I love street photography, but I’m finding out that I lack patience and I’m too timid to take some candid shots. If you ask them if you can take their picture, then they pose. Marlene and I went to The Fountains, an outdoor shopping center in Roseville, recently to do street photography. One, the stores were just opening and there weren’t many people. Two, At its best, this center is a leisurely shopping center–not bustling.
Any way, I was able to get some window cleaners on the job.
This is the fountain in the middle of the shopping center. At a peak shopping time, people usually sit around with their children or cell phones! At prime time, It’s jets propel water synchronized to music. Of course we were too early for that.
I did have some fun with chairs. First are the chairs as the were and second are the chairs with a Photoshop twirl filter. Which do you like better?
I took some other fun photos.
I tried to photograph this guy through a fire enclosure, but he saw me and offered to have me take his picture. Marlene and I talked with him and found out that he has terminal cancer. Marlene offered to take his picture with his cell phone, and he allowed it.
So this was my try at street photography. Not that successful, but I had a good time. Next time we’ll have to go into Sacramento City, on a Sunday so we can park, later in the day, find a busy area and wait for people to walk by. Oh, yes, I’ll find some patience too.
Slow Shutter Speed 
The twirl effect with the chairs was fun, but the original itself was intriguing; love the chair shadow as well 😃
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Thanks Jez! I like the chair shadow too. Of course I moved them. 😊
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You’re right that you need busy streets, and patience, for a really successful street photography session. But you got some good photos just the same 🙂 My favourite is the abstract table top shot!
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Thanks Sarah! I just decided to make the best of it and photograph what I could.
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Hi Anne
We played around with photoshop and other twirl filters quite a while ago. We like these effects very much
https://fabfourblog.com/?s=twirl
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Nice twirling!
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You got some cool shots, Anne!
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Thanks Amy!
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I know what you mean about being timid about street photography. I feel like I miss so many cool shots because of it. But Anne, you always do a good job. The window washer photos are exceptional! Thanks for sharing……your shopping center outing gave me an idea for taking photos somewhere other than my garden! 😉
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Thanks Donna! I’m glad you got some inspiration from this post. Take care.
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