A
lot of my street photography involves sometimes waiting for the moment and at
other times it just happens. Your eyes
are constantly moving, taking in the scene around you. You block out all the distractions and concentrate
on the subject that you have become aware of.
In my process of street photography my main objective is the shot and
how I perform this task is to blend into the scene. A small camera foot print helps, and limit
your movements letting the subject move into your frame rather than pursuing. If you do move about, do it quickly with your
camera low by your side...don’t be drawing attention by constantly bringing it
up to your eye unless your have a shot. Sometimes
pretend you are shooting something else and then quickly move the camera to
your particular subject and move on before he or she is aware that you have
photographed them. Your camera is preset
to the conditions of light and aperture; discreetly you move your camera up to
your eye, quickly frame the shot and click...move on.
You
have to be aware, that you are really invading someone else’s privacy when you
move in to their space to take the shot.
Therefore, if you are confronted with someone who is unhappy with you
photographing him or her, be willing to smooth the situation by simple deleting
the image. My main objective is to
capture an interesting subject or a moment in time, but respectfully do so and
then move on.
I
say move on, because if you linger around longer then necessary you invite
questions and a possible confrontation with your subject.
The camera I am using for these
street portraits is a Sony Alpha 7II…I can be reached at nymacc@gmail.com for questions of comments
