You can also use colours and composition to make a sense of isolation. Here's a non-perfect example: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=195401
DagT > fra: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I don't think street photography does require you to provide intimacy. If it > requires anything, it is that you treat the subject appropriately, and this > is true for all photography. > > There are several ways you can convey the feeling that someone is alone in a > large space. Consider, for example, the common type of shot which shows > someone alone in a big landscape, such as a mountain range. Often the person > is standing isolated on a ridge, relatively small in the frame, while the > rest of the frame is filled with the landscape, and no other people, which > highlights the person's isolation. Their particular pose & body language > helps to show whether they are lonely or noble or inspired or whatever. This > type of shot is usually done with a long lens. There's no reason why you > can't apply the same principles to somebody in a cityscape. > > Another approach to the same subject is to get very close to them and use a > wide-angle lens. In this situation the person is very large relative to the > frame, but the lens also sucks in the size of the landscape, showing their > isolation. Again, there's no reason why you shouldn't use the same > technique, depending on what you want to convey, and how confident you are > about getting close to that person. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > Yes. It's a contrast and a dilemma. How do you provide > > intimacy that street photography seems to require when you > > are trying to portray isolation? ;-) I almost labeled it > > isolation to begin with, then ended up with personal space > > because it fit better. His personal space (isolation) and me > > allowing him his personal space. > > > >
