Comments on: Street calling

By: John Harper

John Harper — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:14:50 +0000

In reply to Jeff Chane-Mouye. If it’s free then of course. I’d never pay. Anyway, you need a new camera to add to your collection of broken ones!

By: Jeff Chane-Mouye

Jeff Chane-Mouye — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 04:40:16 +0000

In reply to Tim. Glad to see you rocketing finally on YouTube. You deserve it! Not sure that I've already seen so insightful stuff about street photography as your vlog. Keep on doing it!

By: Jeff Chane-Mouye

Jeff Chane-Mouye — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 04:37:51 +0000

In reply to Deborah Swain. Indeed the last photos on your blog are from August! I 've spent the last months doing anything else. Reading, learning Spanish, sport (a lot of tennis playing...) and one thing surely important, I'm like a psycho with my kids regarding their homeworks! I spend a lot of time helping them. Don't get me wrong they're very good students but I can't help myself. I need to tuition them and my schedule is made upon this. I want to give them the best chances to succeed in their life and to succeed at school is the way to go for me. It worked for me... Well I could find time to make more street. Need to kick my ass... About contests, I only participate to the free ones and I'm only interested by the prizes offered. Greedy man! Some people look for fame, recognition, approval... Me, I don't care. I just want the camera .

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:45:38 +0000

These photos are all ..especially the garden where the women taking photos. That’s prob my favorite. Thanks for the shoutout. Stay safe and keep shooting

By: Deborah Swain

Deborah Swain — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:17:58 +0000

Love No.2 …it would get my vote in any contest …also think that No.3 should catch the eye of judges…but then, nobody is asking my opinion about street photography much either! Weirdly, for the first time in absolutely years, I’ve suddenly hit pause this last month and missed my own monthly blog deadline… like I need to take stock and have a quiet think about what I’m doing. Rinse and repeat isn’t working for me right now. I think I’m looking for something fresh and elusive … I just don’t know what it is yet! I’ve been leaving the house with my camera, but I’ve been letting situations happen around me where I would ordinarily have snapped away avidly, without so much as raising my camera. I also haven’t posted anything on social media for a few weeks. I’ve been exasperated and stupidly disappointed – and out of pocket! – by entering contests over the last year. Tim’s videos are a powerful antidote to that, so thanks for sharing.

By: Jeff Chane-Mouye

Jeff Chane-Mouye — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:19:33 +0000

In reply to John Harper.

I don’t know the results yet. They are supposed to be online in the magazine the 14th of October. I don’t expect anything. Every time I’m thrilled when I submit the photos then I ask myself why the hell did I do that… I know that it’s not this kind of photos that are expected. It was free and imagine winning a new camera!
Anyway I’m willing to see what kind of photo will be rewarded. I don’t even know who the judges are.
I think that I also participate to this contest because I was doing little photography at this time and needed to fill in the void.

By: John Harper

John Harper — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:47:39 +0000

Tim’s videos are great and actually I often agree with his analysis. Sadly it’s the same old stuff that ends up as finalists. But, just as you alluded to music, there’s only so many notes, at some stage they’ll repeat and sound like something you’ve already heard.
No 2 is brilliant and also No 4 by the way. It’s definitely how I see street photography. I’m surprised the judges didn’t see it, though it’s subjective and there’s definitely some cronyism in the competition judging.