Bus stop

TonyCooper

First time posting in this forum, but I've been a regular poster in other DGrin forums. Just checking to see if this what constitutes "street" photography in the view of the participants here.

bdcolen

TonyCooper wrote:

First time posting in this forum, but I've been a regular poster in other DGrin forums. Just checking to see if this what constitutes "street" photography in the view of the participants here.

It is indeed street photography, Tony. And welcome to the streets - and world of documentary and photo journalism.
And now that the polite welcome is out of the way ...what we have here is a guy sleeping. But what more do we know than that? Should we know more?

chuckinsocal

Looks more like a girl to me ...

DonRicklin

chuckinsocal wrote:

Looks more like a girl to me ...

My sentiments, too! Going by the pigtails!

To me the story is 'Too pooped to move!'

Don

TonyCooper

bdcolen wrote:

It is indeed street photography, Tony. And welcome to the streets - and world of documentary and photo journalism.
And now that the polite welcome is out of the way ...what we have here is a guy sleeping. But what more do we know than that? Should we know more?

I need some help here understanding your comment. The guy - and it is a guy to answer the other posters - is tired and waiting for a bus. I'm not sure what other "story" could be determined when we take a candid photograph of a stranger.

I haven't read this forum before. I've been the other dgrin forums. I'm not sure what you mean by "story".

In this case, I like the photograph because of the composition - the diagonal of the subject - and that shoe that isn't on the foot. It isn't a great shot, but it works for me. I debated about straightening the "horizon" (the bench top rail) but left it.

Wil Davis

Interesting picture, and I've no idea of how long you had to take it; I'm worried about the horizontals, and it's a shame about the foreshortening, but the intriguing thing to me is the shoe… "Yes! yes! Behold, a sign! The Shoe! we will become disciples of The Shoe!"

Interesting subject!



- Wil

TonyCooper

Wil Davis wrote:

Interesting picture, and I've no idea of how long you had to take it; I'm worried about the horizontals, and it's a shame about the foreshortening, but the intriguing thing to me is the shoe… "Yes! yes! Behold, a sign! The Shoe! we will become disciples of The Shoe!"

Interesting subject!



- Wil

Taken from the window of my automobile as I drove by. Had to go around the block to get it and shoot from the driver's side through the passenger window. Time for one quick shot.

I kinda agree about the "horizon", but I was torn between straight and a combination of angles.

Richard

TonyCooper wrote:

In this case, I like the photograph because of the composition - the diagonal of the subject - and that shoe that isn't on the foot. It isn't a great shot, but it works for me. I debated about straightening the "horizon" (the bench top rail) but left it.

It works for me, too. The tilt makes me worry a bit about him sliding off...I might even exaggerate it some, but then I can be nasty at times .

michswiss

TonyCooper wrote:

I need some help here understanding your comment. The guy - and it is a guy to answer the other posters - is tired and waiting for a bus. I'm not sure what other "story" could be determined when we take a candid photograph of a stranger.

I haven't read this forum before. I've been the other dgrin forums. I'm not sure what you mean by "story".

In this case, I like the photograph because of the composition - the diagonal of the subject - and that shoe that isn't on the foot. It isn't a great shot, but it works for me. I debated about straightening the "horizon" (the bench top rail) but left it.

This is "Street" and the shot itself is somewhat interesting to me. The gender is ambiguous*, the shoe intriguing**, the pose slanting.

The problem with the story is that you've given us a title. There is no indication in the shot itself that this is a bus stop. You've provided a filter to interpret the image and there are no supporting elements, thus I'm left flat. Oddly enough, not providing a title would allow me to create my own story. Couldn't this just as easily have been an exhausted Community College student taking a break on the way home?

* how did you determine this is a bloke if the shot was from your car? Could be a gal.
** Long live the shoe!

TonyCooper

michswiss wrote:

This is "Street" and the shot itself is somewhat interesting to me. The gender is ambiguous*, the shoe intriguing**, the pose slanting.

The problem with the story is that you've given us a title. There is no indication in the shot itself that this is a bus stop. You've provided a filter to interpret the image and there are no supporting elements, thus I'm left flat. Oddly enough, not providing a title would allow me to create my own story. Couldn't this just as easily have been an exhausted Community College student taking a break on the way home?

* how did you determine this is a bloke if the shot was from your car?
Could be a gal.
** Long live the shoe!

The hair style, which is what seems to be fooling most, is pretty common on African American males here. That's a big person, too. I can tell that because of the relation of the body to the bench and the size of the shoes compared to the bus stop bench.

That's not to say I'm 100% sure, but the whole look is consistent with a male judging by others I see in the area. Granted, I'm a old white guy, but I am observant of what I see around.