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Protest & March on the Embassy – 09th August
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The protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza on Sat was the perfect chance to get out and become more familiar with my new Fuji x100. I had played with it the previous evening but ended up cropping a lot of heads and missing good shots due to just being unfamiliar with the camera.
Really enjoyed the natural way the camera forces you to get up close with your subjects. Initially this was a bit daunting, but at protest, everyone wants to be seen and heard so there didnt seem to be an issue! I generally try to keep posting to a maximum of 2 images, but I think this lot works well as a set, so im making an exception here.
All constructive criticism appreciated and encouraged.
Support comes in all shapes and hairstylesNice collection of images. You have captured the spirit and noise very well. I particularly like your inclusion of Jim Larkins statue in the 1st one.
I find the 5th a very interesting shot as I always think that someone who attends a peaceful demonstration with their face covered has anything but “peaceful protest” on their mind, but then again I may be doing the guy a disservice. Would be interested to hear your experiences regarding this guy if any.
Mark S.
I dont think he was up to much and the look is just trying to look cool more than anything. He joined around stephens green and only put his mask up after he noticed my camera pointing in his direction ( i wasnt actually taking pics of him until i saw his mask go up and he became a lot more interesting!) . They left the protest march not long after i took this and headed off to some unknown destination.
When you look at the care taken in his hair, well kept boots, not cheap either il bet, Id say he’s most likely all image. A proper real salt of the earth up-to-no-good scumbag wouldn’t care about the state of their clothes, hair or matching their footwear with their buddy, at lest in my experience!
I fail to see the relevance of Jim Larkin or the GPO in the image?
These images lack any real impact to my eye at least probably due to the colour.
I feel for impact they should be B&W but in colour they just look like snap-shots.
The only people with any real conviction in their eyes are the non Irish, the others look
like they are out on a Sunday stroll!Thanks for the input john, appeeciate your honesty. I tried many in b&w but they just didnt capture the energy and cibrance of the scene. It was a deliberate decision to keep the color. Im interested in what, in your opinion could make hese into real photos as oppposed to snaps? We talking trendy dof, some filters or something else?
Regarding the facial expressions, i can only capture the people, i cant make them grimace or produce more intesting faces!
In regards to the first one, well, this is a protest for freedom, and the gpo and tri color are big symbols or our steuggle and where it happened, so i felt a connection between these objects and the protest for peoples freedoms in the modern age. I think the photo says that
I appreciate that you can only shoot what is before you but personally I wouldn’t have included images 5 or 6.
The protesters are not animated enough & look to have just happened along the scene. They in my view take from the protest feel.Images 3 & 4 have the animation & feeling in the expression of the protesters & again I think these images are better
served in B&W. Maybe its because of the ethnicity of these protesters who probably know more about Gaza/Israel
conflict than we do that I feel these are better images?I’m not into trendy photography but I believe B&W has a special place of its own in photography & street photography
should be B&W & in saying that there will always be an exception. Images to me in B&W captures the soul of the moment that colour cannot.
It’s a personal thing for me & I’m finding it difficult to express it fully.Well done on getting out there & capturing the images & taking time to post them.
My pick from this set would be #3. There are some genuine looking expressions on the faces of the protestors.
markst33 wrote:
Nice collection of images. You have captured the spirit and noise very well. I particularly like your inclusion of Jim Larkins statue in the 1st one.
I find the 5th a very interesting shot as I always think that someone who attends a peaceful demonstration with their face covered has anything but “peaceful protest” on their mind, but then again I may be doing the guy a disservice. Would be interested to hear your experiences regarding this guy if any.
Mark S.
Although, given that hairstyle, surely anonymity can’t be his objective of the face covering?
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