Siuya
Cool Hand Chris
Reged: 21/07/2001
Posts: 9712
Loc: Knackers yard!
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Well done - all sorted - you can go back to sleep now on your bench 
Chris
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Chris
The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it (AA)
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miked
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Reged: 20/07/2005
Posts: 1311
Loc: Shropshire, England
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Well done - all sorted - you can go back to sleep now on your bench
Chris
Many thanks, Chris, it looks like I don't need to go to seed just yet.
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NorthernNikon
Bulls Hitter
Reged: 16/12/2005
Posts: 6051
Loc: Harrogate, North Yorks
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I went into Hyde PArk last week to have a go and couldn't beleive how hard it was. I have never had a problem overseas, but maybe because I was marked out as a tourist. Here, I found it hard to frame a shot never mind take one and a returned to work empty handed. It didn't help that I only saw on photogenic character while I was out and that was just as I was unloading my camera from my bag so the opportunity was lost. I'll not give though and will aim to do better next time.
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AlanW
Reged: 08/01/2001
Posts: 3107
Loc: Edinburgh
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Candid/Street - some advice.
The trick is to blend in, a camera bag marks you out as 'a photographer', best to keep it simple, my preference is for a camera with a wide prime lens and nothing else. (a prime because the fewer choices you have the better and experience with a prime soon teaches you how close you need to be before raising the camera to your eye) Crowds are best and if you stand still you'll be practically invisible - pedestrians tend only to see moving objects! Stand at a street corner or at the back of a bus queue or prop up a lampost for a few minutes or until you get bored, traffic islands are a favourite spot of mine! - if needs be 'shoot from the hip'. Tourists? I love them, they provide me with cover in the centre of town and in their own right they can make useful subject matter!
SP is not something you learn in a couple trips down the high street, after 10 years I'm still learning, its a mood thing, your mood will dictate the type of shots you take. It's about shooting instinctively, don't think too much just recognise the possibilities in a situation, press the shutter and move on. The saying, "every picture tells a story" is particularly apt in the context of street or candid photography - its not just a case of photographing a stranger in the street IMO, there's got to be a narrative attached, something that lifts it above the ordinary. Finally, shoot lots and edit ruthlessly.
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Seven..
...or maybe Eight
Reged: 03/02/2003
Posts: 5091
Loc: Havant, UK
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What a giggle 'mens formal wear' well spotted 
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Tanya(BSRIPN)
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NorthernNikon
Bulls Hitter
Reged: 16/12/2005
Posts: 6051
Loc: Harrogate, North Yorks
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Candid/Street - some advice.
Thanks for the advice Alan. I think next time I'm going to go out with a 20mm lens on my D70s and get my eye in before venturing out with the 35mm on my F80 again. Also, I'll go somewhere where there are more people. I thought Hyde Park would be a fertile hunting ground but I think Oxford Street or near Paddington Station would be better.
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Done&rundleCams
Senior Member
Reged: 20/12/2001
Posts: 16727
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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What a giggle 'mens formal wear' well spotted
Same as Tanya said  .
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Mojo_66
Rain Kat
Reged: 25/05/2006
Posts: 3360
Loc: Lancs
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I've never done much SP either, always far too self concious. Most of what little I have done has been in Blackpool. No one bats an eyelid at someone with a camera there. The Men's Formal Wear is a cracker.
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DS2
No comment
Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 1056
Loc: Canada
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Well spotted Mr_Geoff.
I wish everyone the very best in this competition.
Cheers,
Simon
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DS2
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Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 1056
Loc: Canada
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Alan W. has hit it on the head.
Street Photography has taken me 16 years to get to the point
where I'm at today. The first time I did it,I was criticized for being too far away from the subject. It didn't stop me from doing photography,instead I build my confidence and moved on to where I had previously left off.
I am still learning as I go long and developing my personal eye, with each shot.
Simon
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Ian_A
Avocadopearaphobe
Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 7836
Loc: Horwich UK
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Shoot - I've got about two weeks to learn it ... 
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DS2
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Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 1056
Loc: Canada
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Hi Ian,
I just had a look at the link to your photos. There are some very nicely done street scenes,I was curious are they yours?
Cheers,
Simon
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Hedgehog
newbie
Reged: 25/01/2006
Posts: 30
Loc: Any Pub, Derbyshire
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Some very good & well spotted pics in there... love the expression on the face of that policeman... & the guy in the bucket?
I use a 10-22... 22 is ideal but 10 comes in handy when firing from the hip or in crowded places... can result in some curious pics tho'
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Edited by Hedgehog (12/04/2007 07:14)
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Ian_A
Avocadopearaphobe
Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 7836
Loc: Horwich UK
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I just had a look at the link to your photos. There are some very nicely done street scenes,I was curious are they yours?
My site hosts photographs from a number of photographers as well as a few of my own, the only one of mine which vaguely falls into the category of 'street photography' is this one taken from my bedroom window:
It shows my wife taking the goat for an early morning drag. You can't see the street for the snow. 
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miked
veteran
Reged: 20/07/2005
Posts: 1311
Loc: Shropshire, England
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Do my eyes deceive me or has Bamber Gasgoigne discovered something dark and mysterious. And, moreover, why does he need a sandwich board to announce his findings?
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
Reged: 06/05/2000
Posts: 7010
Loc: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Excellent! Superb!
That one must be contender.
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Bawbee BSRIPN
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
Reged: 06/05/2000
Posts: 7010
Loc: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Brian Haw has been protesting, against the war in Qraq, in Parliament Square since 2001
Brian knows what he is doing - You, on the other hand, have not read the rules or the guidelines for submission of entries, have you? 
Ah, I see you have now read the guidelines, well done.
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Bawbee BSRIPN
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Edited by Bawbee (12/04/2007 21:54)
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Stevet
Reged: 12/06/2003
Posts: 601
Loc: Lytham
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Thanks Bawbee! 
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Benches - for togs who really know where their towel is.
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ermintrude
Hinkypuff
Reged: 30/06/2003
Posts: 12486
Loc: London, UK
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Oh Mixed Reactions, now that is a winner! Love it! The faces, the floatation, even the red hair is floating! What an amazing picture! 
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Stevet
Reged: 12/06/2003
Posts: 601
Loc: Lytham
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thanks Erm - glad you like it, given that you suggested this month's subject!
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Steve Thompson FRIPN
Benches - for togs who really know where their towel is.
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