Everything Street Photography

When I'm not on the streets, I'm in nature. Here's one of my favorite images from a nearby state park (taken just one week ago). It's over-processed, but I like it that way in this case.

This is my first post in this blog. I've read it for a couple of weeks, and find it very inspiring. Maybe I will leave some words and photos here from time to time.
Here's a photo. Follow this link for a bigger version

Ordered one off ebay...hopefully I'll have it in a couple of weeks. My evil family and friends couldn't...or WOULDN'T... get me one for Christmas, so I had to spend the whopping 20 bucks from my own hard-earned cash fund.

I bought some other photography-related objects on ebay that I will not disclose at this time, as I have a great idea for some new creative shooting techniques. But, I want to get them first, then surprise everyone with the results. This will not be your standard street photography...let's just say, I'm quite excited.

How's that for a teaser?

22-10-2006, Ghent (Belgium)

Berlin, September 2006

Berlin, October 2006

Boerentoren, Antwerp, Belgium

17-07-2006, Ghent (Belgium)

Hello people,

I'm 17 and I like very much streetphotography. This is my first post. I hope you like it.

10-07-2006, Ostend (Belgium)

taken in chicago. be nice, this is my first post. taken looking out of a trolley. yes i know terrible scanner quality too.

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Simple...isn’t it?

I love shots of combined reflections and whatever is on the other side, but I can rarely make them show clearly.

For a change.

It's really not what it should be again, due to the small size, but there's a bunch of kids in the foreground, and also a guy on stage.

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Yes it's true. I created my first photobook.

I used a tool called Booksmart to design the book and it's being printed by Blurb in the US.
The book contains 90 pages and holds about 80 B&W full bleed street photos and portraits.

You can have a look here

To look inside the book (first 15 pages), you have to click on the pdf file.

P.

Hi its my first post my name is jessica and am from mauritius. here's a picture taken with my rebel k2...its mister p.e.m , he works as sculptor at the caudan waterfront ( its a shopping spot...)

i scan it again , just click on it to have the big version.

Not one of my favorite pictures, but it was one of those "can't pass it up" shots.

I wish I could try it again though. I like the angled horizon, but I want to experiment with different depths of field. What I REALLY wish I had done was shoot it just like this, but with a small aperture so that the people way in the back were in focus, and the sleepy girl in the front was out of focus. I think that would look interesting...I could fake it with Photoshop, but I don't like faking things like that.

Thank You,
TK

this is a busy and very strange street market during the week, mostly selling other folks rubbish ( and i mean rubbish!). but as you may have noticed from previous posts i prefer not to have people in my work.
it was one of those days with very heavy rain followed by brillant winter sun, which can create some fantastic light for photography.

martin

I think this is the one Conglom meant when he thought I posted the previous picture before.

One person on Pbase is very dear and valuable to me, and I kind of see him as a mentor. I've learned so much from him, and even though he's a splendid street photographer, he will look at each of my images and give his honest opinion, and often suggestions to improve. The suggestion he made, based on how I saw the image (Hitchcock), is to make it a vertical composition (more threatening) and to make the couple walk out of the frame. I think he was more than right with that suggestion. What do you think?

Most of the time, I shoot on intuition -- I see the scene in front of me, and if it strikes me, I shoot. I don't always see the stories until I get back home and I can look over the results of my work.

This time, I saw it from the moment I looked through the viewfinder.

I have processed this image in several ways, and none really gave it that touch of speed, but this one did, and guess what: ACID!
B&W did not give the desired result at all, although it was my first intention. It made the image dull and static.

Birmingham UK 2006

Yet another spot in Brussels, where they have built a nice skate park, all in concrete. It offers great opportunities for photographers, but when I was there, they boys stopped skating wherever I pointed my lens. I wanted a bigger angle and a less distracting background, but they were just too shy I guess. I'm going back every day though, until I have a good shot of a jumper close by, while also showing the whole construction of the thing. It will be a work of patience to wait for someone who has confidence enough or who just doesn't care that I take his picture.

Since SP doesn't like my other picture I thought I'd post another. A weird thing happened when I was in San Francisco...almost all of the pictures I kept ended up being of couples, either walking or just hanging out. I guess that's San Francisco for you...

Another picture from my trip to San Francisco last year. I feel like I learned more photographically from this trip than any other that I've taken -- much of it after I finally got around to working through the pictures. For one thing, I'm a much bigger fan of black and white now than I used to be.

Sorry about the height of the photo -- it's a narrow, tall one.

Last Friday, I went to the 'Marollen', which is a neighbourhood of mainly poor people. I don't go there on my own, so I took my colleague (also photographer) with me.
I was focusing on the pigeons and waiting until the man you see would enter the frame. What I didn't know or expect, is that he was pretty hostile. He stamped on the ground and shouted to scare the birds away. I captured him just before he stamped. He was proud of himself at first, and then dumbfolded when I stuck up my thumb following his action. I doubt if he knew he would be in the frame too.
When viewing the image, I saw he was concentrating on what he was going to do, biting his lip. I wonder if this story is visible from the image.

Handicapped people have been stowed away for a long time. Little by little, their integration in society becomes a fact. From the dark to the light.

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Picture first, then story below.

Over a year ago, I took a trip to San Francisco, California. It was a great trip, but a foot injury (actually, TWO foot injuries) kept me pretty limited in my ability to get around. So, I wound up walking slower, and to fewer places than I'd normally hit. A blessing in disguise, as I got much more street photography done with this slower approach.

One fine day, I was walking downtown and a gentleman dressed like a 50s jazz singer stopped me, saying, "Hey buddy, take my picture!" Naturally, I obliged. He paid me back with an impromptu lesson on the guitar -- right there in the street. Needless to say, I kept shooting...

Simplephotography's two recent posts prompted me to share this one. It is easily one of my favorite pictures, ever.

Hi guys,

After a pretty long time of building-my-house, I wanted to come back, and what did I see? A blog! I'm way too stupid to understand all of this, so I'm going to do this like a hands-on workshop thing. If it doesn't come out the way it should, now you know why.

Here's two pictures I recently sold. The person who purchased them, has a very specific taste.

Hi all
I'm new to Street Photography, but would love any advice anyone can give. I'm based in Bristol, UK, so if there's anyone close, let me know. I've added a pic here for some comments, it's only a first attempt really, but be honest, it's the only way to improve.

I apologize that I don't have any pics to share yet (I don't have a scanner)...but I have been playing around with inkjet transfer, and I have to say that this is the most exciting thing I've done in printing. I've printed off quite a few shots on various thicknesses of sheet protectors, and transferred them in a few different ways. Here is a summary of my findings.

First, not all pictures look good when transferred. If you need a lot of detail to appreciate the image, then it should not be transferred. Most detail is lost in the process.

Next, a smooth transfer medium gives a dramatically different effect than a somewhat bumpy medium. Many protector sheets are bumpy to reduce glare -- this yields a more textured transfer image with fewer white spots (where the ink doesn't transfer at all, or cracks off when you remove the plastic). However, I prefer a smoother, thicker transfer medium. It's easier to make the actual print, and I like the tones that it gives. Plus, the bold cracks in the print look great.

Some images, especially those with strong contrast or just a lot of dark areas, will be so covered in ink that the ink will run if you aren't very fast. I had it running in rivers down a protector sheet on one print. That's not bad -- just another look for the print. Depends on what you want.

If you do NOT want that...then my favorite print so far came from an image that I split into CMYK channels in photoshop. I printed each channel out separately and transferred it to the same print. Since each transfer came out slightly differently, the end result is quite unique. It has a lot more detail than the other transfers, because each channel has a chance to set in place before more ink is added. But, some of the channels bleed into areas that they wouldn't otherwise, creating some interesting effects. I printed it in the order cyan, magenta, yello, black, because it IS called CMYK...but next time, I think I'll go backwards, because the black ink tends to overpower everything else.

I am going to get a scanner and when I do, I will share actual pictures. Until then, THANK YOU Nitsa. This is a brilliant idea and will make for some amazing abstractions of the street.

Rome Italy 2006

I've finally been able to spend some quality time with my holga as well as a chance to experiment with cross processing. Hope you enjoy, Kyle

Haven't seen him around in a LONG time. Where'd ya go, buddy? I always enjoyed seeing your updates and hearing your commentary.

EC, you know him, right? Send him back!

picture taken today while out shopping.... i've been doing a lot of images that consist of multiple photographs. this is part of a long term project to document the city.

martin

I live in Adelaide, Australia. I am learning about photography and a little shy to post my pictures. Especially, after seeing some wonderful images here. Anyway, I've got few pictures which I want to show; the first one I named the street musicians. I was in our town on weekend the other day. The weather was lovely and people were wondering around the streets, doing shopping, taking pictures, meeting their friends etc. I spotted two guys in the crowd performing interesting sounds.

I've posted this before, when I was on my old site, and I just re-added this picture to the new one. I really like it, so I figured I'd share with anyone who's new.

Hi,
I am from Mumbai India. I am happy to locate this site. Among various types of photography that I have been doing, I am very keen on street photos. Though I use SLR, feel that a compact camera is the best for shots in the street.

Would be seeing the photos in the site and would also upload my photos

Regards
biswas11

Hey,

I'm busy creating 2 books about my street photography and shots I've taken on the train. I've been looking for interesting tools for editing and helping me with the lay out.

So far I found Booksmart but the options here are somewhat limited. Apart from this I know I can start doing everything from scratch in Illustrator and Photoshop but there must be a better way.

All suggestions, ideas etc are welcome.

Thanks

P.

perhaps another non-p anti rule: high iso + high speed + talk to your subjects >> let the street come alive

actually if you ask me, there are no rules not even anti rules, it's whatever it takes to get a nice shot

by the way, the lady in the photograph explained to me she was late for work, that's why she had to do her make-up work in the subway

perhaps this could be a non-p anti rule: low iso + low speed + patience >> let the street come alive

If you’re looking for a way to present a bunch of photos here’s one way of doing just that:

(larger version on my blog)

Nitsa, isn't one of your "anti-rules" for non-p something about making your main subject out of focus?

Experiments with a Meopta Flexaret III and Ilford Delta 120 film