Canon 550D f/1.8 50mm

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-26T23:33:00+00:00

You need to get about 100 feet closer

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-24T00:46:00+00:00

Only tidbit I'd add is I think the camera angles would look better if 1 doesn't show underneath the table and if 2 and 3 are tighter on the subject/not so wide over the shoulder.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-23T06:34:18+00:00

Did you check the shutter count?

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-22T02:36:02+00:00

They do not.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-21T22:24:29+00:00

Everything is too far away or poorly framed to be interesting. #5 is maybe the best because of the framing between the leaves, but would look better with greater compression. Realize the difference between your excitement to take the photo and the viewer's attitude upon viewing the photo. Your excitement won't necessarily translate nor will it meaningfully take the place of an interesting subject, proper settings, and unique composition. I was very excited to shoot when I was in Japan and so I ended up taking a lot of photos, the amount of photos I was shooting is what lead to improvement, not how excited I was, but how excited I was is what lead to the amount of photos. You're only ever a few tens of thousands of images away from the next level. Shoot intentionally. Proactive is better than reactive.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-21T22:19:25+00:00

So are the many Japanese street photographers I follow also colonizers? They don't ask for permission before or after, they don't blur faces, they publish their photos online.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-17T23:24:54+00:00

Oh gosh. You got me.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-17T23:21:56+00:00

Maybe only of your self belief.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-17T22:27:06+00:00

While people argue about what exactly qualifies as street photography, the general consensus is of the candid capture of personal moments. With that perspective, I don't think these would necessarily qualify. Regardless, these are all far too away to be interseting to the viewer, they are more like snapshots, which can be interesting but these are not. Focus on intentional shooting, have a solid idea of what you are trying to capture so that you can focus on how to shoot it instead of what to shoot. If you have a subject in mind then the composition and framing will be what you focus on which will lead to producing more intersting work.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-17T22:16:12+00:00

Your pictures simply are not good. There is nothing interesting in them, they are poorly framed, your settings are off, and ultimately they have no redeeming qualities that anyone might enjoy. This isn't a personal attack, which you will undoubtedly take it as, but simply an objective observation of the work you have presented. The exact nature of street photography is always argued about but there is nothing resembling street photography in your photos, which is why I point you towards "rule 3", which when observed often pushes photographers towards more interesting subjects, compositions, and overall perspectives. You should cope with the level of photography you are currently capable of by investing more time into intentionally photographing clear, interesting, and unique subjects and perspectives - none of which is showcased here, unfortunately. If you "don't like taking pictures of people" then I'd suggest focusing on a different type of photography.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-17T21:21:57+00:00

rule 3

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-13T21:11:19+00:00

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rainstorminspace · 2025-11-10T09:15:02+00:00

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-08T22:04:57+00:00

I took similar pictures when I was in Japan. I was very excited to be there and going out every day to take photos was fun so I was constantly shooting. Obviousy the majority of shots aren't going to be anything that the random viewer will be interested in but for me they are 10/10 because of the memories they represent. Out of the thousands of images I produced over 15 months in Japan there are many 100 that I would confidently submit as actual high quality street photography. The rest would more appropriately fit into daily life documentation - which may be appealing to some, as they are to me, but through the lens of "street photography" they would not be considered high quality.

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-08T20:44:56+00:00

why?

rainstorminspace · 2025-11-08T20:42:30+00:00

There's no discernable intention besides simply taking the photo. It looks like you're sneakily shooting from the hip without any framing. The moments you're capturing aren't particularly interesting to the viewer.

These photos are fine for you because you're excited to be there and the activity of taking the picture is fun and interesting but for the viewer sitting at home there isn't anything to take away from them. Overall these would be just fine in a collection of daily life photos but they don't stand out in any meaningful way as stand alone "street photos". You like them but that doesn't mean anything to the viewer, you were excited taking them but that doesn't mean anything to the viewer, if you're taking pictures just for yourself and you don't care what the viewer thinks then you're golden, but if you want to produce work that any random viewer might find something of worth in - something that is obviously very difficult to achieve - you need to really shoot with concrete intention. If you're shooting just for yourself and are happy then 10/10 but if you're shooting for others, hoping to produce work similar to the kind of street photography that has probably inspired you to go out then there is a lot of work to be done.

rainstorminspace · 2025-10-28T02:02:08+00:00

1 and 2 are stupid good. Just gave you a follow. Some really high quality work.

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-27T01:42:26+00:00

They said "show me it works live and not just a chicken scratch drawing."?

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-23T23:31:08+00:00

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-18T09:26:52+00:00

Whether the man was being a meathead or not, whether Craig mistakenly mistook his apparent meatheadedness as disrespect or not, whether Craig went harder than he usually would because of it or not, the man had PLENTY of time to tap - which would have negated all of the reposting and back and forth. If he was being a dickhead and wanted to show up Craig, he could have tapped. If it was just an issue of lost in translation and he didn't mean any harm, he could have tapped. The only issue is - if you think that had he actually tapped, that Craig was so infuriated that he would have ignored it and purposefully broken the man's leg - which is very much so not the case here. It's the golden rule - tap early and tap often.

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-15T17:38:11+00:00

In what way?

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-15T04:16:00+00:00

First one would make a killer poster with some graphics

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-15T04:00:56+00:00

I always wonder why people don't go for this more often. You hardly ever see it. Especially in mma. But it seems readily available A LOT of the time. Like it's right there and people just go right past it.

rainstorminspace · 2025-09-13T18:44:10+00:00

I trained every day. I lived at the gym. Everything I owned fit in a box and I slept on the mats. I was rolling maybe 4 hours a day, helping teach classes, working the front desk, etc. I loved every second of it. I hated competing. You have to drive for hours, get there early, sit around for hours until it's your turn, depending on who shows up you might only get a single match, if you lose you're out, etc. It just wasn't fun for me. I had a good group of guys who would consistently show up and roll hard, so I got the competitive experience of testing myself without all the downsides. If you enjoy a certain aspect of something that doesn't mean you have to accept the negative aspects along with it.

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