Hudson Valley Street Photography
I recently took a trip walking around 16th street mall. I love Hudson Valley. So may characters, interesting faces. Hudson Valley certainly is just alive with people. I don’t always see the shots that I want when I’m shooting street photography. It’s hard for me to get up the courage to really get close and shoot people who aren’t expecting to have their picture taken. I try and push myself to get closer, see more emotion, and capture unique shots. This can be really hard sometimes. This first shot was one where I knew I was going to get exactly the shot I wanted. I had a a great backdrop, and I knew that if I shot this shot I was going to love it. This guy had such an interesting look to him. He seemed a little forlorn, but he also had such an i
nteresting look I couldn’t help but get the shot. This is what street photography is all about. Getting interesting shots of interesting people.
This next shot was an interesting on for me. I knew that this guy didn’t want me to take his picture so I had to act like I was shooting something else, and then turn my camera at the last minute focus, and shoot. I don’t always like being so subversive to get the shot, but I knew that this one would be an interesting shot, and I wanted to make sure that I got the shot. I thought the fact that he was holding the paper open to an interesting quote seemed even more poignant.
Processing on both of these shots was fairly minimal. A little sharpening, convert to black and white with a little bit of split coloring, to give them a slight brown hue. Added a vignette, and that was about it.
Hope you enjoy,
-Dave