"Candid" (actually some random girl who I thought was hot)

Gotcha! Now I may at a later time regret posting this, but it has been bothering me for sometime now, and I thought I would voice my opinion.

Is anyone else getting thoroughly annoyed with these "candid" photos of random girls with absolutely no artistic style or even photographic thought? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with candid pictures, but when someone just posts a snapshot of a girl's butt to ask how "saturation" looks (among various other posts, from many different users), I just get annoyed. I see this forum as a place to develop and learn about an art form and camera equipment. These childish posts simply pollute the environment. If you want random snapshots of a girl's ass, there are plenty of other sites out there for you. So please, if you are here to post a legitimate candid picture and want to improve your artistic photography skills, by all means do. But if you are here to post a picture just to see someone say "wow she has a nice rack," then go somewhere else.

Sorry if this sounded harsh...

i totally agree.

To be honest, I'm not really sure. I've been keeping an eye on the "candids" of late and none have really "said" anything to me. A couple have come close, but for the most part I've seen photos that are merely taken without the subject knowing.

I think its a very hard style to do well. Sometimes I think less than attractive people make better subjects. If I really want to look at beautiful girls, I'll check out the work of Charles, Jo3, Paul B or Frank's work. IMHO pretty girls are always better when they're included in the process of the capturing the images. When you think about it, nobody buys gossip magazines for hot looking girls, they buy them to see Julia roberts without her makeup or Jennifer anniston looking fat.

Just my AUD$0.02

well....yeah, you do have a point.

Finally it happened !!
I was waiting for this thread ... ehehehe !
I'd want to see some story of this "candids"... but this is my point.

Ciao

You know what I get sick of?

People trying to push thier own deffitions of what is art onto others thinking they are the only ones who are right.
Its selfrightous, niave, and Ill be polite and say unaware.


I happen to really enjoy street photography, including candid photography.
I have seen nothing here that is childish, or random and Im not aware of anyone posting a picture with the comment "wow she has a nice rack".
If you have some examples that prove otherwise then please provide a link, and explain your reasons.

But starting a thread to try and attack the work of others with out provding examples and even a hint of good reasoning does nothing more than make you appear close minded and a little "unaware".

Heres a little tip, all the threads here are well titled and labeled as to the contents, if you don't like a certian style then don't click on the thread title.

Some people are motivated by pixel-peeping
Some people are motivated by trying to become professional
Some people are motivated by recording memories (which is what I am)
Some people are motivated by a love of nature
Some people are motivated by the pleasure they can bring to others through portraits
Some people are motivated by taking candids of hot girls
Some people are motivated by taking studio nudes
Some people are motivated by taking shiny/filthy/accident shots of hot cars

I don't care what the motivation is so long as people are trying to get better, but I understand what you're saying.

Personally it means nothing to me when someone goes into ecstacy about how great a WRX is (whatever that is!!), or a great baseball player (I don't even know the rules), or how sharp their 3000mm macro is for bug shots. If those shots are good, I will be interested, and if not I will be..... bored!

So, the worst that can happen is that this site gets really boring, which frankly is not about to happen

Nice move Pekka....You are completely right !

Ciao

shiningstardv,

When you view Charles, Jo3, Paul B or Frank's work you get more comments about how hot girls are.

that's all.

Am I missing something wheres the hot girl?

talk about labling threads this was a total ambush and that bothers me more then the random street shots.

I come here to look at different styles and looks to get ideas on how I can be better at what I want to do so I look at everything that insinuates it's a picture and well THIS isn't a PICTURE I want a picture not a rant. Thank you.

I think Candid Bandit has come closer than the others in capturing an artistic moment. He has some technique/comp he needs to work on, but hes getting there, and at least hes practicing. But yes, some of the others are kind of..pathetic. "Heres a random, nameless, dull woman i saw walking down the street. How's it look?" :/

This is a discussion (and a good one at that). This is the Talk About Photography forum, and in that context, the thread is properly named.

If you're looking for photos, those will be in one of the 'share' sub-forums. If you're looking for 'babes,' then you might be in the wrong forum altogether (although we do have more than a few posted here and there).

Ok ok.... I'm sorry if I've given the impression that I want push my idea, in particular talking in Candit Bandit threads. My posts "against" his candids were just for him, not to be inteded in general. I beleave that he has great curosity in street life, curiosity that can be pushed deeper, with more thinking in it. What I mean is that he can do lot better, not that what he'is doing is not ok. It's important that each of us find the right way, techincs, color and flavours to express the own thought.

Ciao

I find the trend disturbing....

This is MY opinion,.. it is not to be confused with my role as moderator.. please do not mistake my feelings on this for anything to do with forum rules.

We have had a number of gifted photographers on this frum who endeavor to share the "street life" as somone called it above,.. and they have done so with distinction.

Personally however I see a large difference between photos that capture a moment,. a candid of street life,. and what I can only see as a digitized version of a peeping tom.

I also find it ironic that we tend to portray the "paparazzi" as such villains,. and yet we have no problem with intruding on non celebrities lives as these people try to go about there daily business.

I am not at all sure why I find it all so unsettling,.. but I do.

I am not judging.. nor am I trying to impose any view,.

I am just expressing how unsettling I find the idea of somone zooming in on ,.. say for instance,. my daughter,... as she walks home from school,. capturing the photo and then posting it on the internet.

There are many circles in which such activity would clearly be deemed "odd" behavior.

Consider if for some reason the RIAA for instance managed to get a court order to have the State Police seize your PC... and they found such photos of young women on your PC... obviously taken covertly.

Consider a State Trooper's interpretation of this material?


Just food for thought,.. maybe

like a couple of posts up there.. i don't really see any art in the street photography i've seen so far in here.
all i see are women walking or talking. thats what i call a mug shot.
i could take a picture of someone walking and post it here as candid but what's the point?
i'm amazed that people post so many praises for something that was shot with the least amount of thought other than just pressing a button.
personally, shouldn't a picture at least have some kind of personality? try convertingit in black and white or something. give it a journalistic feel.
after all this is all supposed to be a learning experience.

my .02 cents