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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 824190" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>Well, I am no good at street photography, for several reasons: 1. I don’t like to sneak and steal pictures, it is not in my nature to do such things and I think it is often unfair to the person(s) photographed without their knowing. Plus, being of a legal background, I am very aware of the 21st century potential legal entanglements —not to mention that, if you publish a photo online, it can be regarded as “published” in any number of countries as it is available there, and because each jurisdiction or almost, has their own take on such privacy law issues, you can never assess the exact extent of the legal risk you are taking —you just know you are taking one. And 2. I don’t like to walk up to people and ask them for permission to take a picture, as it is also not in my nature and the result you most often get (assuming they don’t try to hit you, break your camera, insult you or pull a knife or a gun) is very artificial, posed and far from what you had in mind to begin with. In addition, and unless you make them sign a release form, they can still claim the photo was taken with a hidden device without their consent, and sue you. I’m not being paranoid, just mentioning things that all actually happened in real life.</p><p></p><p>So, if you <em>live</em> by street photography and it’s the juice that feeds your artistic mind, by all means do take all those risks, and very possibly you will never face any of the issues outlined above. Fingers crossed! I’ll stick to my preferred domains, although I would like to have a dab at portraiture, as I fancy I wouldn’t be too bad at setting up a friendly and trusty/laid back relationship with a model. At least, the challenge would interest me, and I’d like to try, maybe, one of these days.</p><p></p><p>= = = = = = = = = = = =</p><p></p><p>I may not be good at street, but I can weave a tale to bore my audience, and today’s is this: in the old province of Auvergne, in the <em>département</em> of the Puy-de-Dôme (central France), the quiet village of Orcival is nested in a closed volcanic valley. There, for a reason that has long been lost in the mists of time, a majestic church, soon elevated by the Pope to basilica status, was built and dedicated to Notre-Dame between 1146 and 1178. It is one of the five major churches in Auvergne —and God knows there are many there!</p><p></p><p>Listed as a Historic Landmark on the very first list of 1840, the basilica is another of those dark churches of Auvergne, mainly because of the material used, which is black basalt. The cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne’s capital city, is also made of black basalt stones, and my wife, when she was little, claimed that the cathedral was “made with tires”, as Clermont-Ferrand is also the headquarters of Michelin, the famous tire maker, and somehow she knew that. I was told she was around 5 years old by then. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle :giggle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":giggle:" /></p><p></p><p>Some say that the large church in Orcival was erected to house a venerable wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, said to have been sculpted by Saint Luke himself, and which attracted throngs of pilgrims in the Middle Ages, hence the need for a large church to accommodate the crowds, even though the village was (and is!) quite small.</p><p></p><p>On the day I took this photo, I couldn’t take good ones of the outside because of the Sun’s orientation. I had little time to work on that church, therefore I focused on the inside, which is splendid and majestic.</p><p></p><p>This is a very nice modern cross and chandelier, probably made of brass. I would have liked to light the candles for the photo, but I couldn’t get close enough, as the choir was roped off and I couldn’t sneak inside. I always carry two essential, albeit non-photographic items in my backpack: a gas lighter for those candles, and a feather duster to dust off the cobwebs from rarely cleaned capitals... It is my mentor, a Benedictine monk, who taught me that... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7 II, Micro-Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/2.8 PC-E tilt-shift lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]410323[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 824190, member: 53455"] Well, I am no good at street photography, for several reasons: 1. I don’t like to sneak and steal pictures, it is not in my nature to do such things and I think it is often unfair to the person(s) photographed without their knowing. Plus, being of a legal background, I am very aware of the 21st century potential legal entanglements —not to mention that, if you publish a photo online, it can be regarded as “published” in any number of countries as it is available there, and because each jurisdiction or almost, has their own take on such privacy law issues, you can never assess the exact extent of the legal risk you are taking —you just know you are taking one. And 2. I don’t like to walk up to people and ask them for permission to take a picture, as it is also not in my nature and the result you most often get (assuming they don’t try to hit you, break your camera, insult you or pull a knife or a gun) is very artificial, posed and far from what you had in mind to begin with. In addition, and unless you make them sign a release form, they can still claim the photo was taken with a hidden device without their consent, and sue you. I’m not being paranoid, just mentioning things that all actually happened in real life. So, if you [I]live[/I] by street photography and it’s the juice that feeds your artistic mind, by all means do take all those risks, and very possibly you will never face any of the issues outlined above. Fingers crossed! I’ll stick to my preferred domains, although I would like to have a dab at portraiture, as I fancy I wouldn’t be too bad at setting up a friendly and trusty/laid back relationship with a model. At least, the challenge would interest me, and I’d like to try, maybe, one of these days. = = = = = = = = = = = = I may not be good at street, but I can weave a tale to bore my audience, and today’s is this: in the old province of Auvergne, in the [I]département[/I] of the Puy-de-Dôme (central France), the quiet village of Orcival is nested in a closed volcanic valley. There, for a reason that has long been lost in the mists of time, a majestic church, soon elevated by the Pope to basilica status, was built and dedicated to Notre-Dame between 1146 and 1178. It is one of the five major churches in Auvergne —and God knows there are many there! Listed as a Historic Landmark on the very first list of 1840, the basilica is another of those dark churches of Auvergne, mainly because of the material used, which is black basalt. The cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne’s capital city, is also made of black basalt stones, and my wife, when she was little, claimed that the cathedral was “made with tires”, as Clermont-Ferrand is also the headquarters of Michelin, the famous tire maker, and somehow she knew that. I was told she was around 5 years old by then. :giggle: Some say that the large church in Orcival was erected to house a venerable wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, said to have been sculpted by Saint Luke himself, and which attracted throngs of pilgrims in the Middle Ages, hence the need for a large church to accommodate the crowds, even though the village was (and is!) quite small. On the day I took this photo, I couldn’t take good ones of the outside because of the Sun’s orientation. I had little time to work on that church, therefore I focused on the inside, which is splendid and majestic. This is a very nice modern cross and chandelier, probably made of brass. I would have liked to light the candles for the photo, but I couldn’t get close enough, as the choir was roped off and I couldn’t sneak inside. I always carry two essential, albeit non-photographic items in my backpack: a gas lighter for those candles, and a feather duster to dust off the cobwebs from rarely cleaned capitals... It is my mentor, a Benedictine monk, who taught me that... ;) Nikon Z7 II, Micro-Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/2.8 PC-E tilt-shift lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light. [ATTACH type="full" alt="53136370480_9291b748d7_o.jpg"]410323[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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