The lonely lost and disconnected characters of the big city. What is the rush, what is the point?
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GOF
6/11/2014 16:39:40
I've just discovered your blog and wanted to leave some words of appreciation and encouragement. I've only recently (in my oldfarthood) been able to devote time to photography so I'm taking every opportunity to learn. I'd like to do more street photography but as you point out there is an element of 'uncomfortableness' taking candid photographs of people, although as I'm doing it unobtrusively and with respect for the subjects I'm gradually becoming more comfortable.
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6/12/2014 09:02:34
Hi GOF and thanks for leaving a comment! Sometimes it's appropriate to ask I think. I took a few shots recently with a busker and a chef in a chinese restaurant kitchen having asked both. It's a good feeling because you don't feel guilty and can take time to compose and sometimes people will even cooperate. In some places people don't care (Istanbul, for example), but in Australia people are generally not comfortable getting photographed by a stranger at close range. It's a bit of a dilemma and street photogs generally brush it aside. In a way I am glad there are folks documenting what how people are and what they do these days. So these days if I do take a shot without asking, I first ask myself if it's really worth it and do it quite openly, so people can object or ask me to delete, which I would do. Don't worry too much about it though, not to the point of stopping to shoot and maybe find some interesting happenings in your area, a story maybe?
GOF
6/12/2014 16:26:25
I live near Cairns so if I stick to the tourist precinct and try to look like a tourist there are plenty of candid photography opportunities.....a lot easier if my wife accompanies me because old men with cameras are viewed with suspicion. I've also got a little canon S100 which is perfectly suited to discreet street photography. Buskers and street performers around here seem happy to be photographed if I throw some coins in their hat. Street photog does however get the adrenalin flowing trying to keep up with everything that's happening at any given moment. Much more relaxing doing nature photography. I have a half-hearted attempt at blogging at cairnsaustraliablog.wordpress.com
Some very nice compositions there, GOF. Keep it up!!
6/18/2014 08:17:25
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