Recently learned that apparently there is a trend of """street photographers""" making videos where they approach strangers and ask them if they can take their photo.I think they way it's done is kinda cringe, since at least of the handful of examples I've seen some look super staged and I can't help but think that they're taking the photos not for the photos' sake, but for the video of how they take them. Especially since they almost always seem to approach cute girls.Though I still want to maybe try this myself to build my portfolio and get some practice in (I'm so tired of dragging out the same handful of people for shoots) and just get out of my comfort zone a little both in terms of photography and talking to people. Especially since my country is kinda fucky about street photography and I think you technically would have to ask the subjects for permission, which ruins the whole point of street photography. So I guess street portraiture is the closest I can get without worrying that some boomer will harass me about my camera.What are your opinions, has anyone here ever done it?[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution25 dpiVertical Resolution25 dpiColor Space InformationUncalibratedImage Width1024Image Height664
its staged instagram/tiktok shit
It's all very staged. Prepare for a 98% rejection rate.
>>4348401Get in here, stalker!
>>4348401yes the highest-view street portrait vids are corny and probably staged. but obviously there is a world bigger than what you see pushed in social media feeds. street portraits is a fun way to do photography and be social. i do it pretty often[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Camera SoftwareGIMP 2.10.38Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2024:06:30 01:05:14Color Space InformationsRGB
Question in generalWhen should I use black&white and when color?I like my b&w pics but now I think I'm overdoing itHow do I choose?[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon EOS 90DCamera Softwaredarktable 4.8.1PhotographerAdrian J.Firmware VersionFirmware Version 1.1.3Lens Name28mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 019Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandImage Created2024:08:14 10:46:15Exposure Time1/400 secF-Numberf/7.1Exposure ProgramAperture PriorityLens Aperturef/7.0Exposure Bias0 EVFlashNo FlashFocal Length28.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width1999Image Height3000RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypeStandardExposure ModeAv-PriorityFocus TypeAutoMetering ModeEvaluativeISO Speed RatingAutoSharpnessUnknownSaturationUnknownContrastUnknownShooting ModeManualImage SizeLargeFocus ModeAI ServoDrive ModeSingleFlash ModeOffCompression SettingFineMacro ModeNormalWhite BalanceManual TemperatureExposure Compensation3Sensor ISO Speed160Color Matrix33Color Temperature5400 K
>>4348543[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon EOS 90DCamera Softwaredarktable 4.8.1PhotographerAdrian J.Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandImage Created2024:08:14 10:46:17Exposure Time1/250 secF-Numberf/7.1Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating100Lens Aperturef/7.0Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternFlashNo FlashFocal Length28.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2000Image Height3000RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceManualScene Capture TypeStandard
Yeah IRL streetsnappers are reviled and avoided like the plague No amount of social media fakery will change reality
>>4348401If you ask beautiful women to take their picture and you are like an 8 or below they will most likely find you creepy and deny it. If you're exceptionally handsome it may work. I would be sceptical of these videos on social media, I don't think they're real. They always feel very staged, in that their backdrops are typically very scenic, like they just happened to meet in a perfect spot for portraits. The other thing is, who, walking around a city, has the time to just do a random photo shoot? Female workers? Perhaps!
>>4348401>>4348553>>4348569Why would they be staged? I remember back around 2014 in Tokyo I had a hipster looking guy and a separate punk looking chick ask to take my portrait on a couple of occasions over a month. But in Europe I've never been approached. Maybe if you're a fat neck beard you'll be getting 98% rejections I'm an average looking young dude and that was before I had an interest in photography. I imagine in a big city you'll have a 40-50% rejection rate, more anywhere people are busy. Probably want to focus on tourist or university areas Anyway you're all autists and I'll try my luck at street portraits on the weekend and post back results
>>4348621>why would social media just heckin be fakerino?????
>>4348622I think it's easy to sense a fake vibe in a video, hot chick and some scripted obviously acted conversations In reality people will be nervous and kinda suspicious, more autism in conversation. Eg look at that Trevor wisecup guy
>>4348626>comparing a guy who nearly gets beat up for sticking a camera in your face to fake instagram street "portraiture" videosretard
>>4348636He's might be getting beaten up by feral niggers but his photography isn't scripted tiktok trash
