Would this be considered "street"?
Jul 31, 2018 14:03:37 #
Husband and I will be attending the Remagen reenactment in Tidioute, Pa. this coming weekend and I'm planning on doing a lot of combat photography. Can that be considered "street" or is it pushing the envelope a little too much? Here's a sample from a couple years ago.
Jul 31, 2018 14:15:57 #
SueScott wrote:
Husband and I will be attending the Remagen reenactment in Tidioute, Pa. this coming weekend and I'm planning on doing a lot of combat photography. Can that be considered "street" or is it pushing the envelope a little too much? Here's a sample from a couple years ago.
Interesting question!
It probably fits too much into the catagory of "staged" to be Street.
But it also absolutely makes for interesting subject matter for some great photographs. I would want to be sure the shots are always labled as a reenactment.
Jul 31, 2018 14:19:45 #
Apaflo wrote:
Interesting question!
It probably fits too much into the catagory of "staged" to be Street.
But it also absolutely makes for interesting subject matter for some great photographs. I would want to be sure the shots are always labled as a reenactment.
It probably fits too much into the catagory of "staged" to be Street.
But it also absolutely makes for interesting subject matter for some great photographs. I would want to be sure the shots are always labled as a reenactment.
I didn't think about the "staged" aspect of it - it's a running drama that takes over much of Tidioute and ends with the "blowing up" of the bridge. I'll post pictures in the main forum. Thanks for your input!
Jul 31, 2018 14:26:51 #
Jul 31, 2018 14:43:28 #
DaveC1 wrote:
Nice BMW motorcycles!
The reenactors go all out with authentic vehicles such as tanks, Jeeps, half-tracks, etc.
Jul 31, 2018 15:09:20 #
Isn't there a "combat photography" subforum?
I keep hoping they'll do Arnhem up here in Portsmouth. The bridge would be perfect.
Andy
I keep hoping they'll do Arnhem up here in Portsmouth. The bridge would be perfect.
Andy
Aug 1, 2018 05:51:16 #
Aug 1, 2018 07:08:46 #
SueScott wrote:
The reenactors go all out with authentic vehicles such as tanks, Jeeps, half-tracks, etc.
And blowing up bridges.
Aug 1, 2018 07:33:04 #
SueScott wrote:
Husband and I will be attending the Remagen reenactment in Tidioute, Pa. this coming weekend and I'm planning on doing a lot of combat photography. Can that be considered "street" or is it pushing the envelope a little too much? Here's a sample from a couple years ago.
However, I would think that shots involving the intermingling of the reenactors with non-participants could qualify as street photography at times. Years ago I shot a "German Captain" standing next to a WWII German motorcycle with sidecar, explaining some of the documents he had from the period. This resulted in a scenario of a road checkpoint with modern day people having their documents inspected. It was not a reenactment nor staged. It was a "street scene" that eerily hearkened back to those times.
I find placing uncertain shots into the gallery to be judicious. It also garners a larger viewership.
Thanks for sharing your History based photos.
Aug 1, 2018 08:42:50 #
Given the circumstances, I don’t think I’d call it street photography simply because the subjects are performers. For me, interesting, yes; street, no.
Aug 1, 2018 09:39:27 #
Aug 1, 2018 09:48:59 #
Thanks for your replies - I'll be posting shots of this event in the gallery. Now, just hoping for good weather on Saturday!
Aug 1, 2018 11:23:53 #
The intent is theater/ performance photography, in my opinion. I’d like to see more of the expressions on faces rather than backs if heads.
Aug 1, 2018 13:34:43 #
Designdweeb wrote:
The intent is theater/ performance photography, in my opinion. I’d like to see more of the expressions on faces rather than backs if heads.
Those were just a couple examples to see if they qualified for street - I took plenty of shots with faces. They were taken at the 2015 event - I'm hoping to get even better ones on Saturday. Since we are able to sit in the veterans' bleachers I'm able to get closer to the action and get authentic looking combat shots and am really looking forward to this year's reenactment!
Aug 10, 2018 16:44:14 #
SueScott wrote:
Husband and I will be attending the Remagen reenactment in Tidioute, Pa. this coming weekend and I'm planning on doing a lot of combat photography. Can that be considered "street" or is it pushing the envelope a little too much? Here's a sample from a couple years ago.
Just my opinion - but I would not categorize this as "street photography" - I view street photography as capturing the day to day goings on out on the streets (generally speaking urban streets) - incorporating people just going about their day to day routines - whereas this is more of a staged event for both entertainment as well as historical learning. But there are really no hard and fast rules - so it is, again, a matter of opinion.
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