Been doing some street photography
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The big thing that struck me about these was that they all seemed too closely cropped. I know that street photography is all about people, but I think it needs a bit of context too. Also there were a couple where people were walking into a tight frame with the space behind them, would look better the other way round.
How many? The big thing that struck me about these was that they all seemed too closely cropped. I know that street photography is all about people, but I think it needs a bit of context too. Also there were a couple where people were walking into a tight frame with the space behind them, would look better the other way round.
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The big thing that struck me about these was that they all seemed too closely cropped. I know that street photography is all about people, but I think it needs a bit of context too. Also there were a couple where people were walking into a tight frame with the space behind them, would look better the other way round.
what she said ^^^^^also their a bit soft
#25 nice comp
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Try looking through the pool here for some inspiration:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/
no's 3, 22 & 25 made me want to look longer than a second...sorry
I'd crop the top bit of no.3 too
http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/
no's 3, 22 & 25 made me want to look longer than a second...sorry
I'd crop the top bit of no.3 too
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I agree with the replies above, I do not "connect" with many of your photos that said No 21 stands out for me
You could take a look at the photos posted on the link below to see some street shots from a TP meeting in London a little while back for some more inspiration & interpretation on street shooting:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=116811
You could take a look at the photos posted on the link below to see some street shots from a TP meeting in London a little while back for some more inspiration & interpretation on street shooting:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=116811
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Well done you for going out and giving it a go. It's nowhere near as easy as it looks as I think you've found. As the others have said, it needs to be more than just pictures of people doing something, and the picture needs to tell a story in some way or have a clever or funny composition within them or just carry a lot of interest within the subject.
As a guide, you could take 100 street photographs and only achieve the above with 5 or 10, so don't be disheartened by what you have done so far and keep trying
As a guide, you could take 100 street photographs and only achieve the above with 5 or 10, so don't be disheartened by what you have done so far and keep trying
Well done you for going out and giving it a go. It's nowhere near as easy as it looks as I think you've found. As the others have said, it needs to be more than just pictures of people doing something, and the picture needs to tell a story in some way or have a clever or funny composition within them or just carry a lot of interest within the subject.
As a guide, you could take 100 street photographs and only achieve the above with 5 or 10, so don't be disheartened by what you have done so far and keep trying
yeha i know what you mean, i did take a lot of pictures but it was something to do on my day off and something to try and achieve, defo going to go out again, probably fri or sat, maybe in town centre to see what i can do, i know what you mean about the cropping but people say crop tight some dont lol, its obviously my preference but will try and get more of the subject in next time
ps thanks for the comments