tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post8877801313905998913..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: 38-31 VisionBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-207573380181504712010-12-26T06:07:20.794-08:002010-12-26T06:07:20.794-08:00As you point out a lot of street photography is pl...As you point out a lot of street photography is planned to varying degrees, but I think the heart of it is chance, especially compared to other photographic forms. I think that's part of the conundrum of street photography. One must remain alert and focused, yet still open and shifty. How to do two seemingly opposite things at once? I'm not quite certain.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-30203254474536712010-12-23T10:50:01.871-08:002010-12-23T10:50:01.871-08:00As a possible counterpoint, isn't much that is...As a possible counterpoint, isn't much that is called street photography somewhat previsualized and planned? As an example (as the most ubiquitous example, perhaps), HCB's famous shot of a man jumping a puddle. I've read that he shot (my memory is flaky - 30?) frames at that location; that he pre-saw the potential for that puddle and sat and photo'ed a variety of people jumping it until he got the one image he felt was good (or great or maybe perfect). <br /><br />Chance led him to the puddle and chance influenced the multitude of minor details in the one famous shot, but pre-seeing the shot then sitting and waiting and shooting and reshooting sounds possibly closer to the Eggleston or even the Adams methods you describe. True, he didn't know what the pedestrian would look like, nor their exact pose; but he found an environment where chance could build the shot he wanted.<br /><br />I see all this as different from generic-photographer walking around and snapping shots as scenes catch his/her interest. And I think the calculation HCB probably employed aided him in making that shot. <br /><br />I guess I am suggesting that the ideal blend would contain previsualization, planning, and chance. Perhaps it is good to minimize some uncertainty while allowing some uncertainty room to grow?christianhttp://www.mchristianphotos.comnoreply@blogger.com