street photography - digital photography by Ted Szukalski
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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.

I was passing Sydney Town Hall when I have noticed a skateboarder sitting on the ornate balustrade and he was having his lunch. Bent almost in half he was looking somewhere as if he was trying to spot someone. At the same time there was considerable group of people at the pedestrian crossing and I have noticed that practically everyone was turned away from the skateboarder. With a semi circular space created between the young man and the rest of the crowd. Town Hall is a busy place at lunchtime and it was rather odd there were no people walking towards me and the skateboarder.