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Here are some I have posted before, but thought I would further explain my position.

 

This image I believe would be very boring with out the person on the left looking up at me.

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMGP0832.jpg">

 

How about some graffiti artist.

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/captured.jpg">

 

Here is one that the 700pix wide hurts, but I sat there and waited and framed the girl in the image to this hallway.

The large image looks allot better. This was shot with film TMAX 400 film

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/700strangers25.jpg">

 

I e mailed this image to these folks.

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/700strangers41.jpg">

 

I printed this in 11x14'' for these folks as well..I love this image.

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/700strangers43.jpg">

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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3084303216/" title="bench by Mr. I got a camera stuck

to my

face!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3084303216_29746a1835.jpg" width="500"

height="400" alt="bench" /></a></center><br>

Javier's 1 and 4 are excellent as is Andrew's shot. I love the dialogue here on this topic. I am trying to

refine what my idea of street shooting and art looks like. For me, it is the shot that is hastily grabbed with

little to no framing except by feel as to what should look right. I actually walk around sometimes just clicking

away without ever checking the photos until afterward or checking the preview screen to make adjustments for

lighting issues. A very haphazard approach to be sure. But photographing people without their knowledge allows

for a much better "slice of life" then having them she you and pose or shy away from the frame. I want the grit

too, but haven't yet figured out how to capture it. I am getting better at the story telling aspect. Framing is

of course easier, at least for me, when using a long zoom lens. I struggle with the wideness of the 28mm, 40mm

and 50mm because for me it is harder to frame and still capture the magic of the moment. Those lengths seem

better suited for the walking and clicking approach. Experimenting with the 40mm for the last week has taught me

that it is a difficult length to work with. To wide for some things and too narrow for others. Seems best

suited for intimate environments where I know the subject. Next week is 50mm week for comparison. <p>

 

I shy away from children, and the homeless. There is something unseemly about photographing them. I have taken

shots of children, but they truly have to be extra ordinary before I even bother to invade that space. As for

the homeless it seems degrading. We are more apt to invade that space because we feel they lack the dignity for

us to respect it. We snap away at homeless people with no regard for having them chastise us, but we'd never

take the same photo of a man in a business suit.

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Here are more from Olvera Street. The first is a couple who were actually walking towards me talking and the wife noticed me taking her picture, so I was CAUGHT! She was actually pretty cool and told her husband what I did and started fake posing for me, but wouldn't actually pose for a picture. I played it off and said that I didn't shoot her but would if she posed. lol. The second is also a photo of two women engrossed in a deep conversation on their way to lunch. The processing is not the best as my son broke my windows machine, and I'm now forced to use iphoto. These were shot using the 40mm limited and heavily cropped. No flash.

 

<center><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3084303072/" title="couple by Mr. I got a camera stuck to my face!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3084303072_4e006726a7.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="couple" /></a><br><b>Caught</b></br></P>

 

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3084302914/" title="ladies by Mr. I got a camera stuck to my face!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3084302914_5bca5667bc.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="ladies" /></a><br><b>Talking</b></br></p></center>

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Jemal, to me those two are great captures!. By the way, in my experience, when I have been caught, I simply smile at them and all all is cool. I will also often make a comment, like ''sorry, but I love to shoot beautiful things'' which is true in all cases because all women are beautiful and should be treated as such. Now when I got caught shooting men, I run... LOL...

 

Going back to what you said about telephoto lenses, I have found that wide lenses work best for me.

Like my Sigma 10-20 or 16-50mm lens because they allow me to frame a person on the outside edge

of the frame while shooting the ''noun'' dead center..I shoot at F/8 to F/11 and have the picture in good focus.

I have also found my G9 to be a great street shooting camera as it does not attract attention like a DSLR does and especially one with a telephoto lens.

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Javier - I definitely agree that the wide angle has its advantage of being able to frame the subject way off center. My 28mm f2.0 is great for that as is the 18-55 kit lens. (I don't have a wider lens... :( ) But give me my 135mm f2.5 and I'm able to grab the shot without intruding, particularly where I need a close up facial. You bring up an interesting point though, my canon IS point and shot has a 360mm zoom (or so) and may make for better street shooting in that respect. Not as big and imposing with a great zoom and decent low light /fast aperture. Only problem is I lose raw, since it has manual mode. Maybe its time to consider switching to it for some of the street shooting as a test. The K10D is defintely big (and gotten bigger since my grip arrived last night) and intimidating. People were actually stopping and not walking by me and my friend since they didn't want to be in the frame. lol. If they only knew that we actually wanted them in to make the photos interesting...p.s. love photo 2 of the fisherman.
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These next two were shot by my friend Reggie with a a Nikon D40. I have not retouched them. Both are interesting street photography shots I think, but not not because they are street photography per se. The first shot is a picture of me taking a picture hence the pentax tie in...lol. The second is interesting because I am in the photo, but as a foil for him grabbing the shot of the women in front of me or vice versa. Maybe they were the basis for him trying to snap me. In any event, I make the second one less street because I am in on it and clowning around a bit. Had I been oblivious or played it straight, then it is a perfect shot because the ladies knew we were together and just assumed he was shooting me and not them.

 

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<P><a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/?action=view&current=DSC_0693.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/DSC_0693.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" width="600"></a><br><B>Jemal and K10D & AF540fzg</b></br></p>

 

<p><a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/?action=view&current=DSC_0667.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/DSC_0667.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" width="600"></a><br><b>Foil</b></br></p></center>

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<p><strong>OH HOW COOL</strong> . a new tool bar.<br>

Howard, I had a G10 for a few days before I took it back. The reason I wanted it was for the wider lens, but it really was not on the level of the G9 image quality wise and noise wise. When street shooting, to capture strangers, I usually use the wide end, but on occasion the the mid to long end comes in handy. Infact, I got a few good ones today, but left my G9 in my car, so I will post the images tomorrow.. </p>

<p>There really is an ART to street shooting folks, but it is very exciting and very cool...</p>

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<p>Howard, other...Here are some street shots of strangers all taken today with my G9 (SORRY) ..</p>

<p>Here is where a wider angle would have helped. She was about 4 feet to the left of me. I was focused on the singers and moved over to the left to fit her in the frame...<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1608.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>In thid image, I was focused on the snow cone machine and positioned my self and lens to capture her on the right...Makes this image more interesting as oppsed to just shooting the snow cone machine.<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1604.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>In this one I ficused on the shoes. dead center while capturing this beauty on the right..<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1593.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This is a small crop as there was another person on the right. I was focused in on the purse...<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1592.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<p>Here this fellow was looking at his news paper. Later found out he was choosing horses..<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1571.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This fellow was painting a house...Boring image as I should have also captured what he was painting...<br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Strangers/IMG_1569.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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