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Sorry Mark if this was against your grain I was under the impression that all digital photography underwent some
form of processing.
I post a different version……John!Hi,
To be honest, given the processing strictly speaking this is neither street or documentary.
Strictly speaking street and documentary photos should not have a processed look.I really love the first image, yes it has got a processed look but I feel it works really well and has a narrative to it.
I don’t believe any art form should have rules or regulations placed upon them. To me street photography is any picture
taken on the street which has not been set up or posed. (Thats just my opinion I mean no disrespect to Mark).
I think it would be more helpful if we gave our opinion and advice to help one another to progress as photographers,
rather then discussing which section images should be placed.
In the words of one of the finest philosopher of our time (Adam from Myth Busters) “I love it when I’am right but I
only learn when I’am wrong”Regards Gus
id love to see the rule book you have on photography mark…the whole ”strictly speaking” talk seems a bit condesending to me.
HOWEVER……
i have to agree with you on the processing. some minor touch ups here and there is fine, but the shot looks like its been through every filter in the photoshop catalogue and churned out the otherside….its not a look im fond of.
..but theres no rules on what street photography should and shouldnt look like, only personal preference, and dont forget that. so more power to ya bud, keep it up.
Not getting into the whole argument about what street photography should be. I think the second version here is far better. The b&w processing just seems to suit the subject matter better.
robmgra wrote:
id love to see the rule book you have on photography mark…the whole ”strictly speaking” talk seems a bit condesending to me.
HOWEVER……
i have to agree with you on the processing. some minor touch ups here and there is fine, but the shot looks like its been through every filter in the photoshop catalogue and churned out the otherside….its not a look im fond of.
..but theres no rules on what street photography should and shouldnt look like, only personal preference, and dont forget that. so more power to ya bud, keep it up.
there may not be any rules, but there are norms of expectation ,and the norms are that when i see a Street section, I expect to see unprocessed shots of people in public places, and Documentary should tell a story. This shot misses both these targets, in my opinion.
And BTW it’s Mark’s site, so where he’s concerned there ARE rules :)ss
yeah, they may be expectations FOR YOU. so only speak for yourself.
and i couldnt give a fuck whos site it is, theres still no rules to what is street/documentary. especially not made by some guy called mark from cork.
John – no need for apologies :)
Rob – Your tone is well out of order and is against the rules. As is critiquing the critique for reasons obvious to all in this post.
Wrt my original comment on John’s photo, I decide what is appropriate content for the forums here on PI (yep I miss some)
which is what I was really referring to when I replied to John’s post. You’ll note that I’ve not moved his post to another forum
as the content is street however the processing applied would be seen by the vast majority of people who are interested
in or practice street photography as being street. You might not agree but there you go…Also, please reread streetshooters comments, it seems to me that he was speaking for himself.
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