Street Photography – “…street photography is 99.9% about failure” – Alex Webb 

Street photography is a genre of photography that records everyday life in public places. The publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge. Street photographers do not necessarily have a social purpose in mind, but they prefer to isolate and capture moments that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Developing My Vision with a  Mind Map

The real culture of Beijing lies in the culture of Hutong, because it gives an insight into the old lifestyle of ordinary Beijingers (many laid out hundreds of years ago during the Ming and Qing dynasty eras 1368-1912, but it first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368) and has special appeal to tourists. During the trip to Beijing Hutong, I am hoping to capture the hidden Chinese culture of the common people in the world as Hutong represents an important stage in the development and evolution of the capital’s and the citizens’ history and culture.

Theme(s): looking for the hidden culture of Hutong

Photograph(s) that inspire(s) me:

Techniques I will be using for street-photography

Fishing technique: find a scene, light quality, and background that interests you but misses a subject or that little more. Set yourself up in that spot, find your framing, and wait for the ‘extra element’ to happen in your frame. Capture it.

examples)

(background-> background and subject 1 -> background and subject 2)

(Antennae)

(Railway community colorful lady)

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Capture gestures: Gestures in photography convey strong emotions. When talking about gesture, refers to a stance, movement, pose, or any way that someone uses their body to show feeling. When talking about emotion, it refers to someone’s face, their eyes, their mouth, and the subtle micro-expressions in the forehead.  They can be facial gestures: someone smiling, someone frowning, someone making a funny face. It can also be a hand gesture.

ex) pictures I took (got permission to take)

And other pictures …