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I really wish I didn't live in such a bogan town. Last time I went out street shooting someone threw a milkshake at my camera. Someone with a mullet wearing a stolen tracksuit. And Sydney is a backwater hole of a capital city.
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Schofferhofer posted:I really wish I didn't live in such a bogan town. Last time I went out street shooting someone threw a milkshake at my camera. Someone with a mullet wearing a stolen tracksuit.
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Oct 8, 2010 00:46
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evil_bunnY posted:That's what charges are for? "Excuse me good sir would you mind just waiting while I call the police? I do believe you have just thrown a milkshake at my head"
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Oct 8, 2010 11:06
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fronkpies posted:"Excuse me good sir would you mind just waiting while I call the police? I do believe you have just thrown a milkshake at my head"
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Oct 8, 2010 14:10
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This is assuming street photography is legal in OZ, and people don't need to grant permission to have their picture taken in public...?
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Oct 8, 2010 17:09
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Double posting because UGH I'm so terrible at this. I shoot and I can't get anything interesting, and about 3/4 of the shots I'm ABOUT to take I stop myself when I realize I'm about to expose a frame of the same old cliche'd poo poo filling up Flickr and DA.
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Oct 8, 2010 22:21
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McMadCow posted:Double posting because UGH I'm so terrible at this. I shoot and I can't get anything interesting, and about 3/4 of the shots I'm ABOUT to take I stop myself when I realize I'm about to expose a frame of the same old cliche'd poo poo filling up Flickr and DA. I think what you will find shocking is coming from your (great) model shoots street photography is really just a massive waiting game. Having good walking shoes really helps.
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Oct 9, 2010 11:22
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Shot at the subway: Subway by azathosk, on Flickr Working on getting rid of the feeling that I intrude somebodys private sphere when I take pictures like that.
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Oct 9, 2010 14:59
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McMadCow posted:Double posting because UGH I'm so terrible at this. I shoot and I can't get anything interesting, and about 3/4 of the shots I'm ABOUT to take I stop myself when I realize I'm about to expose a frame of the same old cliche'd poo poo filling up Flickr and DA. In my experience second guessing yourself is lethal. All of my best photos have been when I'm not thinking about anything but the photograph. edit: Also, I have found that my best photos come after 'warming up' first, so sometimes I will take those cliche or easy photos just to get myself going. Then I net better results afterward. Mannequin fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Oct 9, 2010 |
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Oct 9, 2010 23:00
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McMadCow posted:Double posting because UGH I'm so terrible at this. I shoot and I can't get anything interesting, and about 3/4 of the shots I'm ABOUT to take I stop myself when I realize I'm about to expose a frame of the same old cliche'd poo poo filling up Flickr and DA. You can do it! McMadCow: fearless photog of naked women in the middle of the woods, stopped by the thought of a homeless person on a park bench, say it ain't so.
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Oct 11, 2010 17:23
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fronkpies and Mannequin posted:Good advice. Thanks, I guess I just need to get it out of my head that I should always be able to go find interesting moments worthy of photographing. I had a professor say that a good photographer should be able to make an interesting picture within 1 block from their house. I'm sure that's true, but that doesn't mean the worthwhile moment is happening RIGHT NOW. AIIAZNSK8ER posted:McMadCow: fearless photog of naked women in the middle of the woods, stopped by the thought of a homeless person on a park bench, say it ain't so.  It is most definitely so. I'm used to working with willing subjects, what can I say? I am getting better about being bold with my picture taking on the street. I solemnly promise to never photograph a homeless person, however.
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Oct 11, 2010 20:31
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Having another go at street photography (or subwaystation photography): Tøyen #1 by azathosk, on Flickr
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I find it interesting the difference focal length can make for the feel of a street photo. Here are some examples. 17mm is quite interesting because you can manipulate perspective so much. It can be fun for street stuff, especially when you use zone focusing, but I don't think I would feel comfortable with it as my only street lens. Still a lot of fun to shoot with, but best to start somewhere else if you're just starting with street... it's more of a complimentary focal length for this purpose IMO. 17mm:  IMG_1245 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_8142 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0084 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0119 by trebbble, on Flickr 24mm is my preferred focal length. It provides a nicely cinematic, slightly larger than life feel while without having as much distortion as a 17mm. I mostly like it because it gives context to the environment, is easy to shoot from the hip, and can focus really close... in short, it's incredibly versatile. It works well for night street shots too, since you can drag the shutter quite a bit. 24mm:  IMG_0087 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0089 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0244 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0337 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_1974 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_2849 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_2830 by trebbble, on Flickr. 50mm is the classic street focal length, and the best to start getting comfortable shooting street with IMO. A natural feel through the viewfinder means shooting from the hip isn't too difficult. This is the focal length where it starts to become easier to use depth of field to isolate your subject; with wider lenses, you often have to get a lot closer, which not everyone is comfortable with. 50mm:  IMG_0359 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0804 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0798 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0827 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_2688 by trebbble, on Flickr Longer focal lengths like 100mm allow for more candid observation, but also give a more clinical, distant feel. I find that many street shots with a longer focal length give a feeling of isolation and a more compressed image, which doesn't always work with all subject matter. Still, I consider a longer lens within the 85-200mm range a must for certain styles of street shooting. 100mm:  IMG_9910 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0206 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_0198 by trebbble, on Flickr treble fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Oct 13, 2010 |
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Oct 13, 2010 05:15
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treble posted:I find it interesting the difference focal length can make for the feel of a street photo. Hey! Nice stuff! I recognized that it was Toronto as soon as I saw the godawful orange/brown formica on the subway floor. Your really 'got' Toronto with these. And thank you for not just taking pictures of homeless people. Someone in my class did this as a 2nd year thesis... 
