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Any other street photographers themselves avoiding taking photos of people? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by sm26ali@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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To be more specific as time passed I’ve noticed a shift in the way I approach street photography, in the earlier days I’d be more open to photograph people on the streets and while I still do, I’ve adjusted to taking photos from more of a distance or ideally from angles where their faces aren’t directly in the frame. Feels a bit weird at times because you’d think that as you shoot more you get comfortable with these scenarios. Maybe it’s a form of growth to respect peoples personal space, a bit more but I also just prefer that look. I don’t think there is a right or wrong way to handle street photography but curious to hear what others have experienced over time.

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[–] cyvaquero@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't necessarily call myself a street photographer mostly because I pretty much never make people the focus of my images. They are just objects in the scene.

I feel like a psychopath typing that.

[–] ogredaemon@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I 100% get this tho…psychopath or not, lol. Most of the times I don’t WANT faces. With people, I’m looking more for actions that standout from the scene…someone standing still while a crowd moves around, people having a conversation while everyone else is head-in-the-phone…I personally have a hard time remembering faces so I tend to ignore them and focus more on the collective whole. If I could find a way to blur faces entirely while keeping crisp images everywhere else, I’d be happy. I know how to do this in PS…but to do it natively. Like face avoidance rather than detection.

[–] postmodern_spatula@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. I don’t mind the human figure in my photos. It’s good for setting scale…but I don’t care about that person in the composition benign a part of the visual mood.

I find that I am less of a street photographer, and more of an urban landscape photographer.

I care a lot more about buildings and places as constructs that endure (or don’t) than trying to capture an interesting or pensive face.

I like examining buildings with my lenses. They are far more patient subjects to photograph.

[–] ogredaemon@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I like the idea…maybe mix long exposures in to create that motion blur…study the dichotomy of mortality/immortality…that accountant is just a speck of dust in comparison to that bldg that’s been there since the 1800’s. Will probably be there in 2100, too.