“The photo was taken in Post Alley, which runs under the Pike Place Market in Seattle. It was not a grab shot. I composed the photo and waited for people to come by and start climbing the stairs. The picture was shot with a Leica M6 and 35mm f2 Summicron lens on Tri-X film. If memory serves, I set the shutter speed for 125th of a second in order to get some slight blur in the man's leg to illustrate motion. Using a Lecia, which shows a larger field of view than the actual image area, gave me a brief instant to see the subject coming into the frame before I pushed the shutter. The camera also has almost no shutter lag. Still, I sat there and shot two rolls of film of people starting to climb the stairs before getting the shot I wanted. Most people thought I was taking a picture of the poster on the left.”
“Walking through the streets / lanes of Venice this year I set my Fuji X-E1 to 1/30th sec at f6.4 using my 18-55mm Fujinon lens set to 18mm focal length. With the flash set to slow and walking at a steady pace, as people passed me. I held the camera above my head and angle down slightly. This young lady was walking passed me and I fired the flash off.”
See more of Paul Griffith's work on his blog and on G+.
I'm happy to send Paul and Don each a photography book , compliments of our friends at Rocky Nook Publishing.
Q&A Segment:
This week I answer questions sent by Don Conrad and Michael Jolliffe about photographing children in the streets and how to get a spontaneous reaction from your subjects in street photography.
Interesting video clip by Thomas Leuthard to illustrate the point in question #2.
New Street Challenge: HUMOR!
Capturing humor in a fraction of a second may be the most difficult challenge in street photography. Also we all have our own definition of humor and it varies greatly from one culture to another…
I invite you to go out and shoot some motion in the streets over the next couple of weeks, then upload your best shot in the comment section below. The contest ends on November 27.
Posts are moderated to prevent spam so your image may not show up right away. I will pick my favorite before the next Q&A episode, and post the image on the show notes that week.
Tips for shooting humor in street photography: I invite to read an article I recently wrote for dPS (Digital Photography School) Using Humor In Street Photography.
I urge you to seek inspiration by looking at the work of great photographers such as Martin Parr and Elliott Erwitt
Visit our growing Street Focus community on Google+
The 2015 photo workshops are filling up quickly!! In Paris in January, May , September and October, Rome in April. Weekend workshops added in the US as well. I hope to meet some of you in 2015!
Samples of humor in the streets for more inspiration. The images below are the Copyrighted by Valerie Jardin.
Here’s a favorite of mine for this week’s challenge. These are my grandsons as we were waiting for a table in a restaurant, sitting next to his Dad’s grandparents. This one makes me smile.
I call this image the “Cane Gang” Captured this week on the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco.
I call this “Mr Cool gets in on the scene” Cheeky young italian wanted to get in to the wedding photographs in Rome.
For some reason only the jpeg icon is showing not the images. This happened previously. Is this a technical problem?
I see it when I click on the box, no worries. It’s probably due to size constraints.
Thanks Valerie, I have made the image smaller and reposted.
This statue is supposed to be a couple of eyeballs, but it reminds people of something else also. This picture is called “Booby Trap”.
Trying to load a small size of the image.
ll
Smiles taken in London
I don’t understand why my post is showing up as a guest. I’m signed in
Seem to be having problems uploading a picture
It could be in moderation. Fingers crossed that it shows up eventually.
Hello, I continue to have the same problem. I’ve only ever been able to post one picture. Every other attempt ends up with a comment and no photo. I’ll post on the Google+ site but posting in the comments here just doesn’t seem to work. Sorry I can’t participate
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo?
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo?
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo? Will it load?
Dog watching dog
Sorry, can never get photos to upload. Posted in the Google+ site
trying a different browser
Thanks for your patience. I guess you found the problem. What browser were you using? This may help others too.
I’m using safari and seem to have a problem uploading too
This was taken on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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This was taken on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Humor Photo
Dance Police
Man drags Air Conditioner on a hot day
Wow, there are some fantastic images for this challenge!!! After looking through my files, I see that humor is not my strong suite in SP!!! But I did find a couple. Thanks to this podcast, I now know I need to look more for this. Here is my entry…
Humor Entries (sorry but I don’t know if two entries are permissible).
1. I caught a mermaid. This guy is obviously thrilled to be carrying a mermaid to the water. I was shooting at an event at Three Sisters springs in central Florida when I happened upon this shot. Like Valerie I kept my finger on the shutter release and waited for the moment to happen.
2. Man Meets Manatee. What the heck are you??!! It’s fun to catch another photographer in a surprising moment.
Humor Entries (sorry but I don’t know if two entries are permissible).
