Now that I have returned from Sable Is., I can continue with the street photography posts, each Friday. Enjoy!
Be joyful! Dance in the street.” – Munem Wasif
Street photography – week thirty eight
11 November, 2011 ⋅
“When you hit that wall of utter frustration while photographing the street, when you are beyond tired and just want to give up, keep on walking – for another hour, or until the light goes entirely. Often the best photographs come when you least expect them – when you are the most exhausted, and the most emotionally vulnerable.” – Alex Webb
It is most certainly true that when one stops looking, one begins seeing.
Street photography: week thirty-six
21 October, 2011 ⋅
The distance between yourself and others should not be greater than your arm’s length.” – Christophe Agou
Street Photography: week thirty-five
14 October, 2011 ⋅
1. Nominate something you are going to go out and hunt for – the more abstract the better
2. Give yourself a time constraint
3. Go out and start work
4. Ask yourself why everything else that you encounter is so much more engaging than what you are hunting for
5. Ask yourself whether the time constraint is a useful tool
- Richard Wentworth
This image was taken at my brother’s house in Brighton, UK. When I was shooting I was looking for images that would capture the child. This image has a direct connection with the viewer and portrays the innocence of a child. I placed no time constraint on finding this image. A time constraint may focus your efforts on capturing the image you want although it could also be distracting to the mind.
Ordinary is Extraordinary
6 October, 2011 ⋅
?The Shambhala approach is to befriend what is there, the everyday occurrence, which is real, obvious and constant. …It may be the same blue sky and the same Volkswagen car that we drive to work every day. But that ordinariness is extraordinary. That is the dichotomy: when you live life in a thoroughly ordinary way, it is extraordinary.
Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala.
Street photography: week-thirty-two
22 September, 2011 ⋅
Street Photography: week thirty-one
16 September, 2011 ⋅
“Look for clashing colours – the more lurid the better.” – Bang Byoung-Sang
Street photography: week twenty-eight
20 August, 2011 ⋅
“Go somewhere you haven’t been before – a dog show, a polo match, a monster truck rally – and remember, the interesting things often happen at the fringes away from the main ‘action’.” – Paul Russell.
The three images below were all taken on the periphery.
Bag pipes
Mother and son enjoying the Tattoo parade with some ear protection.
From behind
Although not on the periphery of an event, these beach huts on Brighton seaside front have very colourful fronts and are often photographed from the front. They have a different appeal from behind.
Lets talk
I took this photograph while in Cuzco, Peru at a festival during Easter.
Street photography: week twenty-seven
12 August, 2011 ⋅
“Bend the rules and play tricks with the mind; make documents of moments that have never existed.” – Peter Funch
When these moments occur I find they are full of humour. I really enjoy finding them.
Didn't you know
Glass cars
Legs
