When we come across a person in the street, no matter young or old, chances are that he or she catches our attention so much so that we hold up the camera and fully press the shutter release. But has it ever happed to us that the person we snapped is not what met our eyes? I mean, have we ever contemplated the story behind our subject – why he looks so puzzled; why she is standing there and then with an empty gaze; what makes him call the street home, so on and so forth – before snapping a shot? I do sometimes. And probably this practice somehow has an impact on what I interpret to be the right moment, background and lighting conditions to complete some of my street shots.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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