In street photography masters like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Rene Burri, Edward Weston … came and taught us how to use geometry and good-old divine proportions. Then others like Leonard Freed and Garry Winogrand went even further and preferred a hard (rules-free) approach to express themselves through the means they had in hand. All these great photographers had yet another common characteristic. They could make the best out of the medium they used for their art. They knew how to use their cameras and their gear in the most efficient, innovative and creative way. They approached their subjects within the limits of their equipment. And some of these were: time of reaction of their shutters, no autofocus, no continuous shooting, 12-24-36 takes at most per film … the list is long. We are in 2014. Our monster DSLRs shoot like a machine gun, they focus on 100s of points, they react in milliseconds to any of our commands. Our mirrorless small-sized toys compete in quality with professional gear. The smartphones cameras are at 10 MPs and growing. My good friend showed me yesterday how he could trigger the shutter of his iPhone5 through its headphones without being noticed. Well, we are all photographers now. What will make us stand out, different, better than all the rest? I propose to try and capture the essence of the first impression that attracts our attention. The very core of the image arriving in our neurones and creating the need and the impulse of raising and triggering our camera! Only, without raising it … without composing … with no geometry, golden rules or even correct settings. I propose to capture the core of the inspiration, the hardcore of spontaneous, candid photography. I dont like to reveal anything more here (maybe because, once more, words cannot help us in photography). There is much to experiment with, and learn to see, feel and share through hardcore street photography. It is (should be) like love at first sight when you only have eyes for her/him and all the other elements, persons, objects, become blurred, almost disappear, and have not the slightest importance for our universe. When our brain gets an instant tattoo of the object of our desire, of the muse, of the source of our inspiration. In the same way it has to be tattooed on the sensor of our camera. Like been struck by a thunder and of course with the relevant consequences. Smoke coming out from the thunderstruck photographer and photographed subjects. :) Stay tuned on ... (?) ... :)
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:55:58 +0000
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