MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Here is a video found on youtube showing images from famous photographers, many of the photographs are instantly recognisable and have influenced the way I take pictures today.

Many of the images are iconic since they depict events and surroundings which are familiar to us and therefore form an emotional response, a connection with our direct experiences.  They are instantly recognisable as moments taken from time, which illustrate how people interact with each other and their surroundings.

I feel that I need to incorporate this connectivity in my shots, particularly in my street photography, not just depicting a location, but some interaction between the subject and their situation, for example the couple looking into the parade.

I have also tried to concentrate on detail picked out of the larger scene, as in the girl in surplice below.  All these images are taken from a Saints day parade in Mijas, Spain.

The crowd was as interesting as the parade, here parent smile at their child whilst trying to block his ears to the noise of the parade.

The expression on the face of the woman on the balcony mirrors that on the face of the icon, perhaps I should have cropped it further to draw the viewers attention to this detail.

The look of concentration on the face of this bearer is the focal point of this shot.

I like the blurred image of hands and drumsticks in this shot, it helps to convey movement and action.