Welcome to PROJECT 52-7 for the year 2015.

PROJECT 52-7-26-Natural - Street photography


Images for Project 52-7-26 are to be taken between the 30 June 2015 Tuesday and 06 July 2015.

Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques
with fellow Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-7 thread for the week. Explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non Pentax cameras are allowed.Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot,
Medium Format, et cetera.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable. You may request to submit a photo outside of the time frame, but its
acceptance is dependent on the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way) of the week. This is to make allowances for
those that would like to participate, but for one or other reason, are not able to do so during the time given for the challenge, such as illness, weather,
travelling etc.
9. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next week's Project 52-7
10. JUDGE may participate the challenge, but the picture of JUDGE will be comment by 2nd and 3rd WINNER, and there is no podium place for JUDGE's picture. *** New Rules ***
11. The Facilitator (in this case scomatic) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
12. Closing date for the challenge is Monday at midnight in your time zone, this will encourage people to snap the picture during weekend and post it up on next days. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks JUDGE. ** Amendment **

JUDGE need to provide either with Option A or Option B or Both AB options criteria when during JUDGEMENT *** New Rules ***:

OPTION A (Just provide 1-10 point on each criteria and average out is the overall point)
Technical criteria
- Exposure Focus/sharpness
- Colour and/or tonal rendition
- Contrast
- Lighting

Visual and aesthetic criteria
- Framing and choice of viewpoint
- Background
- Design elements and principles
- Visual impact

Content
- Emotion / Mood /Feeling
- Relevance

Viewer’s response
- Excitement
- Interest

OPTION B (Good / Bad comment)
Example:
the good: Composition is perfect, I like your lighting. blah blah blah
the bad: I think leveling the horizon would be better, the blown out highlights on top left are distracting to me. blah blah blah.


Overview:
Let’s face it, starting street photography is no easy task. For the average photographer, going from shooting flowers into shooting people in the streets is like stepping into a Ferrari after driving a Toyota Prius. It is intimidating at first, but quite exhilarating once you try it out. After shooting on the streets for about four years, here are my top ten tips for somebody (with absolutely no background in street photography) to get their feet wet.

Street photography is not like your 2nd grade science class. You don’t examine your subjects under a microscope. Rather, street photography is about experiencing life, up close and personal. When starting off street photography, you may be tempted to use your 70-200 zoom lens to feel less “awkward” from shooting in the streets. Rather, it will do much more harm than good.


TIP
Please refer to Street Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect


Example:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B8kgagqhdy0

[noelcmn]

What, No entries? The problem is 4th of July I'm sure
Here's my entry. Got some mist on Monday morning.

[Dieterson]

Well, either I have an easy time judging this challenge, or - with scomatics and noelcmns approval - we will run this challenge for one more week. What do you think?

[noelcmn]

Good idea!

[scomatic]

I'm ok... so this week challenge can on hold?

[galelegg]

Sometimes its boring just collecting the mail at the front of ones house. Well take a silly photograph and spark it up. Pentax k20d, SMC 35-70mm, with a red filter + GroBartiG 2.5X teleconverter.

[Dieterson]

I'm ok... so this week challenge can on hold?

You mean because there is no judge yet?

But maybe you still can start it. That way, people can post already. Many people seem to be away on holidays. So it might be good to have a chance to post already. And there will be a new judge after this week.

[scomatic]

You mean because there is no judge yet?

But maybe you still can start it. That way, people can post already. Many people seem to be away on holidays. So it might be good to have a chance to post already. And there will be a new judge after this week.

i mean should i how to put in new challenge for the week or hold it until this challenge been judged? Because my next challenge for the Project 52 -7-27-Natural - Bird

[noelcmn]

Usually, in a case like this, the new challenge waits until the current one has been closed and judged, Scomatic. I know it jumbles up all your preparations for Project 52 for the year, and will probably lead to cutting out one or more challenges.

[ChristianRock]

Is this still open?

[Dieterson]

Is this still open?

Yes, I think we agreed that it will run another week.

Usually, in a case like this, the new challenge waits until the current one has been closed and judged, Scomatic.

OK, maybe it is best to stick to the forum habits then. Although I think scomatic should have the last word in this, as he is the facilitator...

[scomatic]

Usually, in a case like this, the new challenge waits until the current one has been closed and judged, Scomatic. I know it jumbles up all your preparations for Project 52 for the year, and will probably lead to cutting out one or more challenges.

agreed

[ramseybuckeye]

[GrimWolf]

Took this one of a busker when i was in cambridge (uk) last weekend :-)

[scomatic]

While in the street photographing.... spotted a street photographer too.. While i'm aiming at his behind, he the face back...and voila... get this...