Street Photography and other interesting photos

[andy-xr]

Search is down (again) otherwise I'd have used it

I've been off work this week and spent some time getting to grips with the 10-20 and using some principles on other glass.

Anyway, one thing that struck me reviewing images is that they're all a bit static. As in, I seem to be taking lots of pictures of inanimate objects. Thats fine in itself, but I feel like there's something missing, a focal point so to speak

I fancy getting around this by trying out some random street photography. Any tips of how to go about it, what to watch out for etc?

I might ease in gently with something like a local gig, but dont really want to dive in at the deep end rocking up at the local towncentre on a saturday morning with a tripod and a smile

Anyone have any tips, guidance or other suggestions?

[4hero]

I do a bit of candid shots around Edinburgh. Never really used a 10-20 for this, but tend to stick to the 100-400 or 70-200f2.8. The 70-200 produces some excellent results and really brings the subject out at f2.8. The good thing with zooms is you can linger about from a distance and no-one hardly ever notices A friend of mine uses the 10-20 but gets right up in the persons face (he's a braver man than me).

Here's a couple of examples.









It's also maybe worthwhile carrying, a copy of photographers rights with you (read and study first), in case this happens

Cheers,

Neil.

[cirks]

Didn't know whether to post this here or in the Random Photos thread (so you got both!) but when I saw these two guys sitting and chatting over lunch in their painters outfits, and where they were sitting, I just had to grap the shot - I (at least) found it amusing!

I'd like to see some more street photography here....so no apologies for bumping the thread up


Unfortunately, it was from waist height with a wide angle so apologies for slightly poor quality due to the crop etc.....