Street Scenes“Street Scenes” and “Candid Portraiture” (http://ramesses.smugmug.com/gallery/6758181_RGrtK#429170796_ptzpX ) is what I feel most comfortable in. The classic technique for street photography is using a 20mm-35mm lens, an ISO of 400-800, and pre-focusing the camera and lens, which is not that critical when using a wide lens. That means mixing in with the crowd to get some close-ups. I do not like that approach because either people pose for the camera, freeze up, or worse, they do not like their invasion of privacy. I prefer to use a telephoto zoom with VR, remain back as invisible as possible.
What is street photography to me? It is very hard to put it into words or in a simple definition. It is a street scene capturing people or animals being themselves. It must have a structure with a primary, secondary and even a tertiary subjects and how these subjects interact with each other. It is not just the dramatics, but subtleties and nuisances. I also try to achieve a sharp contrast between the primary subject, the secondary and tertiary subjects, or background. In addition, there is a delicate balance that has to be achieved – the photo cannot be too complicated; it has to be vague enough so different viewers get different reactions from it or the same viewer gets a different impression, or discovers new nuisances, every time he/she looks at the photo.http://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/Santa-Barbara-1/438193356_RqJr5-Ti.jpghttp://ramesses.smugmug.com/gallery/6758714_JbqwB/2009-02-11T05:49:55ZCopyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. 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href="http://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/6758714_JbqwB#441121078_zSfmn" title="Redondo Beach Pier-1"><img src="http://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/Redondo-Beach-Pier-1/441121078_zSfmn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Redondo Beach Pier-1" title="Redondo Beach Pier-1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2008-12-30T16:23:10ZRamesseshttp://ramesses.smugmug.comhttp://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/Redondo-Beach-Pier-1/441121078_zSfmn-Th.jpgDel Amo Mall 1<p><a href="http://ramesses.smugmug.com">Ramesses</a><br />Del Amo Mall 1</p><p><a href="http://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/6758714_JbqwB#471986402_hEgT3" title="Del Amo Mall 1"><img src="http://ramesses.smugmug.com/Themes-Styles/Street-Scenes/Del-Amo-Mall-1/471986402_hEgT3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Del Amo Mall 1" title="Del Amo Mall 1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" 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