James: I like these a lot... well done. I especially like #12... it is
very intriguing. My first thought was that the man's face should be in
sharp focus, but considering it, I think the mystery is enhanced the way
it is.
Thanks for sharing,
Earl
James Royall wrote:
>A few weeks back I did a street photography workshop organised by
>Tate Modern and in-public.com website (well worth a visit if you like
>that kind of thing). The workshop was split into two sessions of two
>or three hours each; the first was a slideshow lecture by four of the
>photographers who run / contribute to the in-public website. We then
>had two weeks to go out and take some photos, which were discussed
>and edited down in the second session. I've uploaded what I came up
>with at:
>
>http://homepage.mac.com/royalljames/James_Galleries/PhotoAlbum37.html
>
>They were all taken during lunch time sorties from work, which is at
>one end of Oxford Street. I used to live five minutes walk from it
>and spent as little time on it as possible (for those that have never
>visited it's one long shopping mecca, with the whole range of socio-
>economic strata represented) - treating it like a river in winter;
>crossing as quickly as possible and certainly trying to never walk
>along it mid-stream. The routine of heading out every day for two
>weeks with a camera forced me to appreciate what I had previously
>missed; seeing the same people doing the same things every day,
>whether preachers, the homeless or teenagers with the drive to sell
>their music direct to the public, stopping people and asking 'do you
>like rap?' - I hope they make it; slowly recognising the subtly
>character of different sections reflected in the types walking the
>pavements. I really enjoyed having the motivation of a deadline to
>come up with some results and, like Bill Barber, would really
>recommend joining classes / courses etc, to focus (ha!) the mind - we
>don't all have Graham's in-built persistence.
>
>All photos were taken with the E-300 with either the 14-54 or the old
>24mm.
>
>James
>
>
>
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