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@mikell Thanks, Mikell – I tried to do it this way in my reply to Rachael (post underneath) and it worked fine indeed. Now I’m going to check whether I can find my recently uploaded pics in my LS album or profile here… 🙂
@rachaeltowne Aww, Rachael, those are great shots indeed. Is the girl on the first pic your own daughter? such a cute kid! And that bathing doll… that’s just too cute! Great in BW too…
Yes, you must be careful when putting pics on the internet, isn’t it – esp. when taken in private settings like a classroom, and without written permission of the parents… But I hope you will be able to share them with the parents themselves, I’m sure they will love to see their kids on the pic – and maybe you could ask their permission to put the pics on your site… ?Anyway, as for street photography, yes, I know, it takes a lot of nerve – esp. in the beginning – to make pics of strangers… but it does become pretty addictive too, once you got the taste of it, LOL. I feel most comfortable when using an personally adapted version of the ‘hip-shot technique’ – which I got introduced to at deviantART by StamatisGR , a great street photographer himself! He describes his way of working with hip-shot technique in a dA journal here
You can actually see how I do it in one of the early street pics I made (2009) :
It’s not such a great street shot, but a double candid shot, since I wasn’t aware at all that I was making my self portrait as a street photographer (Note the reflection in the door window at the opposite side of the street 😉 )
A similar shot, where I was very aware that I was including myself in the window reflection, I made recently here:
Again, it’s not the best shot I have of this man-with-the-pipe , but does illustrate best my ‘hip-shot technique’Anyway, whatever technique you use, main thing is to really blend in, try and feel comfortable and relaxed, even if you are not, and approach your subject unnoticed… Then make your shot and move on. When they see you’re taking their picture, just give them a big smile – usually, people don’t mind, but in case they object, I always tell them I will remove their image, and do so while they are with me. – I don’t think it’s worth a fight.
Since a few years, I also carry some business cards with me with my email address and the websites I use to upload my work to – and If people ask about it, I offer to send them a copy of their pic. That usually settles the issue…
So good luck on the Farmer’s Market! That indeed is a great setting to practice Street! And don’t forget: blend in, feel comfortable (as if you have been doing this all your life), and smile 😀 !PS Have been trying to upload straight from my computer… can’t find a preview button, so hope this goes well…
@thepaparazzo Hi, Mike! Thank you for that explanation – I guessed the should be ways to do it, but didn’t get to figuring it out yet, but the above is very helpful. I can try out both ways, since I have a Flickr account too, and it will be a good thing to have uploading there back into my routine as well.
So thanks for your advise on this, there will soon enough occasions to put it into practice, I’m sure!@luisegonzalez Hi, Louis, thanks for your reply. You have a great page over there at hubpages – bookmarked it for further reference… You truly have a world of experience, and I’m sure a lot of photographers, including me, will benefit your sharing it!
As for getting stuck in a comfortable area, I surely don’t have that feeling (yet) LOL – While nature photography is my most comfortable field, street photography, photojournalism and social documentary surely aren’t, and in all my fields of interest, there is still so much to learn and explore, and so much I feel hesitant about… But that’s not a problem, it’s a challenge that I still enjoy very much every day – I’m always in for trying and learning something new! And contacts like this definitely inspire me to look further than my nose is long LOL@rachaeltowne Wow, Rachael, a little pentax mirrorless… that sounds exciting indeed! Did you receive it already? I would be interested to hear what your experiences are with it. I’m very happy with my Pentax K10 D , and don’t go anywhere without it if I can somehow help it… but a small one to take along when the big one is too impractical… OMG, that surely is on my wish list too – it probably will stay there for a long time still, LOL !
Well, I thought to upload a few of my street images here, but it looks like we need an external host for them, right? I’m new here and will look into that a little later, but for now, here are the two street pics I uploaded just a few minutes ago to my LightStalking album :
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