Absolutely, I like a feeling of intimacy in street photography, when
I want to express moods of warmth and commonality, the closeness of
urban streets.
When I'm looking to express moods of distance and isolation, of scope
and context, I step back and/or use longer focal lengths. Longer, in
context of the DS, meaning 50-85mm. Much longer than that and I'm no
longer in what I consider a street photography mode of seeing.
Godfrey
On Oct 10, 2005, at 2:13 AM, Bob W wrote:
I don't think street photography does require you to provide
intimacy. If it
requires anything, it is that you treat the subject appropriately,
and this
is true for all photography. ...
... Yes. It's a contrast and a dilemma. How do you provide
intimacy that street photography seems to require when you
are trying to portray isolation? ;-) I almost labeled it
isolation to begin with, then ended up with personal space
because it fit better. His personal space (isolation) and me
allowing him his personal space. ...
