Street photography

Last friday I started reading in xatakafoto some post about street photography. I have done just a few photos of this kind of photography because I was shy of photography people that I don’k know, but having a look to some galleries I have decided to start a serie of it.

For those that don’t know what street photography is about this is the definition that you can find in wikipedia:

Street photography uses the techniques of straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter and often concentrates on a single human moment, caught at a decisive or poignant moment. On the other hand, much street photography takes the opposite approach and provides a very literal and extremely personal rendering of the subject matter, giving the audience a more visceral experience of walks of life they might only be passingly familiar with. In the 20th century, street photographers have provided an exemplary and detailed record of street culture in Europe and North America, and elsewhere to a somewhat lesser extent.

Many classic works of street photography were created in the period between roughly 1890 and 1975 and coincided with the introduction of portable cameras, especially small 35mm, rangefinder cameras. Classic practitioners of street photography include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Alfred Eisenstaedt, W. Eugene Smith, William Eggleston, Brassaї, Willy Ronis, Robert Doisneau and Garry Winogrand.

So to got for this new challenge in my photography hobby I will use my 3 weapons:

1. My phone, as it is small, fits in the pocket and has got a camera, it is a good candidate to use it almost everywhere during the day.
2. My old compact camera, my sony DSC P7 with its 3,2 Mp is good to get this photos when you go out or you are in a concert or go for a ride with the bike wherever and you can find good shots.
3. But the main one is gonna be my digital-SLR, with the Canon EOS 350D I will do most of the work for obvious reason the quality would be better and you can play with more settings than with the other 2 that I have described above. However it is going to be the most difficult one due you cannot hide it and if you take a photo to people you don’t know they are going to notice it, but I have decided to do it and this is one of the risk that you have to assume.

Once I have told you all of this let me show you some examples of this kind of photography. And I hope you enjoy the galleries coming as the ones that are already in my public flickr gallery.

• http://www.streetphoto.fsnet.co.uk/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/patxiwan/
• http://www.streetphotography.co.uk/