Street photography is when you capture interesting photographs of regular, everyday people outside in public. Street photography is very interesting because you are ale to capture so many different types of people, that all look unique in their own way.
To be a successful street photographer I think that you have to have an eye for detail but also an interest in different types of people, in order to notice them and be able to photograph them. I also think that it takes a lot of confidence. After experimenting with street photography myself, I realized that it is not as easy as it seems, and that’s its actually a lot harder than I though to be able to take successful images, as standing in the street taking images of people passing by requires you to be a lot bolder than you think.
There are many different approaches that you can take to street photography. Some photographers prefer to take more candid images where the people they’re photographing don’t really notice they’re there, while other photographers like Dougie Wallace and Bruce Gilden prefer to surprisingly picture people very up close with bright flashes. Each of these 2 approaches give you different outcomes:
As you can see, this outcome shows that if you take a more subtle approach to capturing people. you get a more candid outcome which makes the image look a lot more natural and realistic.
On the other hand, Wallace’s more loud, and surprising approach to photographing people means that in his images all the subjects react with the camera, as you can see in his image above where all the women he pictured are looking at the camera.
Street photography mood board
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGX_hb8NfVY
This one really reminds me of Dougie Wallace’s Work, as the women look wealthy especially due to their handbags and fur coats. Also their facial expressions seem to be disapproving and snobby in a way.
I found this woman’s facial expression’s and clothing interesting. She was also singing to herself as she walking down the street. I had to follow her for a couple minutes to get a good shot as she walked quite fast and didn’t look at the camera at all. 
To me this an accurate representation of a grumpy/disapproving Jersey man, he embodies this well in his body language.
This woman’s expression can also be regarded as being disapproving or maybe a bit sad in some ways.
To me this woman looking up to the sky seems quite hopeful, she looks as if she could be waiting for something.
This trio all seem to be in the same slumped body posture, all looking a bit depressed over something which we will never know about.
This is one of the photos where I had the perfect opportunity but I had my camera was out of focus, however I still like this one.
This was taking whilst we began talking to him again, I like this stare directly into the camera.
I chose to change to the other side of the road and capture images from behind creating more of a story and understanding within my images. This angle creates perspective within the images showing different view points. There are two main intentional view points for these images. They are the two boys on the game controllers and the space invaders screen on the side of the building. The image creates a contrast with in because there is a dark and light side to the image creating a more visually interesting image. The main tonal color pallets for this image consist of a range of blues. The two boys stand out because they are on a lighter background making the viewer being drawn the them when when looking at the image.
You can see how modern day to day life is just passing by as the images are being taken from the visual interactions from the cars and a little girl entering the images wanting to have a go. These images are all about capturing what is naturally happening right that second, unplanned/ unstructured.
For the next images i chose to change vantage points to capture the interest of the children and what is happening with them. To me these images turned out really well the colors are vibrant and there are no blurred images. There is a lot of vertical features within these images which create structural vantage points for the image. The buildings in the background give the image depth creating a clear flow through the image following the path of the road.
Again i moved positioning so that I could capture the general public behind and there reactions to how the kids were doing in the games and the next lot of children waiting for there turn.
I chose to change angles so that i was behind the children can captured the Vodafone sign in the images. This gives the images context and gives the viewer more of an understanding as to why there are children playing giant space invaders near the side of the road. It also frames the picture crating a poster feel to the image or a advert for Vodafone. The contrast between the blue glass of the building and the red writing creates a focal point and main point of interest.
I wanted to capture the close up of the children's faces I used the portrait mode on my camera with a wide zoom lens to create the close up intimate feel towards the photos. These images were taken standing about 50 m away from the kids. I feel like these images are successful because you can see that they are clear and crisp the colors are bright and vibrant. I feel like the images create a real snap shot of what is actually going on and the children's real moods. You can see that I have changed the zoom of the lens in the images to create different out comes and see how the zoom effects the initial image. Creating a more diverse set of images.
