Turning over a new leaf: People only!

[Ronny]

Yes, that is a good idea, Paris here....


Somebody watching by Ronny Persson, on Flickr


Under the Three by Ronny Persson, on Flickr


Nothing is funny by Ronny Persson, on Flickr


My Dog don´t need Glasses by Ronny Persson, on Flickr


P1060957_2_2_2 by Ronny Persson, on Flickr

[Bingley]

Vic - Good for you! Go for it! The travel pictures I find I most enjoy coming back to are the ones with people as the main subject.

[daveleo]

This is a side note, and not meant to sidetrack your thread.

I get lots of criticism that my pictures never have people in them, and I have recently tried to add people into the mix, and it is extremely difficult, for me.

Photographically, I see people as "ruining my picture", they are badly dressed, badly posed, blurry, they don't fit into the architecture well or the ambiance and they are uncontrollable, so an image with people in it is kind of a random shot that most likely is loaded with flaws.

I'll wander about or sit still, looking for a scene with people and with elegance or excitement or passion or . . . ? . . . and all I ever get is a snapshot.

Actually, this my roundabout way of saying that I admire photographers who can shoot people moving about in their daily lives and make them look spontaneous and artful at once.

[icebear]

Vic,

this attempt sounds like a diet. And as any diet that is only based on one ingredient, it usually is unhealthy. Maybe for a short period of time to do some "cleansing" but then you will need to eat you veggies. To do some mental cleansing this might be a good excercise but if you have already recognized that certain pictures you took don't speak to you, don't mean anything after the fact, then I think, there not too much cleansing necessary. Happy dieting...

[semrich]

Vic, lots of good insights here and in the end just relax, wander with awareness, be ready for moments that appear and just do what feels right.

I learned that Ara Guler a famous Turkish photographer first worked in theater doing stage scenery and many of his best photos were scenes of Istanbul with some people included.

So when I'm out wandering and shooting I often think I'm taking "people-scapes" without limits so I can shoot anything that interest me, even cats.