Coronation80
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Can John explain further. Please? Hate to make anything make the entries go down?
MobiColour RESULT: MC #180 Theme: Candid Shots - July 8-14, 2019
But clearly there was something special going on this time. You had 10 entries from ME, for cat's sake!the words 'candid', 'street' and 'people' don't usually go down that well in MobiTog
Coronation80
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Would still like an explanation, cats (and I love em) are great, but people in all their bizzare, normal, every day ways are fascinating too, and never more when "candid"??? I'm confused by the kick back on it? Truly..But clearly there was something special going on this time. You had 10 entries from ME, for cat's sake!
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
Congrats Riz on the 1st & 3rd win!
Thank you Stephen for my second place - I’m so honoured to be sandwiched between rizole Rizole.
His image of the Colour Run was such an amazing one - I love that direct gaze. And when I look at his image that came third, I forget that he was there behind that couple, clicking away - I think that’s an art in itself; making the viewer forget about the photographer. Lovely work from everyone who posted this week. I’ve loved seeing lots of people in the challenge. More! More!
rizole
It's not even my banana.
For me taking candid pics in the street is a more complex social equation than many other forms of photography. A lot of photography is about light, composition, lines, shapes, movements, ect. People photography is that with a whole bunch of social baggage in real time on top of it. Do I ask permission? Do I do it secretly? Can what I'm doing be seen as culturally, sexually or personally offensive/ invasive? How do I calm down this angry man and explain why I have a camera pointed where he thinks it shouldn't be?
You don't get any of that taking pictures of landscapes or cats which makes people photography a harder job to me.
Plus, having a full time job and family, I often have to take photos when the opportunity arises. If I'm off photographing people I prefer to take my time and warm into it and don't always have the chance.
I say don't be discouraged by themes that get fewer responses. Sometimes people are just busy and a week isn't always enough time to get everyone on board, sometimes this lot (
) need to step out of their comfort zones and sometimes a theme just might not resonate with people.It's the process that's important in my opinion, not the results.
Agree!
I thoroughly agree. But I do also think that candid shots of people is a niche that not every photographer is comfortable with, me included. I like to be stealthy when I make images of people, and I’m also a bit OCD with composing, so those two things don’t necessarily come hand in hand. I usually try to pretend I’m looking at an email or something but secretly trying to get the shot.
There are many gifted street photographers who make it seem easy. I’ve practiced it a bit and it just doesn’t come easily to me.Location can be a factor too... the last few years I mostly shoot in outdoor, rural places. And even when I was shooting often in New York City, over the past 8 years that I’ve done mobile photography I have only a handful of people shots.
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Absolutely. Well said, Rizole. This is mainly why I don’t photograph people very often.
Yes indeed!I say don't be discouraged by themes that get fewer responses. Sometimes people are just busy and a week isn't always enough time to get everyone on board, sometimes this lot (
It's the process that's important in my opinion, not the results.
And honestly, Coronation80 Stephen, I think there was a really good amount of candid people shots considering that many of us don’t have too many of that genre. I’d say last week’s theme was a smashing success!
And as Rizole said, sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zones, so I appreciate that you chose a theme that helped some of us do that. 
Great images this week and good points in the postmortem discussion
Bravo rizole, JillyG and, er, rizole !
And kudos terse : ten images from someonewho’s mildly phobic for whom people photography isn’t intuitive is 
(Nottomention they were ten bloody good people photographs)
Thanks to Coronation80 for a challenging theme and for kicking off that interesting little post- conversation !
Bravo rizole, JillyG and, er, rizole !
And kudos terse : ten images from someone
(Nottomention they were ten bloody good people photographs)
Thanks to Coronation80 for a challenging theme and for kicking off that interesting little post- conversation !
*Nods*
I cringe at some IG and elsewhere ‘candid’ shots that the subject clearly found invasive. And/or that shows the unknowing and identifiable subject in clearly vulnerable position.
Yes, exactly.... photographing the homeless and calling it Street photography.
Coronation80
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Cheers. Like us all there is a passion behind my questioning. I appreciate everything that has been said. And yes post event conversations are healthy.Great images this week and good points in the postmortem discussion
Bravo rizole, JillyG and, er, rizole !
And kudos terse : ten images from someonewho’s mildly phobicfor whom people photography isn’t intuitive is
(Nottomention they were ten bloody good people photographs)
Thanks to Coronation80 for a challenging theme and for kicking off that interesting little post- conversation !
And kudos @terse : ten images from someonewho’s mildly phobicfor whom people photography isn’t intuitive is
Thank you, ma'am.