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Did a little street photography in Brisbane yesterday.

Comments welcome:

I really like this photo Bob. Nice work. Almost hear the echo from here.

Peter Mc

Thanks for the comment

I like portrait and the expression of the main subject, but
I find the poster somewhat distracting. I wonder if cropping
and cloning the rest of the poster out would enhance
the impact.

I am quite shy and I find taking photographs like the one
above embarrassing, do they mind? What would it be
a reasonable fee?

Bob,

I'm torn between deciding whether the poster adds, or detracts, from this image.

The busker's expression is priceless and has been expertly captured.

But I think that I'd rather see the complete poster in this image, or not at all.

But no, I don't want to see it cloned out; rather, do you have a different image, shot from further around towards camera right, where you have a different PoV from which the image has been shot, thus excluding the poster completely?

The portrait is awesome, it really captures the busker in his environment. To me, the poster, cut off, adds to the context of where he is. I wouldn't change it.

zafra52 wrote:I like portrait and the expression of the main subject, but
I find the poster somewhat distracting. I wonder if cropping
and cloning the rest of the poster out would enhance
the impact.

I am quite shy and I find taking photographs like the one
above embarrassing, do they mind? What would it be
a reasonable fee?

This is not something I do regularly but what I did was gesture that I wanted to take a photo and got a positive response.
After taking the pic I throw a few coins in the hat, or in this instance, the guitar case.

gstark wrote:Bob,

I'm torn between deciding whether the poster adds, or detracts, from this image.

The busker's expression is priceless and has been expertly captured.

But I think that I'd rather see the complete poster in this image, or not at all.

But no, I don't want to see it cloned out; rather, do you have a different image, shot from further around towards camera right, where you have a different PoV from which the image has been shot, thus excluding the poster completely?

Gary - short answer is no I don't have the angle you are after. It was an impromptu shot taken as we walked down the Central Station subway from the Sofitel Hotel to the City. It was a little awkward to shoot with the pedestrian traffic.

There seems to be two camps regard the advertising light box and this is the crop I chose. I like the juxtaposition between the busker's personality v. the advertising content.

I recently sold my 70-200 VR and upgrade to the VR11 and was giving it it's first outing.

My ideal shot would be taken in much closer with say a 35mm and more of the subway in the background.

Reschsmooth wrote:The portrait is awesome, it really captures the busker in his environment. To me, the poster, cut off, adds to the context of where he is. I wouldn't change it.

Thanks -that's also the view I took when processing the image.

I see merit in other approaches also.

Bob G wrote:Gary - short answer is no I don't have the angle you are after. It was an impromptu shot taken as we walked down the Central Station subway from the Sofitel Hotel to the City. It was a little awkward to shoot with the pedestrian traffic.

Thanks, Bob.

That's always a part of the process that we need to undertake, of course, and the shot that you grab is always better than no shot at all; great work.

Actually, the more I look at it; the less I mind
the poster as it adds context. It is a lovely
shot and it mentioned above the face tells the
story.