Today was February's Shasta Photo club meeting. The Print competition was on Street photography/Grafitti.
Now, I know what Street photography is, where you photograph random people on the street who either look interesting or are doing something interesting. Wikipedia describes it as :
"Street photography uses the techniques of straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often concentrates on a single human moment, caught at a decisive or poignant moment. On the other hand, much street photography takes the opposite approach and provides a very literal and extremely personal rendering of the subject matter, giving the audience a more visceral experience of walks of life they might only be passingly familiar with."
Ron pointed out at the meeting that it is not posed photography. He mentioned this because the topic also listed Grafitti and a lot of photographers here in town know of this great little place to get some nice edgy shots in front of several grafitti walls painted along the old Johnny Rad's building here in town and I believe there were 3 or 4 (including mine) prints in the competition, featuring subjects somewhat "posed" in front of these walls... :)
My photo shows Marian Morgan-Hunt (http://www.marianmorgan-huntphotography.com/ ) looking over the prints. She was the guest judge for the print competition tonight. My photo is the bottom right image in the black mat. This was my first entry into the competition.
~ Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. ~
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