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Street Photography UNLEASHED

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This Photo takes out a Top Photo on a Gurushots Speed Challenge
Haven't written in a while, but just wanted to say this photo just won a Speed Challenge on GuruShots as the top photo. The idea is to show how a blend of elements along a street and some interesting movement (tram) adds to the primary subject which is the guy playing guitar. Of late on a Saturday I like to head down to Melbourne to take photos, but at the end of the day I have learned that the Buskers at the intersection of Little Collins St and Swanston St are fun to listen to and if they are good they attract a nice sized crowd in the little ampitheatre there. Also they usually are receptive to taking song requests, so its a bit of fun (This guy did a great job of Michael Buble for example and had a wide range of songs). Anyway, this gives an idea of something that works as a popular photo in Street Photography. Now last night was the first time in the last 10 years AC/DC concert here at the MCG. Managed to get a ticket to attend. Wow, what an amazing concert in such a HUGE Stadium. Managed to get some very interesting street photos again as well as Bagpipers gathered to perform a Guiness World Record for # of Bagpipers playing for the song "Its a Long Way to the Top if you want to Rock and Roll - Original Video created in 1975 (50 yrs ago) on Swanston Street, Melbourne. Lots of AC/DC fans on the move in the City. Great Street Photography Photo Ops.
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This Photo takes out a Top Photo on a Gurushots Speed Challenge
Further Uses for AI - Photoshop's new AI Removal Tool - very handy
Diminishing Perspective, a worker clearly having a lunch break and browsing his phone and S. T. Gill (famous watercolour painter from the GoldFields). All in one shot. So this photo taken at the old Melbourne Post Office (Melbourne 3000) and is a classic shot of archways appearing to get smaller into the distance, which creates an illusion of depth using vanishing points where parallel lines converge. But every time I go there, seems someone is in the way of allowing a great photo. Not a problem with Adobe's new AI Removal tool. So when you get photobombed by a Seagull or someone inadvertently walking into the frame while out taking photos, not a problem . . . adopt the old motto "I'll Fix it later in Photoshop, lets move on!" Notice how AI figured out what might have been had the worker not been there, but it didn't figure out how to light up the bench with the bright pillar light behind him. Oh well, unless I told you, would you have noticed it? So how does S.T. Gill fit into this situation. Well he is my favourite artist of the Goldfields era, but somewhere along these steps, and the area around the old Melbourne Post Office he collapsed and passed away from an aneurism of the aorta - 27 Oct 1880 (Aged 62). Conflicted with both drink and syphilis at the time, it was a very sad end to an amazing Victorian Artistic Talent. In 1913, finally he was buried in the Melbourne Cemetery, I hope to one day soon visit his grave site.
Further Uses for AI - Photoshop's new AI Removal Tool - very handy
Street Photography of the Future with AI
Cheating! So I have been using ChatGPT 5 to come up with interesting photo ideas to take down in Melbourne. I have asked it for those which would be free to take at certain times of the day, when to be there etc for the best light, and for each photoshoot I would be happy to pay for entry fees to gain access to others (e.g. The Latest French Impressionist paintings on display at the NGV - National Gallery of Victoria). I've given it a fairly liberal 12 hours for a planned visit. So in the grid it came back with some excellent ideas, a number of which I had not thought of. But here's the problem . . . I have asked it for map with a walking route with times between targets and whether or not a trip on a Tram is best, etc. It stays stuck on stupid and keeps referring to "as the crow flies". I am not a crow however, and need denoted footpaths and laneways and streets to walk on and how long they will take and which obstacles I might face - what are the known Tram delays due to Protesters on a Saturday, etc. Will keep working on it, however once this is perfected and one has a Drone at hand . . . LOL, just input this and say "Drone Go!" and observe from 150 km away. Taking all the fun out of Street Photography by 2030, but hey . . . you can't beat nor fight the ever improving Tech World we are slowly inheriting. Thoughts? What do you think we will be facing in 2030?
