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Had a day off yesterday and with the little'un in nursery I went into Manchester for a few hours to shoot some street. I have a day off in June with my pal and we are going to London so I wanted to try and build some confidence before we go down. I set myself 2 rules, 1: no pictures of someone talking on their mobile, and no pictures of someone sat down on a bench - often considered easy targets and I was trying to push myself away from easy! I uploaded my pictures onto my Ipad last night and I had took 98 pictures. How did I do?
I failed!
Although I do think this has some depth - I wondered what he was thinking?
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Lost my job? by bifferd, on Flickr
I walked all over Manchester to find something. I was looking for anything interesting really, then this chap appeared in my eyesight - multi tasking cyclist/courier
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Multi tasking by bifferd, on Flickr
I then realised that staying in one position helped me get some street candids such as these
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Nice shirt by bifferd, on Flickr
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Two bags by bifferd, on Flickr
Then I wondered back to the station and sat around the Urbis area just watching a waiting. I think this was my shot of the day, just with the sheer unusualness of it:
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Water works by bifferd, on Flickr
and then one from the train home - I just liked the framing:
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The train home by bifferd, on Flickr
How did I do? Any nuggets of info that will help me on my quest to take better street?
I failed!
Although I do think this has some depth - I wondered what he was thinking?
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7291%2F8719020446_9bb4009613_z.jpg&hash=a71a0316607990ed35034d8a5cfc6c49)
Lost my job? by bifferd, on Flickr
I walked all over Manchester to find something. I was looking for anything interesting really, then this chap appeared in my eyesight - multi tasking cyclist/courier
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7427%2F8719011232_7207dcdb21_z.jpg&hash=07253459317d450d3be4f22b4ae86887)
Multi tasking by bifferd, on Flickr
I then realised that staying in one position helped me get some street candids such as these
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7305%2F8717901385_3d3c730ba6_z.jpg&hash=aef07edfa1e5fd312f4d4e7d29d56a8c)
Nice shirt by bifferd, on Flickr
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Two bags by bifferd, on Flickr
Then I wondered back to the station and sat around the Urbis area just watching a waiting. I think this was my shot of the day, just with the sheer unusualness of it:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7349%2F8719022290_acfc7b1ef2_z.jpg&hash=d8cd59d3eef71a74ba588372429ca8ee)
Water works by bifferd, on Flickr
and then one from the train home - I just liked the framing:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7442%2F8719115214_e05ebd6b1d_z.jpg&hash=a0677359b7b0913f5db21a911d251aec)
The train home by bifferd, on Flickr
How did I do? Any nuggets of info that will help me on my quest to take better street?