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Oct 13, 2010 08:35
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I know this was posted many pages back but I think that this is a fantastic shot.Pompous Rhombus posted:One of mine from a while ago. 
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Oct 13, 2010 10:03
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Ozworld posted:I know this was posted many pages back but I think that this is a fantastic shot. Thanks  Saw this posted on a photographer's blog I follow, it's a collection of B&W street photographs of women (none of them creepy, at least in the voyeuristic, guy-on-Flickr-with-nothing-but-shots-of-women-from-behind-taken-with-a-telephoto sort of way.) It's a Blurb preview, so the size sometimes leaves you wanting, but there's some amazing stuff in there.
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Oct 16, 2010 22:53
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It's been a while since I've done any shooting, but here's some from a few months ago when I went to Italy: Lonely house by earthbound64, on Flickr There was a ton of graffiti in Italy, way, way more than I was expecting. While most of it was rather uninspired and just made by lazy, bored kids, this caught my eye:  Graffiti by earthbound64, on Flickr  Rough night last night? by earthbound64, on Flickr  Flooded canals by earthbound64, on Flickr  A Dog Surrounded by earthbound64, on Flickr  Broken Bicycle by earthbound64, on Flickr  Man and his violin by earthbound64, on Flickr  Sleeping by earthbound64, on Flickr This one is probably my favorite of the bunch:  A Man and His Dog by earthbound64, on Flickr
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Oct 23, 2010 04:26
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This guy walked into my picture.  Sign reads "Please use the sidewalk on opposite side"
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Oct 23, 2010 17:52
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http://peeba.gfxile.net/2010/10/26/tutorial-photo-dissection-1/ Here's a tutorial or a retrospective of sorts that I wrote about this old street photo of mine:  It's probably most helpful to newbies but it might be interesting to anyone who's curious about how other photographers approach their craft. Any feedback about the article would be cool!
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Oct 26, 2010 23:05
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Moist von Lipwig posted:Hey! Nice stuff! I recognized that it was Toronto as soon as I saw the godawful orange/brown formica on the subway floor. Your really 'got' Toronto with these. And thank you for not just taking pictures of homeless people. Someone in my class did this as a 2nd year thesis... Thanks! I'm glad that came through in the pictures Yeah, I think the homeless thing is a bit of a "right of passage" that many photographers go through. I've taken a few pictures here and there, but mostly for a particular moment, not because the subjects were homeless per se. I'd really think twice about submitting a series on the homeless as a project too j.peeba posted:It's probably most helpful to newbies but it might be interesting to anyone who's curious about how other photographers approach their craft. Any feedback about the article would be cool! I gave it a read, and I thought the best thing an aspiring photographer can take away is that photography is a process that *starts* with the camera. I recall seeing a exhibition of Diane Arbus contact sheets, and it really drove home the importance of picking the correct shot out of a series of moments. It can't be understated. I thought your article was an interesting look into your process, thanks for sharing. On a completely unrelated note, I borrowed a new 70-200 from Canon and took it for a test drive for a few days. Nice lens. Here are some street candids from when I had it.  IMG_3073 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_3056 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_3107 by trebbble, on Flickr  IMG_3067 by trebbble, on Flickr treble fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Oct 31, 2010 |
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Just thought I should leave this here, some dude using the google street view cameras for street photography: http://9eyes.tumblr.com/ nice pics if you ignore everything but the subject and composition.
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nerdz posted:Just thought I should leave this here, some dude using the google street view cameras for street photography: http://9eyes.tumblr.com/ I can't believe some of these came from street view. Where are there zoos within view of a public road?
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:I can't believe some of these came from street view. Where are there zoos within view of a public road? Buffalo, NY P.S. those are buffaloes P.P.S. yes, I know they're actually bison
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Nov 19, 2010 22:48
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I had to imitate Helen Levitt this week, it was lots of fun. 
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Nov 20, 2010 21:27
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Come back from the dead, ye thread! I saw this really cool news story on Vivian Maier. Seriously, check it out.
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Come back from the dead, ye thread! Wow, that was great. Thanks for the heads up! Here's more: http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/
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Jan 3, 2011 21:30
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 From the Town Square in Anchorage, folks gawking at the ice sculptures.
