Thursday, October 18, 2007

WallWalker

The Wall Walker shot is to Street Photography... what Fruit Still Life is to painting.

"Pear and a half" by Conor O'Brien

Stripped to a few basics: backdrop, character, pose, lighting, the Wall Walker shot is among the standards of Street Photography. The challenge then for both the painter...
"Tilt Life" by bONGO

and the Street Photographer...is to change it, mix it up, if only in an incremental fashion...

2 comments:

Nomad said...

Very true about the walk walker shot. What about the "older man waiting in front of building" shot? What about on the "people waiting on the others side of the street waiting to cross" shot?

I guess when you shoot street al the easy shots have been taken so its up to you to make it different and interesting

bONGO said...

That's it. Painters and musicians, etc. come up against the same problems. THe challenge is when you take those same shots that others have before you, find a way to make them your own.