hi all, i decided to post this here as what im about to mention is in regards to the definition of portraits and whether or not the debated pictures should be posted here.
just a few days ago, i posted a series of what i considered street portraiture in this section. they were of random street people participating in the festivities of chinatown.
this is the link http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465569
last night, a cser Rashkae came into the thread and said "this is streets and candids"
i asked him why so. his reply was "Because these are candid shots of people you took while walking the streets of chinatown. They're not posed portraits."
POSED PORTRAITS. do portraits only mean pictures of models or people that pose intentionally for the photographer? i have to admit, i was pretty taken aback at that so called "reason" as well as slightly miffed with the "i know for a FACT" attitude that was displayed. he probably meant well.
i am not a professional photographer nor a wikipedia guru. but in my own knowledge based on what i understand from the word "portrait", its simply an image of a person and his/her expression. that may be a loose definition and may even be wrong. which is why i would like some clarification on this.
just a few days ago, i posted a series of what i considered street portraiture in this section. they were of random street people participating in the festivities of chinatown.
this is the link http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465569
last night, a cser Rashkae came into the thread and said "this is streets and candids"
i asked him why so. his reply was "Because these are candid shots of people you took while walking the streets of chinatown. They're not posed portraits."
POSED PORTRAITS. do portraits only mean pictures of models or people that pose intentionally for the photographer? i have to admit, i was pretty taken aback at that so called "reason" as well as slightly miffed with the "i know for a FACT" attitude that was displayed. he probably meant well.
i am not a professional photographer nor a wikipedia guru. but in my own knowledge based on what i understand from the word "portrait", its simply an image of a person and his/her expression. that may be a loose definition and may even be wrong. which is why i would like some clarification on this.