Is your Street Photography Better than Street View?

[@angelayoung8770]

Actually you’ve hit the nail on the head this is so true

[@LASHMAR]

@@angelayoung8770 thank you xxx

[@rogerbrooksfilms]

Some great points here! I’ve been guilty of taking ‘street view’ images in the past, however I have since made a transition in my thinking. I now look at scenes and actually tell myself not to photograph people simply walking by, also to consider whether there is a scene or something interesting there. It’s a work in progress, but the progress is happening.

[@LASHMAR]

@@rogerbrooksfilms awesome Roger :)

[@peterdewitte2294]

Totally agree, the only way to go forward is to totally think out of the box. I approach this by taking the camera and just literally ‘play’. Don’t think, shoot whatever triggers me. No rules, no expectations, just see what happens

[@LASHMAR]

@@peterdewitte2294 ☺️

[@christalbot9873]

So I'm what you would call a fun street photographer, but that does not mean an end to innovation or a different way of seeing and your bids provide that inspiration.

[@LASHMAR]

@@christalbot9873 🥊

[@ChrisBrogan]

I love the challenge. I love the premise that we have to try and elevate it. Nice post, Chief. Very good stuff.

[@LASHMAR]

@@ChrisBrogan thanks Chris

[@t.rich.pictures]

Great Video! Just signed up for your NYC Workshop. My first one! Looking forward to it brother...

[@LASHMAR]

@@t.rich.pictures ☺️

[@TDtog2112]

You are so right that today everyone has a camera in their pocket so us guys with a `proper' camera have to be a bit more on the ball in terms of creating at a different level. Your close in street portraits are a very good example of being above the rest and that is something we all need to aspire too. Creating something a little bit different. Great thoughts again mate. 🙂

[@LASHMAR]

@@TDtog2112 thank you

[@jakobhulten3934]

"Wow, I post that!" 😆 But seriously, it's a very thoughtful and important thing you discuss here. I think Ive hit that wall you mentioned in IDareToShoot, so these questions are highly relevant to me.

[@LASHMAR]

@@jakobhulten3934 yep

[@markwalch702]

Yeah watching the films with good cinema photography and how they see the world around them is a good point of view learning from them and putting that into your photography when shooting the streets. Not snapping but observing the subjects and the surrounding when taking the image. Like you said in the video CCTV does this recording of pictures every day people walking down the street. Also Google maps. We need to think outside the box 👍🥊🎈📷👌

[@LASHMAR]

@@markwalch702 ☺️

[@matthewelsdon7949]

Some really interesting points. A good photo is going to give you something extra. To get below the surface.

[@LASHMAR]

@@matthewelsdon7949 🙏

[@camerafusion]

WOW! Gonna get under some skin on this one haha, but TRUE

[@LASHMAR]

@@camerafusion ha - GOOD

[@henochotero959]

Awesome channel, my favorite! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@LASHMAR]

@@henochotero959 ☺️

[@themframes]

Really like this concept. Of course, the street photography is better. Nice video!

[@LASHMAR]

@@themframes ☺️

[@steverolfe1935]

Insightful post, for me some of my favourite photographers are from past times, Saul Leiter, Bob Carlos Clarke and Helmut Newton. The last two because of the work they produced and style of images they were treated like rockstars. Their talent and creativity for one thing, but also they had cameras and not everyone had the money to buy a camera. Todays world we have millions of photos being taken every second of the day, everyone owns a camera, albeit on their phones. Everyone is a photography and its become oversaturation and fits in well with your comments about the world being smaller know that we can easily travel.

[@LASHMAR]

@@steverolfe1935 well it’s oversaturated with shite. Everyone has a camera. Not everyone is a photographer. In fact it’s easier now to make money from photography simply because people see so many bad photographs that they have to search long and hard for a good one

[@steverolfe1935]

@@LASHMAR There is most certainly a lot of rubbish out there being badged up as photography. Great insight into the money side of things. I hadn't thought of it that way.

