prunelle Posted March 28, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 28, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Andreas, or whoever is entitled to do it, Could you create a category "Street photography" in the Photo Forum, please? Thank you! P.S.: I've got no idea how I could create a poll but the question would be worth asking, wouldn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Hi prunelle, Take a look here Street photography forum. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted March 28, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 28, 2011 Street photography goes in the "People" section. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prunelle Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted March 28, 2011 So, street photography is not worth its own section? I would put the photos in "Other" if I had to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramosa Posted June 8, 2011 Share #4 Posted June 8, 2011 I agree with this post. I find "people" too broad. Perhaps, there could be two: portrait and street photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Verrips Posted June 8, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 8, 2011 Hi Andreas, or whoever is entitled to do it, Could you create a category "Street photography" in the Photo Forum, please? Thank you! P.S.: I've got no idea how I could create a poll but the question would be worth asking, wouldn't it? Yes! Leica M is after all the camera that has been the leading camera in streetphotography and (maybe) still is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted June 8, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 8, 2011 I agree with this post. I find "people" too broad. Perhaps, there could be two: portrait and street photography. Where would street portraits go? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted June 8, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 8, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Street photography goes in the "People" section. Street photography isn't just about people shots. There's a street photographer who takes photos of rubbish, discarded or lost items etc. Street photography can go into pretty much any section at present, because IMHO 'street' isn't something that you can easily define and pigeon-hole. I think posting in the most appropriate forum from the current selection is perfectly fine. If in doubt choose 'other' ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted June 8, 2011 Share #8 Posted June 8, 2011 Street photography isn't just about people shots. ! Absolutely. Looking at the current sections 'Street Photography' is an omission. Whilst Sport & Nature night have deserved separate sections when the R system was thrusting, with today's usage of Leica products, a section for Street is far more appropriate, IMO. I predict that a Street section would attract more threads than any other and suggest therefore it deserves consideration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted June 8, 2011 Share #9 Posted June 8, 2011 I agree with you Rolo. Street is what it is to each photographer. There a lot of people shooting M for street and it would be great to see what photographers worldwide are interpreting as the genre called street. There are more who don't own M who see it as only a street camera... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted June 8, 2011 Share #10 Posted June 8, 2011 Street is what it is to each photographer. There a lot of people shooting M for street and it would be great to see what photographers worldwide are interpreting as the genre called street. That's an excellent point! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted June 9, 2011 Share #11 Posted June 9, 2011 I would appreciate a sidewalk photography forum. And a People with sideburns subforum. I don't know... It would be funky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Moly Posted June 9, 2011 Share #12 Posted June 9, 2011 I would appreciate a sidewalk photography forum. And a People with sideburns subforum. I don't know... It would be funky. A street-sub-forum: 'Hipshots only, max. hight 50cm from ground', Black&White, grainy and only Tri-X - ok - digital Leicas with Silver Efex Pro, please....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted June 9, 2011 Share #13 Posted June 9, 2011 ... There a lot of people shooting M for street and it would be great to see ... .. as long as it is not a simple record of something with no real particular interest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 9, 2011 Share #14 Posted June 9, 2011 Whilst not violently opposed to the idea, I can see scope for disagreement. Problem is, we are all pretty clear on what goes in "People" and a "Landscape" speaks for itself. "Street Photography", however, has no fixed meaning, as has been proven here in debates in the past. Does the shot have to include people or not? Close-ups of street furniture? Graffiti? Is it any public space, or only "urban" (built) environments? What about architecture - we already have a forum for that. Or shots taken in foreign places - shouldn't they go in "travel"? We can't even agree whether that thing under our feet is a pavement or a "sidewalk" so how are we going to agree on this? Just some thoughts... Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 9, 2011 Share #15 Posted June 9, 2011 Can't we just call it "The kind of stuff HCB shot" forum? Or "The kind of stuff Ansel Adams didn't shoot" forum? Personally I wouldn't have a problem with a Street forum. I think most of us know what we mean by 'Street' - even if we don't all mean the same thing. Maybe "Street and candid" to allow for informal unposed people shots that weren't taken in a street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted June 9, 2011 Share #16 Posted June 9, 2011 Wikipedia knows what "street" is... Street photography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Street_photographers We could add a link straight to the forum... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted June 9, 2011 Share #17 Posted June 9, 2011 Urban sounds and sens much more better... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted June 9, 2011 Share #18 Posted June 9, 2011 . This is street photography. Or should it go under wild life? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted June 9, 2011 Share #19 Posted June 9, 2011 .............................. :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted June 9, 2011 Share #20 Posted June 9, 2011 Street can go in the current categories Street shots of homeless or workers or shoppers: People Street shots of buildings or deserted lots or abandoned towns: Architecture Street shots of skateboarders or parades or events: Sports & (as some may recall what its name actually is, and rightly so in my opinion) Leisure Time What we need most, though, is a forum section for competently made photographs that look like someone who might have a clue of how to use a Leica took them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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