Street Photography of the Future with AI
1 like • Oct 7
@Richard Bell Thanks, I believe that every application we have (not just photography) we should try to tap into AI to see how it can help us. Yes just like in the early 1980's with the introduction of the PC it eventually meant a loss of jobs (the typing pool for example), but for those who are familiar with the power of AI, it can mean creating a whole lot more opportunities. Using it to critique our photos, to plan photo trips, etc. can be a powerful thing. I like how it knows all about the secret lanes of Melbourne that I don't really know all that much about. So its helping me to be more efficient in my Street Photography excursions.
0 likes • Oct 7
@Milos Hamarcak Hi Milos. When I travel to Melbourne for example I am a 2 hour train trip away to get there and a 2 hour train trip to get back home. I am happy to plan an 8-12 hour day, but as there is so much to see and do, I wish to have some structure to my day. So for example there is a #86 tram which is easily accessible from Southern Cross Station (where all country trains arrive at). So using the #86 as an example, it ends in the West at Docklands and from there it wanders through the city via Burke Street (big shopping district) and then up to Fitzroy and Brunswick which are some interesting market and arts precincts just to the north of the CBD. So just using this simple route (my next planned visit BTW), I will wish to spend a quick bit of daytime in Docklands looking at the new architecture and the Yarra River and then jump on the #86 and stop at Burke Street to check out all the crowds and the buskers. Then mid-afternoon I want to be up around Brunswick and Fitzroy. So for sunset (golden hour) now that we are in Daylight Savings time again), sunset is now at 7:30ish and Blue Hour is 7:50 to 8pm, I will want to be back at Docklands. From there its a 20-30 min walk back to Southern Cross. So I tend to plan my day this way, around the best times to be at certain places, always planning a great spot for photos during Golden Hour. Last train home is around midnight. Without planning things like this in advance, I could well spend 12 hours +4 hours or 16 hours total coming away with nothing in terms of photos. But with a bit of a plan, what it usually means is not an hour goes by when I feel I haven't found something interesting. I did this same thing last Saturday with a visit to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the French Impressionist period paintings (Renoir, Monet, Manet, Boudin, Degas, Cezanne, Pissaro, etc.) and it worked out very well, whereby as each hour went by I knew at least I had one good photo to add to my portfolio. So the time investment is worth it, both in advance and to have an extended day on the ground. I won't bore you with all the photos, but if interested you can follow along on Instagram at @sjphotocomau. I would be happy to follow back photographers from here.
Night Time Illumination and the Difficulties in Completing Edits
Last night and the view to Flinders Street Station Melbourne. All lit up, you will notice the dome at the top has an appearance of half a Basketball. Otherwise many other buildings around the city are lit with Red, White and Blue colours. The event was the previous 4 days and a team from the NBA (the New Orleans Pelicans) visiting to play the local NBL league top players. Oddly, no longer is it a one way street of Australian players (think Andrew Bogut and Ben Simmons) headed to the US and the NBA. Now we are seeing a lot of highly paid NBA players opting to come to Australia to play in our local league here. However, what I wished to comment on is just how difficult it can be to perform edits on externally lit buildings like this. I find it best to do the edits while the vision of the photo is fresh in my mind. How do you handle situations like this? Regardless, when it comes to Melbourne, its always best to wait for a Tram to be moving into the scene as shown. Its a freebie that adds to location identification.
Night Time Illumination and the Difficulties in Completing Edits
Hailing from Vegas Baby!!
Hey all, I don’t know if a parking garage counts as streets photography but we shall see. Cincinnati Bourne I live in Las Vegas now I love modeling and photography night photography to be exact. Those are my hobbies. By trade, I am a business analyst I specialize in business development and marketing.
Hailing from Vegas Baby!!
1 like • Sep 22
Hey, so long as there's a bit of Asphalt, or some concrete and some sort of a city background and then some human doing some Stupid Human Tricks, then you've nailed it . . . It's Street Art and Street Photography. Nice work! You're In 🥰
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Australian Photographer getting into some serious street photography around the Melbourne CBD. Having lots of fun.

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