Rosary and a cigarette

Rosary and a cigarette _MG_1006

Rosary and a cigarette _MG_1006

This sight of a Rosary and a cigarette comes courtesy of one of the pilgrims attending the World Youth Day in Sydney. Is this the Holy smoke?

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July 21st, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | one comment

Smoke

Woman with a cigarette

Woman with a cigarette

This photograph illustrates the air we have to breath while walking through the streets of Sydney courtesy of smokers. Every few meters people are having a cigarette and in most cases we do not see the smoke even if we may smell its choking fumes. It takes a big of sunlight on the right angle to show how much smoke a person exhales in a single puff.

PS: I know cigarettes are legal but they carry a lot of health warnings about the consequences of smoking them, so where is my right not to have to inhale this hazardous substance?

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July 2nd, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | 3 comments

Deep Thoughts

Deep Thoughts

Deep Thoughts

This beautiful Asian girl stood on the opposite side of the road to me waiting for the green light. Yet, I could clearly see being deep in her thoughts she was somewhere else.

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May 27th, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments

Fire Safety Door

Fire Safety Door

Fire Safety Door

Ultimate technique for a street photographer is to be so inconspicuous and so obvious that no one pays you any attention as if you were invisible. Well as you can tell form this image I have failed on this occasion 100%. The girl with the cigarette was obviously uncertain of what I was doing and why. However her scrutiny did not go as far as to question me, which happens from time to time.

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May 23rd, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments

Girl with a cigarette

Girl with a cigarette MG_5708

Girl with a cigarette MG_5708

Few days ago I was watching a documentary about street photographers in New York. They were getting really into people’s way and snapped away. At times the result were quite interesting but most of the photographs resulted in what I would refer to as street portraits - singling out an individual person rather than capturing a situation.

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March 6th, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments

Take a moment for yourself

Catching up on news
Stop for a moment

These two unrelated people have one thing in common - they both have taken a moment for themselves. The young man reads his news on a bench of busy Pitt Street, while the girl is having a cigarette and the Pitt Street Mall. I would rather focus on her fashionable outfit but that cigarette spoiled the view for me. Pity that.

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November 21st, 2006 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments

Engaging the subject

Trying yet another technique today. This series of photographs tries to engage the subject of the photograph and at the same time preserve the street capture element.

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Camera Crew

Cigarette Break odd one out this is about being the invisible photographer

Stop AIDS Now

Turning Heads

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August 3rd, 2006 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments