| Philosophy of Photography Taking pics is one thing, but understanding why we take them, what they mean, what they are best used for, how they effect our reality -- all of these and more are important issues of the Philosophy of Photography. One of the best authors on the subject is Susan Sontag in her book "On Photography." |
04-24-2011
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French photographer
gekopaca is offline
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Location: Arles, France
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My best shot in the street is that I will do tomorrow.
That's why I return again and again in the streets despite fears of the unknown, and I realize again and again that I just missed a great photo, with the diffuse and contradictory feelings of being a hunter extremely insightful and a beginner so naive.
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04-24-2011
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Story behind this:
Brother and sister traveling duo, performing on the streets of San Francisco. Shot April 15, 2011. Photo with my Leica M2, ilford hp5+ 400. Processed the film, then using a magnifying glass to view the negative, took a photo through it with an Iphone 4. Of course that was still a photo of the negative. But there is an iphone app which allows you to convert a negative image into B&W. So the quality of this is certainly diminished by a lot, but it gave me a great quick way to see how the photo might look if printed or scanned (once i buy a real scanner!)
Looks even worse attached, bit better here: http://huntjump.tumblr.com/ |
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04-24-2011
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word? up!
cameosis is offline
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Location: station identification
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I don't know if it's the "best" but it's certainly a recent one that I'm very happy with...
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could you tell me at which station in japan that was taken? thanks.
many awesome pictures posted, great eye candy!
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04-24-2011
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#54
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paulfish4570 is offline
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varjag, fantastic shot of unfettered joy ...
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
http://blackcreekjournal.blogspot.com/
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04-24-2011
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#55
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Medium Format Baby!!
mgd711 is offline
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Location: Japan and The Philippines
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Originally Posted by cameosis
could you tell me at which station in japan that was taken? thanks.
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Shiroko or Tsu, I can tell you the day I took it (9th of Feb) but unsure off which station  , after a few beers it's all a blur! |
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04-24-2011
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#56
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Rick Waldroup is offline
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04-24-2011
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paulfish4570 is offline
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Rick, nice stuff. would those be permian high school kids in the bottom pic?
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
http://blackcreekjournal.blogspot.com/
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04-24-2011
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Rick Waldroup is offline
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Location: Texas
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Paul, yes, I believe those kids were from Permian High. This was shot in downtown Dallas and there were several buses of them. Looked like they were on a field trip of some kind. Did you used to live in Texas?
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04-24-2011
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#59
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MoDeRaToR-To Love & Light
helenhill is offline
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Originally Posted by Rick Waldroup
Not sure about the best, but here a couple of recent ones.
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Simply FANTASTIC. Rick
I LOVE IT !!!
with the GRD 3 or ...?
Cheers- H |
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04-24-2011
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nanntonaku is offline
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here's one of mine that i dont hate.
i was just shooting a nice pair of legs but it turned into something else.
red by nanntonaku, on Flickr
Last edited by nanntonaku : 04-24-2011 at 16:20.
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04-24-2011
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StillKicking is offline
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Covent Garden, March 2011
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04-24-2011
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Rick Waldroup is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by helenhill
Simply FANTASTIC. Rick
I LOVE IT !!!
with the GRD 3 or ...?
Cheers- H
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Thanks, Helen. This was shot with a Lumix GF-1 and the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 lens. I sold the GRD, which upon reflection, was probably a mistake as I miss it so.
His name is Broderick, and he was quite a character, a really, really super guy. I passed him by, noticed his pose and came back and got off one shot before his body language changed. Then we chatted for a bit.
Last edited by Rick Waldroup : 04-24-2011 at 16:54.
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04-24-2011
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Marcelo
umcelinho is offline
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Gear:
• right eye
• right index finger
• cameras & lenses
What I've seen around: flickr
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04-24-2011
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Peter Wijninga is offline
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04-24-2011
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fiat lux
dof is offline
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Here are a couple of recent favorites:
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04-24-2011
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jcrutcher is offline
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04-24-2011
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porktaco is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by helenhill
Just for its SIMPLICITY, Grit & Sharpness
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so pretty. |
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04-24-2011
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rdeleskie is offline
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Location: Toronto
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Not sure this is my best or my favourite. But people seem to like it.
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04-24-2011
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PatrickONeill is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jongcelebes
i consider this one is the latest best...
Plastic Head?
At first, with only film camera in my hand, street photography kind-of-shooting is a logical choice. I went to street or wet market and hoping to have any odd-picture or nice street portrait. |
This is unexpected and I love this shot, its a great catch.
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Pure joy
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Originally Posted by helenhill
Just for its SIMPLICITY, Grit & Sharpness
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This is my favorite all time pic from you Helen. <3 |
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04-24-2011
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Registered User
PatrickONeill is offline
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[untitled] by lightcapturestudio, on Flickr
And this is a picture I'm fond of. I need to go back and reprocess the B&W conversion, but this was taken during my first stab at street photography. I loved this preacher's intensity on the street. he was yelling at passers-by at an art festival. |
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04-24-2011
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#74
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Registered User
kiemchacsu is offline
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Age: 32
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So far my favorite one
Reaching the sky by kiemchacsu, on Flickr
Regards,
Trung N |
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04-25-2011
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Registered User
JuJu is offline
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Location: NYC
Age: 38
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Not sure if it's my best one, but I like it.
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