You're too far away from them (cf Bob Capa's quote). There's no sense of engagement or involvement in the situation.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > Sent: 01 April 2012 09:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Is it street photography, if there is no street? > > There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two > blocks from the beach, at sunset. > > I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two > sets. In these I was practicing my "street photography", trying to > capture people at the decisive moment, sometimes shooting from the > waist. As such, this set may not be as technically strong as it might > be, and the composition might be somewhere between ad hoc and random. > Even so, I find these pictures rather fun, in a frivolous way: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629713831141/ > > There are several shots in here with a group of college age kids, 153- > 154 and 230-232. Shortly after shooting 154, I noticed one of them had > a camera and got to chatting with them. One of the girls told me her > name was Cassandra, to which I immediately replied "I don't believe > you". The poor girl was totally confused and had no idea what I was > talking about. > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
