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Image 1 — How do I close the gap between these references and my work?
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Image 3 — How do I close the gap between these references and my work?
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How do I close the gap between these references and my work?

I’ve been studying the style of the first three images and trying to move my own photography (the last three images) in that direction.

I’m seeing a major difference in the final look and feel. The references have a specific "realism" and weight to them, whereas my shots feel a bit "cheaper" or more digital by comparison. I’m looking for some technical insight on what I’m missing.

My main questions:

  1. Pre-production/In-camera: How much of the richness and texture in the references comes down to specific lighting conditions and exposure at the moment of capture?
  2. Post-production: Is that punchy, high-end aesthetic mainly achieved in the edit, or is it a result of how the light is handled on site?
  3. The Gap: Looking at my shots compared to the references, what technical steps should I take to move away from a "clean" digital look toward that gritty, high-contrast aesthetic without it looking over-processed?

Could this have something to do with my shooting settings, such as shutter speed or aperture?

u/PenMysterious4261 — 14 hours ago
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Pictures of People’s Backs and Other Taboos [Discussion]

The Image Centre in Toronto is doing [a retrospective of Magnum Photos’ first group exhibition from 1955](https://theimagecentre.ca/exhibition/magnums-first/). The exhibition features 85 original prints of several legendary photogs, among them Cartier-Bresson.

What I found remarkable is that they didn‘t apparently care about several things we regard now as taboos in what we think of as street photography, like pictures of the backs of people, photos that have camera shake or soft focus, ‘improper’ or at least not magnificent or geometrically elegant composition. In general, there is just less structure and deliberate storytelling than we’re accustomed to now and more focus on the capturing the magic of the moment itself.

Cartier-Bresson’s photos in the exhibit in particular are from the day before and on the day of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and at his cremation. Most other photographers were documenting post-War Europe and one was doing set stills for a fictionalised movie regarding the construction of the pyramids of Egypt. But across the board, I found the aforementioned focus to be a common theme.

My question: The taboos we’ve evolved in street photography in particular, how well are they serving us in that they’re moving us away from the more raw, grungier form of documentary photography?

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u/AManAloneinaBigCity — 8 hours ago
Image 1 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 2 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 3 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 4 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 5 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 6 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 7 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 8 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 9 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
Image 10 — Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲
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Some pictures I made on phone back in 2018. I’m sorry for the white borders 🥲

These were made during our trip to India back in 2018. We went to this city called Mathura for Holi.

These were shot on Samsung Note 8

u/IlLucifero — 20 hours ago
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