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Chris Weeks posted:Back in 2006 I wrote a .pdf about purism and street photography and posted it on deviantart.com. I featured not only my own work but many of my street-shooting friends from all over the world. Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One Part 2 Part 3 365 Nog Hogger fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Sep 10, 2009 |
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Street photography is by far my favorite genre, because it's so difficult, and therefore, so rewarding. Here are a few of mine. I have a lot more, but I'll respect the 3-per-day rule.  
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Sep 10, 2009 09:59
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Reichstag posted:Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One that was really great.
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Sep 10, 2009 16:02
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Reichstag posted:Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One Rangerfinder elitism yet again though. Im completely fine with him using a rangefinder to shoot street, but it make me somehow "unpure" because I dont?
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Sep 10, 2009 16:40
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fronkpies posted:Rangerfinder elitism yet again though. I'm pretty sure I read his .pdf and it's really way over the top, it treats the Leica like Jesus Christ and it's filled with tons of anti-dSLR poo poo. It's totally contradictory, it's all platitudes like "Street is whatever, just take your picture, there's no rules" followed immediately by "If you aren't shooting on film in b&w with a rangefinder YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING STREET."
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Sep 10, 2009 17:28
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Reichstag posted:Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One "An slr changes, unless it's a prime, when you zoom in or out" 
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Sep 10, 2009 18:36
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Reichstag posted:Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One Goddamn this guy is a colossal douchebag RANGEFINDER RANGEFINDER RANGEFINDER. It's as much a Leica commercial as a documentary about street photography.
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Sep 10, 2009 18:39
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treble posted:This is the perfect example of times where colour is so much better for a street photo than b&w in my opinion. This is so goddamn good 
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Sep 10, 2009 19:01
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The Finn posted:I'm pretty sure I read his .pdf and it's really way over the top, it treats the Leica like Jesus Christ and it's filled with tons of anti-dSLR poo poo. It's totally contradictory, it's all platitudes like "Street is whatever, just take your picture, there's no rules" followed immediately by "If you aren't shooting on film in b&w with a rangefinder YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING STREET." I remember reading the pdf a few years ago when I was first starting out and had never used anything but a dSLR and thinking exactly the same sort of things. Some time, a lot of photos, and a rangefinder later, I can read the pdf and watch the video and appreciate what he's saying.
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Sep 10, 2009 20:27
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Don't mistake enthusiasm for elitism and douchebaggery. Street photography feels a lot different with a smaller, more discrete camera. Not that I even do much of it, but here are some shots taken with a Canon SD780, which is matte black about the size of a pack of playing cards:      And there goes all my manual camera filmist cred.
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Sep 10, 2009 21:19
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No I mean I've got a R3a and it's great, getting more use than my 5D these days, but the guy is just so  Leica and completely dismissive of using anything else (SLR, TLR, scale-focus camera, P&S digicam, etc) for street photography.
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Sep 10, 2009 21:50
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People who get really hung up on one camera or format over another are usually compensating for sucking at making actual pictures.
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Sep 10, 2009 22:22
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In the case of Chris Weeks however...
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Sep 11, 2009 02:02
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Twenties Superstar posted:In the case of Chris Weeks however... You realize you can be both a good artist, and incredibly wrong about something? You can be an excellent photographer and have a stupid-rear end opinion of gear. It's not like it's mutually exclusive.
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Sep 11, 2009 12:55
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Even though he was pushing leica pretty hard, i just ignored it. It's not practical for everyone to get an M9, but there were still good things to learn. The video showed just how close he got to people, how the one guy texting on his phone never noticed the photographer as his buddies started to point out later, how he specifically addressed small towns, because at that moment I was thinking to myself "well obviously cool poo poo is going to happen in LA", but that is just an excuse i make for myself.
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Sep 11, 2009 14:07
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I have just watched part one of that documentary and I feel like I haven't learnt anything about street photography but do feel like I have sat through a 15 minute presentation by a Leica salesman. Part 2 hasn't started off any better...
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Sep 11, 2009 15:38
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dunos posted:I have just watched part one of that documentary and I feel like I haven't learnt anything about street photography but do feel like I have sat through a 15 minute presentation by a Leica salesman. part 1 and 2 are "rangemaster!", the rest is "we don't just take pictures you plebians WE DOCUMENT THE HUMAN CONDITION ITS ART" the whole thing is kinda crap
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Sep 11, 2009 17:25
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Twenties Superstar posted:In the case of Chris Weeks however... In the case of people who don't suck it's usually them fetishizing their process. I'm not really all that familiar with Chris Weeks other than his editorial work, which I could take or leave.
