Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => Street Showcase => Topic started by: RSL on September 11, 2021, 10:20:15 am
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Pretty sure I've posted this one on LuLa before, but it's a favorite.
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Pretty sure I've posted this one on LuLa before, but it's a favorite.
I don't remember it but I like the backside and frontside (via the mirror) at the same time.
Easy to understand why it's a favorite!
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Thanks, Francois. As HCB said, "It's always luck. You just have to be receptive. That's all." He's right, and by "receptive" he means you have to be ready with a hair trigger on your camera. You never have time to think about the shot.
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Thanks, Francois. As HCB said, "It's always luck. You just have to be receptive. That's all." He's right, and by "receptive" he means you have to be ready with a hair trigger on your camera. You never have time to think about the shot.
That's the main reason why street photographs must be judged by different technical standards than other, more deliberate types of photography. Subject motion, less-than-perfect focus, somewhat awkward composition, and the like may be the inevitable price you have to pay for quickly grasping the possibility and then snapping the shutter at precisely the right instant.
In my experience doing it well is much, much more difficult than it looks—and certain aspects inevitably remain out of the photographer's control.
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I believe that for folks who are good at "street," like Russ, the developed instinct after much trial and error gets you to the point where sensing the opportunity as well as the composition are almost instant. But it takes a lot of near misses to get to that point reliably.
That's why many of us stick to slower, more contemplative photography. ;)