[Leica] GeeBee's 'Street' photography

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

I think you describe good photography, which is a pre-requisite for good 
"street photography."

At 10:55 AM 2/26/2005, Paul wrote:

>Wow... do I disagree with you!
>
>The things that make great pictures are composition and timing. The 
>subject matter is hardly important at all - something that all those 
>people who think taking a picture of a homeless guy sleeping on a park 
>bench is street photography simply don't understand.
>
>Using composition and timing you can tell the viewer what it was like to 
>be there, and that's what it's all about.
>
>It doesn't matter a damn whether those bikes are outside a biker's bar or 
>a flash shop, if you can catch a picture that communicates the time and 
>place, you've made it.
>
>What is good composition? That's a rather more complicated question!

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