1. Man Meets Manatee. What the heck are you??!! It’s fun to catch another photographer in a surprising moment.
2. I caught a mermaid! This guy is obviously thrilled to be carrying a
mermaid to the water. I was shooting at an event at Three Sisters
springs in central Florida when I happened upon this shot. Like Valerie I
kept my finger on the shutter release and waited for the moment to
happen.
Hair trend of the day.
What the heck? I went to try it on another browser and now it posted as a guest. INTERNET WHY YOU TROLL ME? lol
Humor: “And I thought horses could read!”
For some reason photo didn’t upload. In any case, I thought it was funny.
Sorry Neil, several reasons why this might happen: The file could be too large. Other have changed browsers and it worked! I hope you try again 🙂
here’s my #humour entry
Venice cat
For some reason , my post has been marked as guest…although I posted with my facebook profile
No problem, I can see that you posted the Venice Cat.
Another Journey
A little something from St Paddy’s Day.
A Little Something From St. Paddy’s Day.
From State Fair of Texas last month
Selfies are Everywhere (Fatima, Portugal)
Hello Roblan, could you please contact me via my website? Thank you!
Really enjoying the show, Valerie. This week’s episode makes me want to hop a plane to New York.
Thank you Mark! Maybe you can join the next NYC workshop I will co-lead with James in October 2015. Registration just opened!
An optometrist was handing these out at the art fair and these two ladies kindly posed for me.
a few street, for fun.
The tiny tormentor, we all have one.
Flinders Street train station, Melbourne, Australia.
Line ’em up.
En Garde!
(@Valerie – hope it was spelled half right…)
The young woman on the left is almost the perfect lookalike to the graffiti on the wall. Too bad it was too cold so that she needed the warm jacket.
Patiently waiting.
Seemed to be an issue with posting, hence the guest. This photo was taken on the streets of Malmö, Sweden.
Thank you Stuart, not sure why it’s doing this. Some changed browsers and that helped. In the meantime, commenting underneath the photo, like you did here, works fine so that I know who it belongs to. Thanks again!!
Levi Shand here – after having confirmed my e-mail address with Disqus and logging in, the above entry was still posted by “Guest”. Not sure what happened, but it’s mine. Thanks!
Thank you Levi! Sorry for the Disqus issues… Commenting on your image was the right thing to do so that I know who it belongs to. Have a great day!
Kilburn,London 2014.
Looking, NYC Summer 2014
Arch Nemesis out of work
So many errors! 🙁
The lightbulb moment.
Oh yeah
Manpower!
Image below – Manpower!
“Your husband called…”
I had problems posted, but the above photo “Your husband called…” is from me, Agnès.
It worked and I’ll know it’s yours, thanks for listening to my show!
La Masseuse
It worked, thanks Derek!
for some reason – difficulty posting – La masseuse from derek dewees
Hi Valerie, first time posting. Love your podcasts.
Image taken on the streets of Chicago!
Thank you for listening to Street Focus Maria!
Hi Valerie I have a problem posting here,I would be happy if you can help me because the Image that I posted last night is not showing up here is the the caption.
Kilburn,London 2014.
Thank you.
It shows now, thank you!
Kilburn,London 2014
ATTENTION! Entries for this challenge are now closed. Thank you for participating!
Hi Valerie,
Here’s a favorite of mine for this week’s challenge. These are my grandsons as we were waiting for a table in a restaurant, sitting next to his Dad’s grandparents. This one makes me smile.
I call this image the “Cane Gang” Captured this week on the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco.
I call this “Mr Cool gets in on the scene” Cheeky young italian wanted to get in to the wedding photographs in Rome.
For some reason only the jpeg icon is showing not the images. This happened previously. Is this a technical problem?
I see it when I click on the box, no worries. It’s probably due to size constraints.
Thanks Valerie, I have made the image smaller and reposted.
This statue is supposed to be a couple of eyeballs, but it reminds people of something else also. This picture is called “Booby Trap”.
Trying to load a small size of the image.
ll
Smiles taken in London
I don’t understand why my post is showing up as a guest. I’m signed in
Seem to be having problems uploading a picture
It could be in moderation. Fingers crossed that it shows up eventually.
Hello, I continue to have the same problem. I’ve only ever been able to post one picture. Every other attempt ends up with a comment and no photo. I’ll post on the Google+ site but posting in the comments here just doesn’t seem to work. Sorry I can’t participate
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo?
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo?
Trender and Vender, or Dueling Hair-duo? Will it load?
