Spray paint decorates the glass doors of the building, frame the shot, "click."
Graffiti, what a beautiful mess, thinks the photographer. The above capture is an example of street photography, but what is it?
- The perfect shot: that moment when the camera frames a shot that no one else can see, a moment captured
- Candid photography: photos of people, places, or things of candid moments captured with perfect timing
- A craft that relies on decisive or poignant moments that frames and times the shot at the concise moment.
"Yo, I need to buy her an I love NY shirt." She needed one for her niece before she left. Grabbing a black I love NY shirt with white letters and a red heart, the token tourist shirt came in all sizes. Having been in NY for 2 days, it was a short but sweet visit. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and street photography frame's one's emotions, and memories all in one shot. What a powerful tool, a camera and an eye for that precise moment of capturing that perfect shot.
In life there is always a story to tell, in street photography there is always a depth of relating to what we see in the photo. The human condition, what we perceive and how we feel about it. Its a way of documenting human behavior, recording life in pictures of people, places, and things on the street and life.
Try it next time your out and about, look around find people, places, or things that catch your eye. Wait a little bit, find the best, different vantage point to frame your shot, then "click."
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