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Sep 11, 2009 17:25
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Leica: Documenting the Rangefinder Condition
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Sep 11, 2009 18:39
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This thread inspired me. First time out and these were among the results: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3914229710_7ed600d432_b.jpg  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3913447805_97f8d1f0d1_b.jpg  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3913434647_fa751219df_b.jpg Links on the bottom to higher res images. There's another on my flickr account but I'm sticking to the 3 per day rule: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shalkore/ comments/critiques? I'm gonna be at a parade tomorrow so hopefully I'll get some interesting shots. Also, I read through Chris Weeks' pdf on deviantart and it made me want to strangle the man.
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Sep 13, 2009 01:54
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"Documenting the human condition" is the new "bokeh", except in reverse.
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Sep 15, 2009 15:57
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Went to New Orleans last week.   Link to set. I went nuts with the zone system last week, I'm very pleased with the results. I have a few more frames to shoot on a roll of Tri-X then I'll see how that went. I never thought I'd become displeased with the image quality of the Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8, but here I am, unhappy. The distortion is very hard to correct and very apparent when shooting subjects like the first two frames. I like to think the composures are strong enough despite the distortion, though.
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Sep 21, 2009 14:35
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Maybe it's just because they're all sandwiched together in a pile, but I'm having trouble finding any terrible distortion.
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Sep 21, 2009 17:29
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Interrupting Moss posted:I went nuts with the zone system last week, I'm very pleased with the results. I have a few more frames to shoot on a roll of Tri-X then I'll see how that went. What do you mean by zone system? Is that pre-focusing? I've switched to film instead of digital, went out today and having to manual focus is a massive change, instead of shooting from the hip and letting the AF work now I have to do it myself. Going to take a fair bit of practice to get my confidence back up. The last shot is great by the way.
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Wiki on zone system. It basically assigns exposure values to "zones" and focuses on visualizing a final print and getting a correct exposure to allow for adjustment in development and printing. It's specifically for use with black and white negatives using individual development, but it has applications everywhere. It was Ansel Adams's and Fred Archer's baby. Adams's book "The Negative" is great for learning about it. And thank you!
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Sep 21, 2009 17:48
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I don't want this thread to die.  Interrupting Moss posted:I really like this one.
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I am a big chicken. I would love to walk into town tomorrow and start snapping away but I am so worried that some burly chav is going to ram my camera up my nose for "taking a foto of my wife!" How do you do it? How do you "man up" and have the audacity to take photos of complete strangers? I have a 70-300 lens for my Canon so I could in theory stand at a distance and snap people that way. Is that a solution to my lack of balls?
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Brawnwrong posted:I am a big chicken. I would love to walk into town tomorrow and start snapping away but I am so worried that some burly chav is going to ram my camera up my nose for "taking a foto of my wife!" Learn to shoot from the hip. If you're really paranoid, start out with a digital point and shoot so you won't make any noise at all.
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Brawnwrong posted:I am a big chicken. I would love to walk into town tomorrow and start snapping away but I am so worried that some burly chav is going to ram my camera up my nose for "taking a foto of my wife!" You could try going to public events like an outdoor fair, festival, sporting event, etc. People aren't going to really see a problem with someone holding a camera and shooting the goings-on. If someone asks, say you're covering it for a paper, blog, etc.
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Oct 31, 2009 04:52
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Here are some of mine, and one in color for a change!   
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Oct 31, 2009 08:10
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Laze posted:I did a lot of street photography in October. Random scenes from daily life in Trondheim, Norway, using a D40 with a 35mm prime: While the whole set is good, these two are definitely my favorites. I'm really digging the contrasty post-processing. I guess the booth with the legs is an ATM?
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DanTheFryingPan posted:While the whole set is good, these two are definitely my favorites. I'm really digging the contrasty post-processing. I guess the booth with the legs is an ATM? Thanks for the kind words! You are correct, the booth houses an ATM machine. I got a few suspicious stares by hanging around the ATM snapping pictures with a big noticable camera, but I think it was worth it. I can definitely see the appeal of a small, discreet rangefinder in situations such as this one though, too bad they're so hideously expensive. 
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Oct 31, 2009 14:14
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Here's some recent work.    
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Oct 31, 2009 23:02
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Couple street pics   I'm a little apprehensive about the last one since it was so foggy out (hey hey Monterey) but I love the shot.
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Eegah posted:
This is quite the combination. The kid's hair, the seagull, 2 guys in clown hair, one with a clown nose, and what looks like snow blowing. What was going on here?
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