A group of young, masked people passed me by on George Street. They were wearing very creative masks, but I am not sure for what purpose as they did not stop when I took the photographs. Since one of them had a professional video camera I can only guess this was intended for some production or promotion.
There was something certainly artistic about this couple sitting on the window seal of the Arthouse Hotel.
Often in street photography the captured moment is very abstract, as the photographer may not know what the “actual” situation is. The capture is purely visual frozen moment. Take this photograph for example of three people having conversation in the middle of the street. The focal point seems to be the man’s reaction to some story presented by the woman on the right and her fist gesture in the air. This is further emphasized by observatory look the woman on the left gives the man. He seems to be tense, and it is not only expressed in his face but also by uneasy positioning of his hands.
This is my favourite photograph from last few days. There is no story behind this photograph or any of my observations. Simply two women captured at the base of Queen Victoria statue: young girl texting someone on her mobile phone and the older lady having a cigarette.
Usually when I take photographs I pay a lot of attention to vertical and horizontal alignment as I tend to take the photos slightly skewed in one direction. If I am not careful I need to correct the verticals in post processing, which takes time. At times, however, like in this photograph having a tilted horizon emphasises the point of view. The man in the centre of the photograph was reclining against one of these small metal poles, which are everywhere in Sydney. Taking the photo on an angle in this case was deliberate to show this, otherwise the lens tends to flatten out scenes like that.