this is a shot from the hip. she walked past me after giving me a once over and almost had a sneering look when she saw my camera. so i zoomed in on her as she approached the intersection and got this. those cheeks! those cheeks! well at least she has incredible legs and nice skin and no cellulite. which i can't say for 90% of the almost un-dressed women i see around.
for the one night stand #11's street photography challenge for today.
@salza - some days i got pluck. here it's a big city and there's lots of people, plus most of them are busy with their pda's and mobile devices anyway. i size up the situation first. you'd notice most of my street shots, people are facing away from me. most times i wish i was brave enough to do an in-your-face shot, but not gutsy enough. i just don't want to invade people's spaces. if i'm "caught", i'd pretend i was looking above them, and try to ignore them, scratch my head then point my camera upwards and shoot anything. so that in case they confront me i can show them they weren't in the shot, IF i want to show them what i took. if a person is belligerent enough, it helps that i can say to their faces what i know about the law.
a couple of years ago, one of the biggest buildings in downtown had a photo contest so i went after work to the concourse - not the bank floor - and took pictures. i know that these buildings are private properties and i normally wouldn't dare take pictures around there. the security guard told me 'no photographing is allowed' so i told him that the building has a contest. he said he doesn't know anything about the contest and he insisted i delete the photos I've taken. i dared him to call management or call his supervisor, and that i will not delete what's on my camera because whatever i've taken has become my private property. when he said he would call the police, i told him to go right ahead. i knew i was in the right and his ignorance was his problem. i just looked at him right in the eye, i had no plans of backing down, so the end of it was that he relented. i had taken enough shots plus he destroyed my mojo so after a few "authorized" shots, i just left. next day, i sent an email to that building's management complaining about the security guard. tee-hee! thanks, my friend.
@summerfield there is law and there is good etiquette and I am quite undecided in my own mind about what is acceptable and what isn't. I took lots of shots at our river festival with all sorts of people in and my own justification was that there were plenty of local news photographers about doing the same. The one I took with just one boy in the centre, I did ask permission and show the parents the shot.
Thanks for your confirmation on my street shot.
a couple of years ago, one of the biggest buildings in downtown had a photo contest so i went after work to the concourse - not the bank floor - and took pictures. i know that these buildings are private properties and i normally wouldn't dare take pictures around there. the security guard told me 'no photographing is allowed' so i told him that the building has a contest. he said he doesn't know anything about the contest and he insisted i delete the photos I've taken. i dared him to call management or call his supervisor, and that i will not delete what's on my camera because whatever i've taken has become my private property. when he said he would call the police, i told him to go right ahead. i knew i was in the right and his ignorance was his problem. i just looked at him right in the eye, i had no plans of backing down, so the end of it was that he relented. i had taken enough shots plus he destroyed my mojo so after a few "authorized" shots, i just left. next day, i sent an email to that building's management complaining about the security guard. tee-hee! thanks, my friend.
I love that you got the last laugh here.