Street Photography..

Street photography is capturing interesting but simple everyday moments with the subject present in the photos usually being oblivious. It can be a way of recording the happenings of daily life on the streets, capturing timeless moments that people usually turn a blind eye to.

Taken by Heiko Waechter

Taken by David Case

Taken by Luis A. De Jesus R. 

For my first attempt at street photography I went onto the streets of Leeds City Centre where I shot images that caught my eye which I found visually interesting. I managed to capture moments of every day happenings, which at any other time I may never have noticed, yet through the lens the images I caught reflected  expression and even emotion. When taking photographs of people I preferred to shoot them candidly, to avoid pose and self awareness, catching them naturally. Whilst doing this style of photography I had my camera set on AV mode, to control the depth of field, on at a high shutter of 600 and the aperture at f5.6, along with the ISO depending on weather either 200-400.

These are some of my street photography shots-

Why I should be on the course

I believe that I should be on the Art and Design (Photography) course because firstly I enjoy all aspects of photography. I have always been fond of photography as I have been brought up with it. Both my Grandad and Mother were enthusiasts, to the point where they made there own darkroom in their garage. Living in the Yorkshire Dales for the past ten years made it easy to keep my interest in photography up, with being surrounded my beautiful scenery that somehow managed to look different everyday, especially through a lense. I love the fact that photography varies in so many ways, whether it be a moment in history, a memory or a piece of art, either way its all about capturing the moment. Being brought up in the Dales made it almost impossible to do any course such as this unless travelling two hours

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