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Colombian Street Photography
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I was over in Colombia for the 5th time there 4 weeks ago and I managed to do a bit f street photography. Its something I have always wanted to do there but its not as easy here for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Colombians are extremely suspicious of strangers trying to take their photograph so are not that open to it.
Secondly there is a much greater chance of getting your gear nicked in Bogota than in Dublin so you have to be on your guard a lot of the time which is not really conducive to getting great shots.
Thirdly, if someone sees you taking their shot they can react in one of 3 way, be fine about it, be pissed off and let you know it or ask you for money for taking it.Anyway I decided to have a bash at it and the following are my attempts at capturing a little of what the streets and barrios of Bogota look like.
1. A hairdresser in Santa Rita Bogota.
2. A view the Barrio of Santa Rita
3. The local shop next door to where I was staying in Bogota
4. Another view of the streets of Santa Rita. The gas thing is the traffic in Bogota is horrendous most of the time but everytime I took a shot it looks like the easiest place in the world to drive.
5. The TransMilenio in Bogota is their version of the Luas. No cars can get onto the stretch of road these extended buses drive on.
6. There is Graffitti everywhere in Bogota which makes the whole place look run down
7. Cycling is very big in Colombia. Lots of Colombian riders in the Tour De France and a Colombian rider won the silver medal in the London Olympics
8. This Taxi rank in Ibague (4 hours drive from Bogota) is like a Colombian Carlsberg ad.
Very similar tonality in all the shots, was this converted in Silver EFEX Pro? Kinda feels like the people get lost in the images, bar the lady walking towards us, but then, that may have been your intention. Surprised you don’t have AK47 wielding drug lords in your images (I Joke).
He was standing behind the cameraman that’s why there are no people. Nice shots.
Some great shots, the shop and the boy with dog jump out at me.
-The shop, as it is almost a compartmentalized view into the life of that little street, everything in one photo.
-The boy with dog, as the wall and its grafiti speaks a lot about the neighbour hood, artists? Gangs? potential trouble in the area? The boy and the dog running and laughing show that life goes on despite these issues .I agree on the processing though, i find myself squinting when i look at the images and the people are a little lost due to the processing. a much more low key processing would let the quality of the images and content speak for themselves.
I find it difficult looking at more than 3 pictures in a row, the processing is harsh on the eye,sorry. The one with the kid and the dog would be my favourite otherwise. Whole different culture out there, for sure..
I like the one with the boy and dog.
I assume these are not HDR but I feel there is a similar feel to the photos which takes away from the shots and makes the post-processing the first thing you notice.
Embrace the shadows.
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