So what is street photography?

This is a peculiar question to ask anyone who isn't into "Street Photography"...but what is it...I mean, street photography? To me it's a answer that I initially thought was an easy one until I tried to answer it.

 Is it people in an environment where the image produced holds the viewers attention longer than a passing glance?

Or even more detailed - where a person sees an image where they exhale a short burst of air through their nose...not a laugh or a snort, just a recognition of a situation in a period of time?

 It can be when a sequence of events leads to an image where you think "You couldn't make it up" - almost like spotting a rare bird or witnessing an unusual sporting event...you can say you were there.

But on the other hand the juxtaposition of people with their environment suits well. Just in a position that holds the attention but nothing startling stands out...it's just a situation. But then you just take a photograph just because it's an interesting composition and the people just add to the randomness and create a pleasing effect.

To try to answer the initial question - it's probably a lot of things to a lot of people but the interesting fact is that it is just that - varying and diverse. Rather like the people that feature in the images.

Whale Watching?

3 mental sons, stuck in front of a TV fighting over who was on the PS3 next. An idea - go see the whales that have been reported off Hook Head. So 3 kids, wife, 2 cameras and off we went. As soon as we got there we could see the shine of car roofs through the haze - not the only ones out for a Sunday afternoon of amusement. 

Driving down the peninsula we saw snow drifts...we got closer and they were mounds of foam from the surf...of course - the storm from yesterday was still wild at sea.

So we saw no whales. We didn't look. We were bemused with the people standing around the perimeter of the inlet under the Tower (Hook Lighthouse) watching the waves converging and shooting into the sky. Everyone seemed to have a camera or a dog...why no one had both is one of those unnecessary but curious thoughts. So I tried to get something that showed the people and the tower and the waves. This was probably the better of the day but with the wind and the cold we didn't stay long. Last time I did this I got soaked but it was worth it.

 

Of course I said 2 cameras - my wife had the other. I think she pipped me at the post today with this one. Competition is tough in the Rossiter Household!