Candid Photography

Candid photography i really enjoy because i like the idea people don't know you are taking there photograph. I think street photography and photographing people either on the streets or indoors is recording something. I look back at photographs of the family of when my mum was younger and you see how different the clothes are and how the attitude has changed.  I think its a lot harder now to photograph in the street because people now want to know the reason for having a camera. Now candid photography personally i think is when you are taking a photograph of people or someone without there promotion. Lots of times i have had people confront me over taking there photograph and making me delete the image. I just like coming back from photographing the outdoors wether its photographing people or things on the street.

Here is a shot i taken in preston bus station waiting for the x59. I like taking pictures there because its full of different people and strange characters.

      
 This person above after taking the photograph run towards me and its funny thinking back at it now but at the time it wasn't. He run towards me shouting and was really angry i had taken a photograph of him and he come right up in my face an said 'did you just take a picture of me?' and i said yes its for a project in uni and i hope you don't mind and he smiled and i taped his back, smiled and walked off. The thing is, is if you ask someone if you can take there photograph there most likely going to say no because they feel embarrassed or intimidated so you cant win. I think the best thing to do when photographing people is doing it without there permission.

Here is another photograph i taken in preston bus station. Again this lady doidnt know i was taken her photograph but thats what makes the image i think. If she was looking at me would it be a better photograph? Personally not with this one i don't. Depending on how you go out and take photographs is up to you but i go out with a mind of just snap and shoot and i seem to get more people coming up to me and not liking the fact i had taken there photograph. I do think you need confidence to go out and take photographs of people on the street and thats why i like it so much because not only will i get good photographs, you are trying not to be caught out.

Here is another one of my photographs i had taken at my home in southport. I was taking pictures in my room messing about when my friends where about to leave and with this shot because they was so used to me taken there photograph it looks like they didn't know i was taking it. Because i was messing with my camera and taking random shots they left me and i taken a photograph of them. I think i caught the mood really well.

Here are some more candid photographs taken around Preston bus station.