles of photography. This is one of my favorite books on this subject. Has anyone else seen it?I have a copy of this book. Very well written and highly instructive.

[vincentbenoit]

Because... Dunno. I just enjoy it.

http://static.flickr.com/23/34581563_6ac80e7bf4_o.jpg

[gabrielelopez]

Thanks guys, lot of nice pictures...
Bystander is hard to get here in Italy, but with some help I will have it one day...I use to sell cameras to but books often...

Then again, new expression....that's what SP is to me, self expression, feelings expression..

[Biggles]

Damn, I like these:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17743

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17742

[James Burton]

But also because it allows me to act intuitively and not have to think. Thinking huts :-(


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4028896-lg.jpg

[Vagabond]

Because it's there.

[ErnestoJL]

I like it just because there are lots of images/situations waiting for being recorded forever.
It´s an everchanging landscape which is allways "new" as nothing is the same a "th" of a second later, even being the same scenario.
It´s anyone´s ability to find this "instants" and record them.
I´m trying... to be able.

Ernesto

[back alley]

Because it's there.



exactly!



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[Biggles]

You people are blowing my mind.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17757

[aizan]

not exactly because it's there. sort of like what they say about self-portraiture. it's always available.

plus, it's fun and challenging.

now, please, please, please put some of these photos on my flickr group, tough street photography! http://www.flickr.com/groups/tsp

[hinius]

Because taking your time is for old men and I want to feel young ;)

http://static.flickr.com/8/12601929_6a77f7cb76.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/37/82723901_e0d9fbf98c.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/36/83279153_ad410f4faf.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/9/85384760_8431edccbd.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/30/49112446_a4491e1974.jpg

[Bertram2]

Because taking your time is for old men and I want to feel young ;)

[[/IMG]

Hinius,

Chapeau, these photos got class ! All of them ! :)

bertram

[SergioGuerra]

This has got to be the best thread ever :D

I wish I could put a photo here, but I dont have a good one (yet :p )

:)

[matti]

hinius. I like your photos! What film/developer did you use with the first picture?

/matti

[James Burton]

It's an Ego thing. Now that I have captured you in my little box you cannot possibly escape. I control you forever.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4028801-md.jpg


BTW: Nice work Hinius!

[gabrielelopez]

James, Hinius, everyone....tons of really good stuffs...

Still breathe it!!

[hinius]

hinius. I like your photos! What film/developer did you use with the first picture?

/matti

Shhhhh, don't tell anyone, the first picture is DIGITAL (and the camera wasn't even a RANGEFINDER!) Hopefully the world won't come to an end as a result of that revelation :D

[James Burton]

James, Hinius, everyone....tons of really good stuffs...

Still breathe it!!

Thanks Gab man! The air in Melbourne is a little smoky for the last few days because of the fires. *cough* #splutter#.

I feel the need to watch someone drink water...

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4029147-md.jpg

[Bertram2]

It's not street, it's ice rink. Hope it will be accepted anyway. ;)

[matti]

Shhhhh, don't tell anyone, the first picture is DIGITAL (and the camera wasn't even a RANGEFINDER!) Hopefully the world won't come to an end as a result of that revelation :D

ehem... Well what I wanted to say was, of cource, that, eh, I liked all your pictures BUT the first picture... And I was wondering if the developer was very old and mixed with beer or something. ;) Great shots, anyway.

/Matti

[furcafe]

Because often that's where you'll find the most interesting characters.

http://static.flickr.com/26/43473644_a503e66801.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/29/35817898_cf61310c62.jpg

[lubitel]

It's not street, it's ice rink. Hope it will be accepted anyway. ;)

Well thats obviously "rink photography" ;)

here is my example of street photography, although the guy is only half on the street.

and it was shot with an ... SLR.

:eek:

[SergioGuerra]

So... how many of these are entering the RFF contest? ehehe

I start to notice I dont stand a chance! :p

[gabrielelopez]

here we go again...keep it up!

[Stephanie Brim]

I may have some as soon as I get all my rolls processed...and that is taking some time now that I'm working again. Great shots, everyone. :)

[rool]

I couldn't resist to post a few more shots as I am starting to really like this thread...

PS: I've always been an Hinius fan...

[gabrielelopez]

I couldn't resist to post a few more shots as I am starting to really like this thread...

PS: I've always been an Hinius fan...


Rool ,yo pack is coming. ;)

[Todd.Hanz]

more.............

[sockeyed]

Because there is no better way to learn about new places than walking the sreets (and taking photos while doing so).

http://static.flickr.com/30/64835622_f15af0f5e3.jpg
Colombo, Sri Lanka

http://static.flickr.com/2/1645999_597a54f848.jpg
Hanoi, Viet Nam

http://static.flickr.com/1/789378_6681d657a8.jpg
Hong Kong

[SergioGuerra]

I ll keep on trying :)

[rool]

Rool ,yo pack is coming. ;)

Gabriele, you are the man...
You'll get a print soon, I've gotten better at color management!!

[James Burton]

And I was wondering if the developer was very old and mixed with beer or something.


I wonder if that works.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4029141-md.jpg

[James Burton]

I ll keep on trying :)

'Serralves' is quite nice. Simpler is better, not that mine are like that.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4029229-lg.jpg

[paulfitz]

G1 with 35mm

[Gabriel M.A.]

OK, this is a crossposting, but this illustrates "why I like street photography" (and I've been too lazy this week to process new pics)...

This one I took in Paris (my own toning in sepia and edge burn):


http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/images/20051124183036_2004-09-26_0053_sepia4.jpg
found here (http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/index.php?showimage=1)

[FrankS]

Some great shots have been posted here!

