STREET CLUB WEEK 4: SUBTRACT, SUBTRACT, SUBTRACT (SIMPLIFY)

Awesome shots Vincent! I like frames #2 and #3 the most. Frame no 3 is really cool, I like the red from the coke bottle standing out, and the cool hand gesture. The background also adds to the photograph. A definite keeper! Although, shouldn’t it be 3 shots of the same scene? 🙂

Great images Vincent–particularly love #3. Could you share a few more images of the same scene that show you working the scene and ‘subtracting/simplifying’ the scene?

Hello Cindy. Thank you for your answer. I am actually in vacations and unfortunatly I can not reach my pictures.

Make new ones ! That should be load of fun 🙂

I adore the first photo but all three are really good. 

love the angle on the 3rd image but do you have the uncropped version?

The #3, i only have one picture. It was a one shoot. I suppose i was wrong on the ASSIGNMENT 4: SUBTRACT, SUBTRACT, SUBTRACT. 

 So, i propose these new pictures : 

#1

#2

#3 : The final one.

I really like the grittiness of the third! 

lisadorenfest : thank you for your comments !! 

ehilado06 : it’s an un cropped version. The only one i made (with the Ricoh GR 2). 

Great job bahlaouiy! I particularly like the open story that #2 could tell. Could you share a few more images of the same scene that show you working the scene and ‘subtracting/simplifying’ the scene?

Hi there Ed! For me #1 the eye contact and gesture makes me linger on the photo some more. Could you share a few more images of the same scene that show you working the scene and ‘subtracting/simplifying’ the scene? Thanks!

I agree with the third showing the emotion better. Really like that shot. I also like the fact that the people in the back do seem rather somber. It’s a nice contrast with the couple. Too bad parts of the Tim Horton sign enter into the pic- I wonder if a slightly different angle could have gotten rid of that? Wonderful colour in all. 

Great succession of working the scene, you are left with nothing left but the subjects, successfully removed distracting background and a pole behind their back as well. I like it very much 🙂

Agree with @snapmode. And intimacy seems to be my word of the day here. I love how the third image gives us a sense of the love and trust between father and son. Well done!

The first 3 photographs are great and I am sure you have accomplished the assignment in a great way…the 3rd one is a superb shot…congratulations…

Agree with everyone. The third photo is so touching, and the smiley face t-shirt is icing on the cake!

Great, great, great job working that first scene! Just like everyone else said you caught a nice moment but after working it and simplifying the scene you really captured the father son love and his innocence through his eyes. Excellent work and love the shot.

@hugues which of the scene is final one?

I also think the final scene is missing….but I really liked your photographs…the facial expression of the woman is great…great contrast too…

not really sure i understand that assignment of the week, i thought that the final pic as the third one , thanks for your consideration .

Hi , I love these… I love the surrealism of the 3rd capture ( without his head) , the health and happiness sign makes this a pretty powerful social statement! II think you captured what this assignment was all about, well done!

Poignant, stark, vivid. I actually love both the 2nd and third for the way their intimacy and candor.  

I guess you have accomplished the mission of this assignment…nice photographs…great colours and you really tell a story with this 3 shots…my preferred photograph is the second one because of the presence of the boy at the scene and the way he looks to you…so tender…so lovely…I guess he wanted to chat with you…did you talked to him?

Great job working the scene and composing him with the sign to make a powerful image. Excellent thought process to take in the scene and work with the elements you were drawn too to make the image you envisioned.

It’s such a charming, playful surprise when you stumble across an outdoor public piano, but it’s so hard to capture that feeling! I have come across two of them this summer, tried to shoot them, and have failed miserably when trying to capture the sense of wonder I felt when I saw them.

In light of having trouble with shots like this myself, I have been trying to think of suggestions for this particular piano and wondered about getting even closer. The painted eyes are so wonderful. Maybe just one of them is needed. And if you got closer, some of the keys tell a story because they are dirty, but a bit cleaner in the middle where fingers have played them. It’s kind of hard to explain. I am super reluctant to post an altered photo of someone else’s picture, so I hope you don’t mind that I did a quick crop of the first picture to show you what I was thinking: 

Hi Geoff! Thank you for your feedback, appreciate it!  I went several times to this scene to capture exactly what you’re talking about. No, I don’t mind, tha’ts what we are here for, to learn from each other, right? 🙂 

Your third shot is excellent. The composition, clarity, color…if could be a magazine advertisement for Coca-Cola – ‘all the cool kids are drinking it’

Really Like the 2nd shot, Love the expression and jesture of the mother!

Think the second shot was awesome too. Like how you have the various expressions. For the simplify exercise it would have been nice to isolate the image to just the kid and his food but I know how difficult it can be shooting kids and you have to use your discretion but regardless you really made a nice image.

I love these shots. I sort of like the expressions in the 2nd picture better- too bad that dog was there! The expressions in the third are lovely and made so much stronger by simplifying the background!

Excellent job getting closer and working the scene. Also think the second image is the best and just love her laughing with that natural emotion. Great photo!

Well done ! Interesting shot. Maybe the third pictures is too burn in the back of the lady.

I think that the last two are both excellent. Different moods, both good. Shadowing is wonderful.

Good job, the last one is my favorite, the light and experssion are great!

Nice work and agree the last two are great. Really liked the composition and lighting of the second one and would’ve been cool to catch her expression on the third one in that composition.

shot from the hip?

shot with the camera around my neck, looking down into the viewscreen. Is this angle  impacting the shot, do you think? 

Nice pictures. I prefer the second ! 

Great job you have done here…I liked the 3 pics specially because of the shadows and perfect (defined and sharp) contrasts…congrats…

I could really feel the warmth of this man’s personality come through in these images. The second and third especially. Good job.

I liked the 3 shots !…but the 3rd one is very expressive..all of them have great colors and I found them great…thanks for sharing…

these are great Lisa! Really love the last one!

Love them all and great capture of his laugh on the third.

love all 3 sequence 

Hi there Amozeto– Yes I would agree that there are a lot of ways of ‘subtracting’ from a scene. Taking steps closer and back as you said, but also looking around (up, down, left, right), waiting, and focusing on certain details of the scene. Sometimes we know in our gut that there is something interesting in the scene, so taking a moment to take a closer look can help push you to change the perspective and simplify the scene.

I liked seeing the behind the scenes of your shots and thought process. You can feel free to upload three additional photos–or I could still remove the three photos if you prefer.

Thank you, Cindy, for your comments…but I’d prefer removing these shots…I’ll try to meke better pictures and will re-upload…so, remove them, please…antonio

You got it antonio!

Hi everyone!

Very nice to hear that we got one more week.

This assignment was by far one of the hardest I’ve done.

Here are my 3

i like the pictures, Very well implemented! 

I really liked your 3rd shot…it makes us wonder what (the woman) is thinking at the moment…but, it seems to me that the 1st and 2nd shots are note part of the same scene…is that really the case?…thanks for sharing…

The 3rd one is really good !