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Just Folks

My major draw for street imaging is people. Sometimes my images lack people, heroing instead the places people do or will use, but either way, people are the thing.

I have said before, that a strong street image needs three things happening before I feel it is fully developed. Any less and it needs a very strong subject and message, but ideally, it should have both.

Respect for a pair of shooters ready to go. No lens caps, camera on. The man on the left was sporting a big white lens on an SLR. Hard to hide, but what ever works for you I guess.

At least an image should have an emotional element.

None of the images above are what I would call strong, but each has one or more elements of a decent street snap, somethng that made them stand out enough to go the next step, so they deserve a little light.