Dog watching dog
Sorry, can never get photos to upload. Posted in the Google+ site
trying a different browser
Thanks for your patience. I guess you found the problem. What browser were you using? This may help others too.
I’m using safari and seem to have a problem uploading too
This was taken on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
15195202488_35eb17cc29_k
This was taken on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Humor Photo
Dance Police
Man drags Air Conditioner on a hot day
Wow, there are some fantastic images for this challenge!!! After looking through my files, I see that humor is not my strong suite in SP!!! But I did find a couple. Thanks to this podcast, I now know I need to look more for this. Here is my entry…
Humor Entries (sorry but I don’t know if two entries are permissible).
1. I caught a mermaid. This guy is obviously thrilled to be carrying a mermaid to the water. I was shooting at an event at Three Sisters springs in central Florida when I happened upon this shot. Like Valerie I kept my finger on the shutter release and waited for the moment to happen.
2. Man Meets Manatee. What the heck are you??!! It’s fun to catch another photographer in a surprising moment.
Humor Entries (sorry but I don’t know if two entries are permissible).
1. Man Meets Manatee. What the heck are you??!! It’s fun to catch another photographer in a surprising moment.
2. I caught a mermaid! This guy is obviously thrilled to be carrying a
mermaid to the water. I was shooting at an event at Three Sisters
springs in central Florida when I happened upon this shot. Like Valerie I
kept my finger on the shutter release and waited for the moment to
happen.
Hair trend of the day.
What the heck? I went to try it on another browser and now it posted as a guest. INTERNET WHY YOU TROLL ME? lol
Humor: “And I thought horses could read!”
For some reason photo didn’t upload. In any case, I thought it was funny.
Sorry Neil, several reasons why this might happen: The file could be too large. Other have changed browsers and it worked! I hope you try again 🙂
here’s my #humour entry
Venice cat
For some reason , my post has been marked as guest…although I posted with my facebook profile
No problem, I can see that you posted the Venice Cat.
Another Journey
A little something from St Paddy’s Day.
A Little Something From St. Paddy’s Day.
From State Fair of Texas last month
Selfies are Everywhere (Fatima, Portugal)
Hello Roblan, could you please contact me via my website? Thank you!
https://valeriejardinphotography.com/
Done!
Great, I emailed you.
Thirsty in Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland.
Really enjoying the show, Valerie. This week’s episode makes me want to hop a plane to New York.
Thank you Mark! Maybe you can join the next NYC workshop I will co-lead with James in October 2015. Registration just opened!
An optometrist was handing these out at the art fair and these two ladies kindly posed for me.
a few street, for fun.
The tiny tormentor, we all have one.
Flinders Street train station, Melbourne, Australia.
Line ’em up.
En Garde!
(@Valerie – hope it was spelled half right…)
The young woman on the left is almost the perfect lookalike to the graffiti on the wall. Too bad it was too cold so that she needed the warm jacket.
Patiently waiting.
Seemed to be an issue with posting, hence the guest. This photo was taken on the streets of Malmö, Sweden.
Thank you Stuart, not sure why it’s doing this. Some changed browsers and that helped. In the meantime, commenting underneath the photo, like you did here, works fine so that I know who it belongs to. Thanks again!!
Patiently waiting
Two Drag Queens enjoying a ciggy
Whale Watching
Plaza de Callao, Madrid
©2014
Levi Shand here – after having confirmed my e-mail address with Disqus and logging in, the above entry was still posted by “Guest”. Not sure what happened, but it’s mine. Thanks!
Thank you Levi! Sorry for the Disqus issues… Commenting on your image was the right thing to do so that I know who it belongs to. Have a great day!
Kilburn,London 2014.
Looking, NYC Summer 2014
Arch Nemesis out of work
So many errors! 🙁
The lightbulb moment.
Oh yeah
Manpower!
Image below – Manpower!
“Your husband called…”
I had problems posted, but the above photo “Your husband called…” is from me, Agnès.
It worked and I’ll know it’s yours, thanks for listening to my show!
La Masseuse
It worked, thanks Derek!
for some reason – difficulty posting – La masseuse from derek dewees
Hi Valerie, first time posting. Love your podcasts.
Image taken on the streets of Chicago!
Thank you for listening to Street Focus Maria!
Hi Valerie I have a problem posting here,I would be happy if you can help me because the Image that I posted last night is not showing up here is the the caption.
Kilburn,London 2014.
Thank you.
It shows now, thank you!
Kilburn,London 2014
ATTENTION! Entries for this challenge are now closed. Thank you for participating!