=Capture a stranger street style=

[Ron Cornelison]

Originally Posted by jgredline

I was not going to post these, but then they are photographs. I decided to pull Daniel out of school and go for a hike in the angeles national Forrest since we had not been on a good hike in while. I grabbed by ME SUPER and took off...I wish I had taken my digital with Long lens, but who knew...While Hiking a creek we came across some voodoo dolls hanging on the trees and as we looked up ahead, we found a group of people practicing true Santeria...They where doing animal sacrifice and putting the blood on these peoples head to ''cleanse'' them...It was creepy to me and horrible. All I could do is pray for these people. Anyway here are some images. Wrong lens and these are heavily cropped as they are quick scans. I will not post the slaughtering of the animals though. So ugly...They ended up scaring us away as they did not like their pictures taken....but I kept shooting.
Here we have the black witch and the white witch. Notice the snake..




Here is a little tighter look at the witch

Wow! Your walk in the forest would be an adventure for any photographer.
The second capture where it looks as though the white witch (?) is gazing at you through the hanging fabric, awesome capture.

[jgredline]

Thanks Ron. I have run into some pretty creepy stuff, I will tell ya.

[Chance Gibboney]

These were taken when me and a friend went out to the city to go to a gallery for an art project paper I had to do. I took like close to five hundred pictures and ended up with eighty or so that came out decent. Here are some that involve people









Oh and if anyone knows of any abandoned buildings for urban exploration photography (in or around DuPage county) or where the homeless stay now that Lower Wacker is caged up, I would be appriciative.

[jgredline]

Chance, That third image is spectacular. I like everything about it!

[jgredline]

Here is another street portrait from Today (exif intact as always)..I was shooting a train when she came by and the wind was blowing just right, So I pointed the Cam at her, asked her to smile and made the picture. Gave her my card and I emailed her the 4 shots I took of her. Her name is Carol and they are going on her my space. I asked her to send me a link when they are up. I will share the link when I get it. All in all it took less than a minute. Maybe 2...This was may favorite as I love the way the wind covered her face slightly.


Here are a few more from today

[~Indigo]

The third image... woman in the pew is exceptional. Very nice!

[jgredline]

Originally Posted by ~Indigo

The third image... woman in the pew is exceptional. Very nice!

Thank you. I too am very fond of that image.

[jgredline]

Here is another one. Typical way to grab a candid street portrait with out asking for permission....

I love shooting umbrellas and in particular I try to include the shadows it leaves...
So I see this umbrella and I like the scene, so as I walk up to it, I shoot...


As I walk closer to her, I start to make sure my keys are jingling so as to attract attention and right when she turns around, I fire away...


So to my surprise, there is a beautiful women staring at me, so I fire away again...


So when she asked me why I took her picture, I told her because she is a very pretty lady and I would be a fool not too. She smiled and said thank you and I was on my way to the next one.

[Nobie]

So many moving street candids here. I have only tried this a few times over the years and always seem to snap the people that not only catch me, but get quite upset and begin confrontations. I need to get better and being sneaky and/or get a telephoto!

[jgredline]

Originally Posted by Nobie

So many moving street candids here. I have only tried this a few times over the years and always seem to snap the people that not only catch me, but get quite upset and begin confrontations. I need to get better and being sneaky and/or get a telephoto!

Ryan,
If anything get closer and be more obvious. Telephotos are not a very good. In my experience, long lenses emit the creepy vibe and people just know when your shooting them.. Start is a busy place and to start with, don't look at who you are shooting and don't worry about composition. You can fix that later with some cropping. Go out and have some fun.