There is a motorcycle style for everyone and those two travelers seem to have found the model they would like best if they had the opportunity to get back in time and lose a few years. The street photography was taken in the Grimsell Pass, in Switzerland, in July 2013. Even during the summer, drivers must verify if the Grimsell Pass is cleared of snow before attempting a ride in the area…
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In an amusement park in the United States, this vacationing couple caught my attention because of the animal motif stools that they were sitting on. When stomachs are grumbling, people pounce on the first available seat. Great for street photography!
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It is essential to always carry a camera in order to profit from the rare opportunities and coincidences offered in everyday life. This is now getting easier with the miniaturization of cameras and the popularity of intelligent cellular phones.
The street photography above, that I took in London in 2015, offers a good example of an ephemeral subject that a street photographer should not miss.
A policeman posted in front of an embassy is having a chat with a citizen. This normally innocuous situation is suddenly rendered more interesting because of the difference in size and the relax attitude between both interlocutors. They have almost the same posture and are dressed in the same colors. Here, the skin color is not the dominating subject although it certainly adds some interest.
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While wandering through the streets of a big city like Toronto, in Ontario, it is quite common to see very interesting graffitis. A new visual experience can sometimes be created simply by shifting to the side.
By standing exactly in a position where the enraged animal will be right against the car, more tension can be created. The car is now positioned between a not so friendly animal and a panel clearly indicating that this is a tow zone.
This is one little creation allowed by street photography, since everything is about positioning oneself and seeing a possible new interpretation to a normal scene. The photographer must nonetheless respect the principle that demands that no objects be moved or no special requests be made to a person in order to obtain a desired effect. Everything has to be untouched and it is the photographer that has to position himself in order to create the desired effect.
The photo was taken with a Canon 5D MKII camera.
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Of graffiti and garbage cans
The lady on the wall seems to be annoyed by the smell coming out of those garbage cans that have been placed right under her nose. It would have been better if somebody had at least thought of closing the lid…
A safe bike…or maybe not
There are two versions for this street photography taken in Toronto, Ontario in 2016. The first one, that is the positive side of the story, shows that people are locking their bike piece by piece. It takes more time, but at least the bike is safe…
The second version, less positive, represents what is left of a bike that was locked by the front wheel only…
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In Quebec City, this mannequin seems to be attacked by a wasp moving slowly along the shopwindow. The scene looked realistic enough to deserve a photo!
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Street photography means always carrying a camera with you in order to avoid missing opportunities. As I was watching a little boy on his big wheeled bike in Geneva, the exact opposite zoomed by me riding a scooter with tiny wheels. I just had the time to take a photo for the comparison!
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Street photography sometimes depends on luck to capture unusual scenes. In Scotland, in downtown Glasgow, I saw this pedestrian who finished crossing the street using a different way of walking. The fact that he was so close to two road signs forbidding to turn left and right help to make for an amusing scene. It seemed that he did not know how to position himself in order to obey the law and continue his walk!
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This photo was taken in May 2015 in Quebec City, in Old Quebec, with a Canon 5D MKII. The store decorator has chosen a striking subject with this weird humanoid floating in silence in the presence of a green glass bottle in the foreground.
But a shot taken from the street would have only offered a simple picture with a weird subject. In choosing the side window to take the photo, many other dimensions could be integrated in order to increase the final impact.
1. From the side window, the photographer can add people’s reaction to the humanoid. But there is a bit of waiting involved until the appropriate persons pass by.
2. You can see multiple reflections from the front and side windows that are now visible in the sky.
3. The old architecture on the other side of the street offers a surprising contrast with the modernity of the main subject.
4. The eye naturally moving from left to right, the humanoid’s head has been positioned in the upper right corner of the picture. Once the viewer sees the head, he then follows the blue poneytail to witness the reaction of the two persons on the sidewalk. The loop then starts again.
5. The orange element facing the humanoid offers a strong orange-blue complementary color contrast that should not be neglected to increase the visual effect.
6. Finally, the converging lines help to add depth and increase the visual impact.
This is a photo that could have been much more standard if taken from the sidewalk. The fixed lens used was a Canon 14mm 2.8L.
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