6 Techniques Street Photography
The decisive moment
This is a photo that I took on accident that shows the decisive moment where a man walked into the screen. I think that this is interesting because he add contrast and interest to the photo since he is in the front and kind of blurry while the people in the back are clear.
Centered
This is a photo that I thought was interesting with the smoke and person in the front, I think that the centered composition was the best choice because it emphasizes the focus on the man.
Rule of thirds
This photo looks the best in a rule of thirds composition because it allows us to see how the subject reacts along with the background.
Framing
This framing is interesting and unique because it almost has a triangle frame that isn’t seen often and also the part that is the frame-a bike-is shown to cover the man’s eyes perfectly, making it feel mysterious.
Pattern
The pattern of the railing creates visual interest, and allows the man to stand out.
Tones
This photo has tones where the dark is significantly darker than the light, and even among the light there is subtle tones of darkness. This creates visual interest so the even among the contrast, it is still interesting.
Identity Mindmap
Red Photos
I chose the first photo because I loved the lighting from one side, the focus and clearness on the man’s face, and the composition of the man’s face with the smoke adding interest.
I chose the second photo because I liked the composition of the man on the left, I liked how the glass added an interesting element where some parts of the reflection were clear while other parts were foggy from the heat of the smoke. I also think that the row of spices hanging above the man in a straight line adds color and makes it more interesting.
I chose the last photo because even though this photo was an accident, I liked the contrast of the form and darkness of the man against the background. The background is in focus, while the man is kind of blurry, I think that that looks interesting.
Green Street Photos
I chose these photos by deleting the pictures from the yellow ones that were too similar and just chose one of them. I was also more strict with picking pieces that I felt that was the top photos that had the most potential, picking pieces in the yellow photos that I thought was the most stylistically interesting.
Street Photos Yellow
I selected these photos because I felt that they had the potential to be the top pictures or the pictures that I ultimately will chose. My criteria was not very fixed and I just picked pieces that caught my eyes, like having a interesting composition, good contrast, and preciseness on the parts that I would like to focus.
All Street Photos
Photographer for Street Photography
The photographer that I will be choosing is Saul Leiter because I like his use of composition and color. He has many street photos that all have a bold and vintage style and he usually likes to take them on rainy and lit up places.
I decide to chose this photo as my reference because I like the interesting composition that shows depth between what is close and far. I also like the use of contrast where the light parts are light and bold and the dark parts are black. I think that Leiter has a iconic use of color which is bold but also vintage, which is beautifully captured in this photo. I think that it is also unique since it doesn’t have the typical buildings and street ways as shown in typical street photography but shows a close up of a car.
Street Photography Mind Map
Set 2: Red Photos/ Triptych
I chose these three photos as my final photos because I think they capture the style of Webb the best, where each of the photos has a sense of strong contrast represented through the interior of the car. I also think that the vintage colors were well captured through the orange-browns, dusty blues, and purples. I also think that the photos represent motion well because of the way the interior of the car is positioned in the foreground while the background is the moving roads and scenery.