Gavriel, you could call yours: walking a tightrope shadow

Sergio, I love your second one of the person walking towards a sunlit opening. Call it: walking into the light

[SergioGuerra]

Thank you very much :)

Unfortunately my cheap scanner didnt help :|

[James Burton]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004882-md.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004880-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10000524-md.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10000526-md.jpg

[James Burton]

http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/images/20051124183036_2004-09-26_0053_sepia4.jpg
found here (http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/index.php?showimage=1)

Yum!


oOOo

[dostacos]

Mundane moments of life.
the thumbnail looked like one guy going out the window while the man of the house was entering :eek: :D

[dostacos]

LA Zoo, kids and strollers everywhere

[ricpr]

Why street photography? The photo posted by James Burton are the reason. I look at quite a bit of photography, but the unstaged style of photography keeps my attention. I see pictures like that and think..... how did he do that? What was he thinking to make him see the scene that way? If I ever become good at it, maybe I'll think differently.

[Bertram2]

OK, this is a crossposting, but this illustrates "why I like street photography" (and I've been too lazy this week to process new pics)...

This one I took in Paris (my own toning in sepia and edge burn):


http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/images/20051124183036_2004-09-26_0053_sepia4.jpg
found here (http://photoblog.gabrielma.com/index.php?showimage=1)

It's really beautiful ! Great photo. If all runs well I'll be there in June again.

[James Burton]

It makes me feel like sneaking up behind people and acting strangely.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004892-md.jpg

Sometimes it just makes me think

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004882-md.jpg

Sometimes my friends and I visting form Holland sit and watch all the weird street photographers in Melbourne going about their business. Do we need a model release to do that?

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004880-lg.jpg

[gabrielelopez]

no, you don't.

[James Burton]

no, you don't.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10008964-md.jpg

My people laugh at your funny bride picture (nice shot BTW).

James

[taffer]

Why street photography ?

Easy, the answer is this very same thread and being able to watch and enjoy such a wonderful work from people all over the world :)

Oscar

[taffer]

Thanks guys, lot of nice pictures...
Bystander is hard to get here in Italy, but with some help I will have it one day...I use to sell cameras to but books often...

Then again, new expression....that's what SP is to me, self expression, feelings expression..

I got my copy of Bystander from an online store called Daedalus when it was offered by a mere 10 bucks. Shipping was $15 or so, so I added another book to the cart, 'just to fill', in the end I'm just loving that second book, and I find myself browsing it more often than the other !

Its name is Regarding Manhattan, by author and photographer Joe Rosenthal. And while we're at it, books like that are also the reason why I like street photography :)

[gabrielelopez]

thanks, I'll go checking those tomorrow....some pictures, again, tomorrow...

[gabrielelopez]

didn't find Bystander online....

[Gabriel M.A.]

It's really beautiful ! Great photo. If all runs well I'll be there in June again.

Thanks Bertram. :) I am hoping I can go back this year. I was stuck here all last year. humbug. I *must* bring my M6 to Paris this time, and the Summitar is taking a ride.

[dostacos]

word or no word this one needs words....

this is one of the most famous spots in Los Angeles that nobody ever heard of!

it is where lots of movies shoot to [usually] be NEW YORK, In the movie the SHADOW it was at the corner where the 'invisible' building was, it also stood in for New York City in one of the astroid movies [Armageddon?] that same empty lot next door had the bus that was half underground, the same stretch was the opening street scene in Escape from LA [at least it was LA this time] The Barclay Hotel is on the left side....

[dostacos]

downtown Los Angeles

[Bertram2]

Thanks Bertram. :) I am hoping I can go back this year. I was stuck here all last year. humbug. I *must* bring my M6 to Paris this time, and the Summitar is taking a ride.

Booked the flight yesterday, one week in June. :D Happy !!

bertram

[taffer]

didn't find Bystander online....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821217550/002-9214144-0664848?v=glance&n=283155

A tad expensive though. You could try posting a WTB ad here or in p.net, maybe somebody will let one copy go cheap, or can point you to an online affordable source.

Back on topic... because of abandoned cokes ;)

http://www.pbase.com/taffer/image/31163543.jpg

[rool]

Because you spend the day
walking,
taking the bus
& seeing funny things...

[taffer]

Sometimes my friends and I visting form Holland sit and watch all the weird street photographers in Melbourne going about their business. Do we need a model release to do that?

James, you're my hero... ;)

[James Burton]

James, you're my hero... ;)

This guy is my hero.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10004890-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10011377-lg.jpg

[pesphoto]

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Random/The-Deal.jpg

[pesphoto]

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Random/roof3.jpg
http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Random/roof4.jpg

[pesphoto]

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Gallery4/Loveme1.jpg

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Gallery4/GetDirty1.jpg

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/Gallery4/Peanuts1.jpg

[Anupam]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/1804708229_bdd6e99a10.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/1804707235_46a52648ca.jpg



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/1805553392_b024043b9d.jpg

[Benjamin Marks]

I like street photography because with the swirl of pedestrians, at every street corner at every minute on every day a unique combination of people are collected; sometimes their juxtaposition or their expressions allow us to see something true about the human condition.

It is like a random image generator in which the observational skills of the photographer may be tested.

And it is so hard to do well. My hat's off to anyone who can get even 1 picture in 100 containing something special.

Ben Marks

[nightfly]

http://provoke.mediumstudios.com/images/20070621094804_2007-021-06.jpg

[nightfly]

http://provoke.mediumstudios.com/images/20070924191655_street-portraits.jpg

[nightfly]

http://provoke.mediumstudios.com/images/20061017221908_stepping_up.jpg

[Bill58]

Like it? No, I'm addicted to it possibly because I'm in a strange land and very differant people. If I was still in Houston, I probably wouldn't be so fascinated w/ it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrs111445/ (needs updating)