S&R 106 #13 Shang's Picks

Shang Chen says: This shot partly answered the question: What's the benefit to shoot from very close? The distortion of a wide angle lens from this close, makes his body seem enormously huge, almost like a mountain, for a noble head to sit on, that adds to the drama and make sense here. An effect that can only be achieved from this close. While we enjoy looking at him, he might be enjoying the sun, the music, a nap, or a meditation. A shot that make you linger after the initial visual impact. My favorite of the instruction.

#13 S&R by Forrest Walker

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Shang Chen says: People don't usually come so close to talk, unless they have something secret to say. A shot bring us so close to an intimate moment, without letting us know what they whispering about, is a real tease, that intensify our curiosity, and therefore makes the close range meaningful.

Brussels, Belgium, August 2016 (S&R 106 #13 - Be a thief - when you see something you want TAKE IT) by Fabrício Santos

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Shang Chen says: A rather straight forward shot that captured a very expressive moment of this character, from hip position. In the discussions of this instruction, the hip shot issue came up at least twice. I personally don't think that should be a problem. To do street photography, shouldn't be a way to proof someone is man enough or brave enough to confront a stranger, i.e., in some people's opinion, to always shoot from eye level. I think the question to any image, should be "Is this best shot at this angle?", not "This is no good because it's a hip shot!" or "This is good but it's a hip shot!". The digital cameras (with flip out LCD screen) opened up many possibilities to shoot, from almost any position, it's actually an area for us to explore. When a shot could be done better from hip level, why do it from above? This is a good example, if Adam took it at eye level, the power of the hands and the power of this image will be gone.

S&R #13 by Adam Byrne

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Shang Chen says: What I like in this shot is, how Cam make the subjects part of the skyline and therefore gain the larger than life importance in an image. That's the benefit of a lower angle (hip included) shot that shouldn't be wipe out without thinking. The thing is, when we shoot from very close, the position of our camera will lead to dramatically different results, as oppose to a shoot from 5m away, where an eye level shot and a hip shot will make not much of a difference.

Fork by cjcrosland

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Shang Chen says: For some, this might dwells on the border of street photography and street portraits, but I would suggest don't let the categories or definitions bother us, sometimes you just have to take out some context to lead people to focus on what you really want them to look at. A beautiful image and I think Chris (chrisowenrichards) summed it up very well: "Nice balance between concealment and disclosure."

by Danielle Houghton

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Shang Chen says: As always, some creative mind think outside of the box, with a sense of humor in this case. Michael's question here seems to be: Could a close range shot shock the photographer himself? The answer is up to the viewers, but the fun is in evidence here.

#13 Self Surprise by Michael Kowalczyk

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