Street/Candid Photography
Eric Kim is an international street photographer based in Los Angeles. He has traveled the world and shot in cities such as Paris, London, Venice, Florence, Prague and has even taught a street photography workshop in Beirut, Lebanon. His photos consist of mainly black and white photographs and he usually has juxtapositions in his images. The reason that he chose to do this type of photography is because out of all the types of photography out there, street photography is the most pure due to the two reasons: you can capture candid moments of everyday life while showcasing the human condition. In street photography, it is less about the image but more about the story behind it. An effective street photograph will be able to immerse the viewer in a world of awe and wonder, and place them in your shoes. No other genre of photography does that.
Photo Analysis: Photographed in Korea
Technical
Lighting – the lighting in this photograph may have been flash due to the faces in the photo being well lit although it may just be fluorescent lighting from the street lamps. It is more likely that the photographer used flash as it exposes the faces better in order for the observer to clearly see and observe their facial expressions. Eric Kim may have also wanted to expose their faces so that their hair contrast nicely with their face.
Aperture -The depth of field in this photograph may be shallow as the background of the photograph isn’t as sharp as the models faces. Kim may have done this to focus the observer attention on the faces in the photo rather than the entirety of the photograph.
Shutter Speed – Some parts of the photograph seems to be more exposed than other parts and some parts under exposed giving variation in contrast.
ISO – This photo seems to have a low sensitivity as the picture is very sharp, it also has a variation of tonal range which contrast nicely with each other.
Visual
There is a variation of light and dark tones in this photograph and there is also a repetition of extremely exposed parts (rain and water) of the photograph scattered around the photograph. This photograph is nearly a perfect square shape which is pretty standard, the photographer may have done this in order to not distract the observer from what’s being shown in the photograph.