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A first attempt at "Street" photography.
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Joined up with Paul Freeney Photowalks for a workshop and
street photo walk last Saturday. Very enjoyable and a
different type of photography for me. It defintely won’t
be the last time.
Comments and critique welcome as always.
Thanks,
Martin.
3 interesting images Martin – the last being least noticeable on connection but still an interesting image none the less. Personally I prefer street to be B&W – the reason being that unless it’s colour connection you’re trying to capture it’s best to isolate the point of the image without any distractions such as colour. But, I’ve seen some great colour shots too in the past.
As far as the workshop is concerned – money well spent, I’d say.Alan.
Well done Martin, I have great admiration for people that get out and try
I would love to have the guts to do street, so maybe the workshop is the
way to go, I wouldnt feel to conspicuous if there were a few of us.Maybe a good theme for a get together for a few like minded would be street
photographers :)Alan, Jenny.
Thanks for taken the time to make some comments. I agree about the B+W point.
I have some more from the day and most of them have been converted to B+W.The workshop was given by Paul Freeney. [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/paul.freeney]
It covered some samples of Street Photography and also some tips on not
looking ‘too conspicuous’. Then we went out on the streets of Dublin, 17 of us
split in to 5 groups.If a few PI’ers are interested I’m sure I could get Paul to re-run the workshop.
Martin.
Nice shots, well done. I like the first shot most of all. The patterns of the rail tracks make for a really interesting photo. I think that if you were to wait here for a while some very interesting opportunities would present themselves. I like the second one also with the contrast between people and mannequins. (Is that your reflection in the window?) I have to grudgingly agree with Alan above, that B&W tends to work better for Street. I’ve been trying some of this myself lately and find the best results have been in mono.
Some friends were also on that workshop and say they enjoyed it too..
PS these are only the opinions of an amateur…Thanks to Martin for highlighting the event we hosted last Saturday. At the end of the event when we met for coffee and a debrief all participants said they had learned and felt encouraged to try street photography again, so it was a great success and was loosely based on a talk I did recently for Clonakilty Camera Club.
If enough people are interested I would be happy to run the event again.
I can be contacted at paul[at]paulfreeney.comCharles…thanks for the feedback, much appreciated as are all PI comments.
And yes, that’s my reflection in the photo. I was travelling light that day with
just a little point and shoot but very happy with the results.
Martin
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