STREET PHOTOGRAPHY--AN OUTLOOK

There are many camerapersons, who cover most on roads and the surrounding life....The life they are nearer every day. There may be busy roads, a secluded place on the road, where a begger is sitting asking the ongoers for a 'rupee'...Oh, not of the old 'paisa'....There was a song on the street in an old film...''O babu, o jaane wale babu, ek paisa de de....' Now even the 'chavanni' (four anna) is withdrawn by the govt....Therefore, minimum is rupee one, and more as u wish. There is rush on the roads and as on date every hour is peak hour with tremendous increase in the vehicles...I saw people -Irani people selling goggles on the road...Beside there was a shoemaker, and a small book seller, with film songs books seller etc...The beggers, The thelas of Kulfi, Pani purri, tea stalls, the groundnut seller....almost everything photogenic and to get photographed was the privilege...Now u cannot put your lens before anybody...there may be shoutings. The Sadhus with elephants ask Rs.100/- for photograph.....There were and are good portraits around with strange faces, to get you an award in photo competition....There is lot to be said on street photography.

2)Street photographer's main criteria is to capture subjects in their candid moods with almost, or may be, some interaction with camera or the cameraperson.

3) There was a definition in London Festival of Street Photography....Pl read---''unposed, unstaged photography which captures, explores or questions contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings''.

4) The locations are everywhere when one sets out of his home with his dear camera....yes,yes...there are streets individually (as portrayed in the first photograph below), parks, beaches,malls - malls are just like the street sellers (the candids galore there) and the places you pass through on foot, on bike or may be a four wheeler, there are pictures to capture....As I caught the balloon seller guy, counting money and still sufficient light of evening to wait. for more earning....his grand-father accompaning him (above).....The colours of the baloons will certainly allure children and the parents.

5) The thing, I learnt that where situations are not favourable or people get angry or not in mood to get photographed, please get away from there....But one more imp thing I learnt is to photograph children and then to photograph the situations I may find favourable...since parents are more sensitive to the children, and become friendly easily.......NEXT is to oblige them with one copy of the photograph, the easiest way to intrude....u can understand why I used word 'intrude'...the difficult things made easy.......Please hv your comments (to oblige your potential customers on the streets)...hahaha...Interesting.