A few recent street portraits from Melbourne

michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
edited August 21, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2011
    Like 1, 2 & 4 thumb.gif
    don't care for 3 ne_nau.gif maybe angle bothers me
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2011
    I find #2 the one to draw me in. I think it's due to the horizontal background lines and the use of sun/shadows. And it's a 'happy' shot.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited August 15, 2011
    bfjr wrote: »
    Like 1, 2 & 4 thumb.gif
    don't care for 3 ne_nau.gif maybe angle bothers me
    Hmm...different strokes. #3 is my favorite of the set.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    I like your version of "complicit portraits". They are all well conceived and executed. (I like the third just because it is such an intriguing shooting angle/result).

    The question always in my mind on these is the limited response that the viewers have. Hmmm... that seems like an interesting person. I wonder who s/he is or...

    I actually have a number of shots similar to these that I used my 135 x 1.6 crop to acquire ten days ago. Some I am pleased with, but wonder "what for?" if there is not enough background/setting to give greater context without using text. I imagine these to be best when doing a travelogue.

    Thoughts on this and why you started your "complicit portraits" would be appreciated (and may provide an intriguing discussion topic).
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Look, there's no real reason behind these shots other than opportunities that presented themselves as I was out doing other things. Sometimes they are "warm up" shots for a street session, other times the subject is just curious about photography and I snap a shot during the conversation. i do use the opportunities to practice with available light and composition and I pretty much never shoot with anything more than an 85mm on a FF body. In this case, these were shot with three different cameras all up close.

    I do have a back burner project underway for the last couple of years that includes complicit street work, but I'm still figuring out what I want from it. The first of these shots could have been a part of it, but I don't think I nailed it.
  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2011
    love #1
  • 321Shooter321Shooter Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2011
    I live next to Melbourne........Florida.
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    Thanks Damon. I would have liked the first to have joined the "Two" project, but I don't think I got the composition right for that series.
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