When Making Candid Street Photo's

Hi All,


Welcome to My Photographic Observations.


My topic today is how to handle a situation when taking
candid street photos.

I find street photography fun as you can take photographs of anything
you see on the streets as long as its in public space.
I'm not one for spying or anything like that but as I have posted before
I like to take candid or spontaneous photographs of people.


In the first photograph I was walking along Marmontova Ulica
which is a mall in Split Croatia. I saw a bright subject in my
peripheral vision and so I turned my head and this girl was sitting
on a bench seat.

I liked the bright yellow of the dress and proceeded to make a
photograph when she noticed me just as I made the click.

As you can see she wasn't exactly happy,
many other photographer's would have just moved on.
Instead I acknowledged I took her photo and walked up to her
and just said I am a street photographer. I showed her the photo
and being pro active asked if she was ok with me taking her photo.
She said I didn't need to delete the photo as long as not used inappropriately.


I asked if I could make a more pleasing photo of her and I would send it to her if
She wanted.
She said fine she would pose for a portrait and the result is below.

I think its good to not be intimidated and just be open if people notice.
If she had said she didn't like I would have deleted in front of her eyes.
I always like candid photograph's as they are the most interesting and always
look for interesting subject matter although in this case the colour
caught my eye.


Thank you for visiting and reading.

If you like my photograph's I am on Instagram @vedrangreget

Cheers,

Vedran Greget

Time For A Snack

Hi All,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

Today's theme is about some of the ways people obtain snacks
or maybe just enjoying life at a cafe.


The first picture is what you see a lot of in Split Croatia although
not exclusively to Split of course.
A little cafe within the walls of Diocletian's Palace and the people
are quite happy to sit on little chairs have little tables for drinks etc.

I'm not one to partake in this type of thing because of all the people
that tend to wander through the little streets and alleyways.

I like to sit with a little bit of quietness without the hustle and bustle that can occur.

For my second picture I would think food on the go would be an appropriate title
as I thought it funny that the person didn't want to get of his bicycle lol.
Talk about eat on the run. Express delivery.

I just thought it interesting in what we see in the world.
Of course I am not complaining but just making it
My Photographic Observation.

Thank you for visiting.
If you like my pictures you can find me on Instagram @vedrangreget


Cheers,
Vedran Greget

How to Pose For Friends And Family

Hi All,

Welcome to my photographic observations.


I am often amused but at the same time love the way people pose when they
 are being photographed.
Its interesting and at the same time its nice to see the personality in the
people or the girls in both these pictures.

The first the young lady is relaxed but somewhat a little nervous in front
of her friends camera. As in most cases I took the shot unbeknownst to her.

I don't have models to work with so I always like to practice where I can. I mean not
the right angle coz I was not the photographer if you know what I mean.


The second pic the lady exuded a huge amount of fun and zaniness which was
fun to see and bought a smile to myself.

Both pictures taken in Split Croatia.

Thank you for taking the time to look and read.

If you have any comments please leave below as will be appreciated weather good or bad lol...

Vedran

Each To theyre Own Way

Hi All,


Welcome to my photographic observations.


Today's theme is what I notice when out and about and how people tend to relax.
For me relaxing is just walking around and watching people and landscapes and finding something to photograph that interests me.

Here I have a couple of pictures of the obvious.

The first photo is a lady waiting for her ordered item at a restaurant.
To pass the time and relax she does what most of us do is play with her mobile phone.

I found this interesting as I like table scenes also.
Of course I transfered to black and white to give a more contrasty feel.


The second picture is slightly different as a group of women are sitting around and contemplating what is around them.

Probably tired after a day of adventure or even recovering from the night before.

Enjoying and relaxing but each of the photographs and showing the different forms of relaxation.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

If you have any comments good or bad please leave down below.

Vedran

Life Is A Beach

Hi All


Welcome again to My Photographic Observations.

Summer is nearly upon us here in Perth, Western Australia and I thought would write about a beach theme today.

My photos are from Supetar on the Island Brac in Croatia.
I normally don't photograph beach scenes but occasionally the photographs speak for themselves.

The first picture The lady was standing and I liked the feel with the mountains in the background.

I processed as a black and white to even out the tones.


My next picture is more of a populated scene with a few people enjoying the late afternoon sun.

The clouds threatening on the horizon but nothing is going to stop these few enjoying themselves.
I guess when you are a tourist you want to lap it all up as you can lol...

Thank you for taking the time to read.
If you have any comments please leave below weather it be good or bad.

Vedran

Wonderful Flowers

Hi All,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.


Today my observations are flowers which are in abundance in
Split Croatia.

I thought I would share 3 pictures of the flowers although to my
embarrassment I don't know what type they are.

In the first picture below the yellow flowers were on the Split Riva in flower beds.

As you can see I framed it with the bell tower in the background
but out of focus so a person knows where the photo was taken without being
too obvious. The front walls of Diocletian's Palace are also in view.


The second photo I loved the red flower in front of a restaurant.

Here I also put the subjects behind out of focus and concentrated on the flower
and it seems to have worked well in my opinion, although that is also in the eyes of the beholder.

The last photo it was so pretty and of course i blurred out the background
but you still get a sense of where the place is by the arches.

I could have isolated the flowers and framed differently, maybe tighter perhaps.
I will say i like the way I framed as I liked the results I got and it seems to work.

Thank you for taking the time to read.
As always if you have any comments good or bad please leave down below.
Love feedback.

Vedran

Alternate Views Of Maritime Museum

Hi All,


Welcome to my photographic observations.

One of the things I like in photography is the various different
compositions and feel of a scene.

Today I have alternate views of the Maritime Museum in Fremantle.
One is a long exposure black and white photo and the other is in colour
taken at the blue hour or twilight.


The first image below is the black and white which was exposed for approximately
2 minutes to get the smooth water.

I used a tripod of course and also a 10 stop nd filter to get the long shutter speed
of 2 minutes. Would have been impossible to hold steady for such a long time.
I also used a cable release as to not touch the camera.
I processed this pic in lightroom and silver fx pro 2 for the black and white.


The next pic is also the Museum but this time a little later and with a tighter crop.

I didnt use the ND filter here as it was going to be a longer shutter speed
because of the fading light.

Thankyou for having a read of my photographic observations.
If you have any comments would love to read them.

Vedran