[@Alfonsden]

I’ve been out the game for five weeks with a bulge in my lower spine which has stopped me getting out and about. So I’ve been taking shadow shots with my iPhone. I’ve developed a Flanagan and Allan approach just me and my shadow. I wouldn’t have created that idea if wasn’t for you book so cheers buddy. Stay Free, Positive and Creative 📷

[@LASHMAR]

@@Alfonsden legend ☺️

[@powelw]

Another great video Gary.👍😎

[@LASHMAR]

@@powelw thank you ☺️

[@someoneontheweb4303]

Yeah totally agree.

[@LASHMAR]

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[@willgreig8912]

I think you’re right Gary, taking pictures of people eating sandwiches etc is not cutting it.

[@LASHMAR]

@@willgreig8912 😂

[@tonyw.6813]

I suggest that everyone looks into what I’m planning. It won’t be long before we’re back in the EU. I’ve bought a boat and I’m planning to withdraw as much money as I can and leave. It saddens my heart that I have to leave the country that I love. But, there seems little choice.

[@LASHMAR]

@@tonyw.6813 good luck mate

[@tonyw.6813]

@@LASHMAR Hi, I don’t know how this comment came up on your channel. I was actually commenting on a video by “Geoff buys cars”! KZbin algorithm going wild! On another note. I bought your book “The way of the Street Photographer”, which arrived today. Going to have a good read of it tonight.

[@LASHMAR]

@@tonyw.6813 thanks my friend :)

[@rogercaughell4282]

Good follow-up to your 07/20 newsletter tip/article. Who do you enjoy following (YT or IG) that you think gets it/has moved on/is doing things differently?

[@LASHMAR]

@@rogercaughell4282 JR

[@rogercaughell4282]

Never mind - I found the list that yo posted @idaretoshoot

[@LASHMAR]

@@rogercaughell4282 ☺️

[@cyrilstheone]

But times are changing all the time. Look at back in the day when photographers used to shoot people interacting. Nowadays its all head done stuck in the phones. So when we seen images of people talking. Very rarely done today, its like they are all stuck in their little worlds with their heads in their phones.

[@LASHMAR]

@@cyrilstheone Leave all that to cctv - we don’t need to capture that. I don’t take pictures of people on their phones. You’re probably looking for people on phones ☺️

[@cyrilstheone]

@LASHMAR but it's just another thing to show times have changed. Been as they weren't around 40/50 yrs ago. Unless you were a time traveller 😂

[@LASHMAR]

@@cyrilstheone mate you are missing the point entirely. like we don’t have to show people now in the future. People don’t look back on time in the same way. They won’t. because of media. watching a movie years ago at the cinema you’d have to wait 5 years to watch it on tv. Now you can watch it at home more or less the same day. recording time isn’t something that is required anymore simply because everything is recording time. Everywhere you go people are recording time on their own phones by accident when they take a picture of themselves in front of a pub on a night out and post it on instagram. 100 years ago there was probably 1000 cameras being operated around the world. Now there are over 2 billion I think you’ve missed the point of the video mate

[@LASHMAR]

@@cyrilstheone in short everything is recording times changing. Every moment of every day. most street photographers are doing the same. Which makes them … the same as everyone else

[@harryp6312]

Good points well made.

[@LASHMAR]

@@harryp6312 ☺️

[@knightsorder]

yeah street stuff I am movning onto the *symbol street signs of the street landscape now*.....so interesitng - peeeling back the emotions

[@keyoguitar]

Totally.

[@LASHMAR]

@@keyoguitar ☺️

[@knightsorder]

yeah bike riders looks like a good film to check out....trailer is tops

[@knightsorder]

Just noticed you need more art on your home office area wall..... 🙂

[@LASHMAR]

@@knightsorder nah - I’m a vigilante

[@martingreenberg870]

Thank you Gary, as always, for this video. Man, your XPRO moving back and forth was distracting. After a while it was annoying for me. Sorry mate. Point taken about street photography needs to progress. As you point out, with your XPRO, time moves on. Almost everyone has a phone with a camera. The barrier to entry has dramatically changed. Now almost everyone can be a photographer. We need to strive to improve the quality of our images. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[@LASHMAR]

Noted! Thanks mate I appreciate the feedback. Next time I’ll use the xt4 😉