how to break the rules and to stay alive – Cinematheque.
I find myself very busy last time with a few ideas and few drafts of partially written pages and posts, but everything still brews in my head and nothing coming to the finishing line. May be i’ll finish something today!
I think a lot about some wrong influence that i got from the part of Hard Core Street photographers. I think that this happened exactly a few month before the Google+ invited me to the Beta version, when “Street Photographer” and “Streettogs” terms have appeared at the Topics of many articles and posts of different blogs. In these Articles were clearly spelled out the “real rules” of the “real” street photography:
Using only 24-35-50mm lens. Or everything in focus rule as result of using by low Aperture, as result of trying to count the hyperfocal distance, as result of shooting from the hip, as result of the desire to remain unnoticed. Or to use sudden flash and to scare the walking pedestrians. The deviated perspectives and huge amount of the going, sitting and “doing nothing” people. In this race we lost THE story and THE feeling of street.
During thinking about all this, I came to an idea of the small project, that will be some attempt to break all the “street photography rules”.
“Cinematheque” – colors, maximum aperture, thought-out composition with right horizons, long 135mm lens and feeling of being inside some movie where the people are not the only main subject.
I totally agree Victor. There should be no such rules, because they create conformance and stifle originality. They also distract from the ultimate goal – the subject and its emotional weight. Too much “talk” about camera settings, streetwise smarts, colour versus B+W, DOF, pixel perfection, sharpness….. and so on distract from the primary goal of the capture – the moment and the subject. Well done for raising this. I have seen a uniqueness in your images that is evidence of your search for subject and it makes your photography more compelling. Thank you 🙂
מקסים!! I enjoyed reading this – I love your perspective. Makes me wish I had the guts to go out and do street photography. 😉 Allll day long.
This is an interesting point of view.It is about doing what you enjoy doing, but to help bring back something that got lost on the way.I know the feeling
You are on the right track anyway, I really like these new ideas of capturing a moment, to pick it from all the rest, to give it a meaning or show it.
Victor, my friend, we’ve talked about being “lost” and the benefits of the soul. I believe the same for rules, why have them? In any art form, it just limits what one can share, how one can “see” I have no use for silly rules, therefor I’ve never learned them ha! Regards, Angela
Breaking rules means you are good enough to establish a new ones.. You certainly have talent, knowledge and you are doing what you do in such a passionate manner that “breaking” rules becomes inevitable step in your personal evolution 🙂 Looking forward to see more of your work. Cheers,
i agree with most you said, as i don’t like rules, not even these, although i have also used 135mm lenses for my street photography.
Dear Victor – very nice work, different, nicely colored. A portfolio worth stopping by and watching which is the essence of street photography so far… cinemateque moments that tell a story! I like the idea of being unruly, rules are made to be broken – give way to new fresh images.
Hey Anna !
thank you very much for the kind words !
i visited your portfolio and loved it so much ! love to be your follower on G+ and Twitter !
I agree with one thing when it comes to street photography (sorry to use a generic term) composition is key everthing else either falls into place or the image tends to fall. How its made, short lens, long lens, hip or eye I tend not to worry about – just that I’m enriched in some way by the experience. Good blog post Victor.
darn cool collection!
thank you very much !