No wonder Kim specializes in street portraits. OK, there are no higher up management in street photography to oversee us, if it is legal, we can do as we like. I think only of getting the shot.Įric Kim sent out a post on ‘how to be an ethical street photog.’ He outlined a long list of do’s and don’t he does not approve of. This same strategy is what I do when shooting on the street…. The legendary Samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi would advise his students to ‘think only of cutting’ when in battle. The street photog may have to work outside of normally accepted societal conventions if they want to get the shot. As such, that special ‘anal aspect’ the street photog must posses can be summed up in the vernacular thusly… success on the street sometimes involves being an asshole. The street photog may not be as anal as the tripod photog when it comes to technical aspects, but their nature shows a different anal aspect when it comes to their personality. There is a high chance the hardcore street photog is going to have a different attitude, personality and ego than an anal landscaper or startrail photog.

Can be based on pure speculation or a recount of events.

If it cannot be perfected or obtained as a posed photo, then it must be staged with the proviso it is a recreation of past events, preferably with the actual persons reenacting the events.Ĥ. If it cannot be perfected or obtained as a candid, then the photo must be posed.ģ. Candid events unfolding as they happen.Ģ. Here is the Hierarchy of Documentary Photography, which I developed, that spells it out.ġ.

Weegee maybe said it best… you can’t be a nice Nellie and do (street) photography. If the camera fondling wedding photog was a street shooter he would have known this. Well, being courteous and doing street work do not go together. He said I should still be courteous and ask first. I told him he was a photog and should know that. I gave him the spiel…if you are in public I can shoot as I please. I was shooting in Hoboken and a wedding photog chewed me out for not asking before I shot him, his assistant and the bride.

Blotter art frame 7.5 by 7.5 inch