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Jan 5, 2011 07:59
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So I've been making pretty regular trips to Sydney to shoot street, practising shooting from the hip. I really only run into one dickhead per day it seems, who wants to lecture me about how photographing him is illegal (oh yeah, it's totally ok here btw). I get more poo poo from other photographers telling me I can't shoot street with a 5D because of some ridiculous reason which they can't seem to adequately express.
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it's not street unless you use a Leica with a 35mm lens, and shoot on B&W that you develop at home.
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Schofferhofer posted:So I've been making pretty regular trips to Sydney to shoot street, practising shooting from the hip. To be fair, you get a lot less dickheads when you have a tiny rangefinder than you do with a massive 5D.
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Anmitzcuaca posted:it's not street unless you use a Leica with a 35mm lens But yeah rangefinders are nice and small, and they barely make any noise.
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I HATE CARS posted:To be fair, you get a lot less dickheads when you have a tiny rangefinder than you do with a massive 5D. I dunno how true that is tbh, people rarely even notice I have a camera when I shoot from the hip/chest height. I guess they think that I'm just carrying it or something. It's only if I decide to park my arse somewhere and use the viewfinder that I've ever been approached, and even then it's been one in a few thousand folks that wander past.
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Greybone posted:This guy walked into my picture. sup fellow oslo goon! 
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Jan 5, 2011 13:39
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j.peeba posted:Wow, that was great. Thanks for the heads up! Here's more: Sweet! It opens in Chicago on Saturday. Toooootally going.
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Tshirt Ninja posted:I had to imitate Helen Levitt this week, it was lots of fun. I dunno man, in the original you can tell that something is hosed and this girl is trying to figure out what the hell is going on. In yours it looks more like she's checking out her rims than actually helplessly trying to fix something. Maybe she could work to look more into the wheel well and less at the wheel itself. /nitpick.
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These are all from my last two trips to Sydney. Most are shot on my 450d w/30mm, the last one is from the new 5D (and the dodgy bokeh will tell you which lens). 167-Edit by mca88, on Flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mca88/5311019235/" title="131 by mca88, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5311019235_ae9e39e523.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="131" /></a>  103 by  100 by mca88, on Flickr I passed up a pretty awesome photo following this shot when this lady's bag split and she freaked out cause I went and helped her instead of being the stoic photographer and document it. Ever the gentleman, ever the poo poo photographer.  IMG_5118 by mca88, on Flickr  IMG_5403 by mca88, on Flickr It's a shame I couldn't get closer to this dude, cause he was fuckin strange.  IMG_5211 by mca88, on Flickr I think this guy looks like Matty Hayden, but of course you guys have no idea who that is.  IMG_5517-Edit by mca88, on Flickr  IMG_5186-Edit by mca88, on Flickr  JC110101-1 by mca88, on Flickr I submitted a couple of these to the December photo thread and got nothing. Really hoping you guys can give some feedback.
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evil_bunnY posted:50! I've found any overtly weird camera basically exempts you from the "being approached by random assholes" clause of street photography. TLR, press camera, whatever.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I've found any overtly weird camera basically exempts you from the "being approached by random assholes" clause of street photography. TLR, press camera, whatever. 
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I've found any overtly weird camera basically exempts you from the "being approached by random assholes" clause of street photography. TLR, press camera, whatever. My Bessa L got me yelled at a few times. Mostly because the viewfinder on top confused a few people.
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Friend of mine who is getting in to photography is in town, planning to go downtown and do some street stuff this afternoon  Musket posted:My Bessa L got me yelled at a few times. Mostly because the viewfinder on top confused a few people. Yeah, I don't think rangefinders work quite the same way. They're smaller and less obtrusive so they don't trip the "oh god an SLR" reflex, but it's still a normal enough looking camera to raise some people's hackles. If you walk around with a Speed Graphic (which has a rangefinder, but whatever) or a TLR or something, it's generally a different story; people either assume student or Artist or just don't know what the gently caress. A lot of it is also about how you carry yourself. By no means do I get up in people's grill like what's-his-face in New York in those videos, but acting nonchalant or like you have some business taking the photo helps. Keeping an open body posture and a pleasant expression on your face does too (if you're having a good time, this shouldn't be hard). I hesitate to recommend it because it's a bad crutch to rely on, but having a drink or two before going out can also help loosen you up about taking photos of strangers. It's also a great way to lose lens caps. I should qualify the weird vintage cameras hack for street photography - you normally get approached by 2x as many more people that are curious about the camera, usually old dudes who want to talk shop. It can be nice, but sometimes you just want to take pictures. evil_bunnY posted:Yeah. Hassy 500 with a prism finder doesn't, though The shutters on those things are surprisingly loud, aren't they? A WLF would help, I think the Kiev one should fit a Hassy, right? Those things are so goddamn expensive for a foldy piece of metal.
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