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Club Judge slated this as '2 Pictures' what do YOU think ?


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Holding a Nikon L35AF at waist level,I got this candid in the Adventure Island at Southend-on-Sea,Essex, England. I used outdated 'Truprint'( Ferrania or 3m) film, and processed it myself in C41. Scanned in Vuescan.

 

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Excellent, I really like the colors you got and the people in the foreground aren't, ''just there'' it gives the viewer something to wonder about.  The blue pole does give it sort of a double frame look though.



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The two halves convey totally different feelings. This makes the composition weak. The waiting lady in white is without any context whatsoever as she is totally separated from the two groups on the right by the blue pole.

Then there is the question of sneaking candids… The low viewpoint makes it very clear that it is a sneaked photo rater than a fly-on-the-wall one. This look makes the viewer uncomfortable, besides the ethical questions.

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Peter does bring to light something I neglected, that's people in street shots.  I'm a bit shy on getting people in them myself, I have the feeling they think taking a shot like this may violate their personal space when taken up close, yet without people in the shot it looks empty.  In a prepared for anything shot I doubt any of those people would have noticed.  I've seen some where people look away so as not to be recognized.  The busier the scene the easier it is to include people, some shots work very well if taken of someone walking through a door of a store, pub, or any public building, (particularly a candid shot at night where it's anyone, just a random body).  I also make it a point to never photograph an unknown child, a bunch of them playing, okay, with their parents in a random shot, okay, but never a lone child unless the parent wants the shot.  Photojournalism with credentials for a story is something different, there would be a reason and likely consent. 

 

Something I've found using a wide angle lens is sometimes a waist level shot is best.  It simply works out better, particularly with a super wide lens.  The tilting live view screen on the D750 works well for this.

 

Here's some videos I find helpful for street photography including strangers, portraits of, and consent.  Most are in the U.K. but the ethics are the same here. 

 

 

https://youtu.be/BWip3-T3ev4

 

https://youtu.be/V1vCiZUHKVc

 

https://youtu.be/yoze3Q8bZ-M



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Brentwood Photographic Club were given a 'Flyer'  about 'Street Photography in the UK' I will see if I c an attach it here - it's in 'My Documents' 

 

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Legal, yes. Ethical, questionable.

Sneaking candids like this isn’t street photography in my opinion. It is just sleazy and underhanded.

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You get caught taking pictures of children around here without consent and the police questioning would be the better thing that may happen to you that day.  Most parents around here guard their children like a  momma bear guards her cubs...and some of them mamma bears carry guns.

 

U.S. law is very much alike, a street scene with people doing normal things, I wouldn't ask everyone for permission, but I would do it openly to give anyone a chance to vacate, turn, or object.  I'm not out there to make enemies or be known as, ''that creepy guy with a camera''.  If an individual is interesting, ask, talk to them and mention you would like to photograph them.  Those videos I suggested are a wealth on ideas to get to photograph people on the street.



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Legal, yes. Ethical, questionable.

Sneaking candids like this isn’t street photography in my opinion. It is just sleazy and underhanded.

Disagree.



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You get caught taking pictures of children around here without consent and the police questioning would be the better thing that may happen to you that day.  Most parents around here guard their children like a  momma bear guards her cubs...and some of them mamma bears carry guns.

 

U.S. law is very much alike, a street scene with people doing normal things, I wouldn't ask everyone for permission, but I would do it openly to give anyone a chance to vacate, turn, or object.  I'm not out there to make enemies or be known as, ''that creepy guy with a camera''.  If an individual is interesting, ask, talk to them and mention you would like to photograph them.  Those videos I suggested are a wealth on ideas to get to photograph people on the street.

I agree that, when it comes to children, discretion is warranted although that doesn't preclude taking a shot.

 

Momma was there for these shots.

 

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OTOH, this little girl was by herself and clearly waiting for someone. I was on the opposite side of the street, found her to be an interesting subject, and had no qualms about capturing the image.

 

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For adults, I prefer candid shots, although I had a nice chat with the man in the chair before I took the shot of him.

 

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bluzman, these are all good samples of fly-on-the-wall street photography. They are candids, but you haven’t sneaked around shooting from the hip. Instead , you have just been a part of the street furniture.



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