Thursday’s Special: Street Portraits

 

Twice a month or more I invite blogger friends to host a guest photo challenge on my blog. This Thursday the guest challenger is Yvette who has just started a new blog highwaysandtrails.wordpress.com. You may know her from priorhouse.org. Please read her guest post and join us for this Thursday with the theme: street photography/portraits.

 

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Contemplating

 

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Synchronicity

 

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Plugged-in

 

 

As usual I will be waiting for your entries. When you post, link to this and guest post. Have a fabulous Thursday!

P.S. More info on challenges and forthcoming themes on Scheduled Challenges page.

 

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These are the entries for this challenge. Click on the titles:

Portraits of Istanbul

Portraits of New York

 Say Mouse  ….. I mean Cheese

Life is ….

Police Parade

Dark lightness

Street Portrait

Street Portraiture in Vietnam

Street Photography? 

Flirting with the camera

Street portraits

The Night Guards

Better run

One afternoon in Madrid

Lady with Walking Stick

Portraits from Japan

Happy faces

A Drunken Night in Krakow

The Hills of Valparaiso

Travel Quote Series – You are a foreigner

Wired from sound

Street life

Virtual bike ride

An Open Book

79 responses to “Thursday’s Special: Street Portraits”

  1. Perfect contemplation. I like all three shots Paula, but that first one is my favourite. Here are mine: http://travelwithintent.com/2015/06/17/portraits-of-istanbul/

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    1. They turned out very candid and relaxed Debbie, despite being aware of having their photo taken. You must have charmed them 🙂 Great gallery!

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  2. I love all of your choices. Beautiful settings and people. Here’s my take https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/thursdays-special-street-portraits/

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    1. All of them great, DM. I am glad the police people were willing to pose for you 🙂 I love that doggie too. Thank you for your great entry.

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      1. Thanks Paula- the police were so flattered that I asked to take their photo 🙂

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        1. and they should be 😀

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    1. Cheers Linda 🙂 They are all shot in Lisbon at the same location.

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    1. I know 😉 and I thank you for it, Allan 🙂

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  3. […] Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Street Portraits (Guest […]

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  4. Just watching people is fascinating 🙂

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    1. The man in the first shot would agree with you 🙂 Thank you for commenting.

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  5. So excited about this challenge. Love your photos, especially the second which is like something from a magazine. Here is my entry – a series of photos taken in Savusavu http://lisadorenfest.com/2015/06/18/police-parade/

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    1. Fitness magazine? 😉 LIsa, thank you for sharing this special post with us. The entire series is excellent, but I picked one photo that I especially like to display here 🙂

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      1. You’ve got a great eye Paula. I just had a walk through of all of the other submissions to this challenge and 9 times out of 10, the one that you picked to display was my favorite of the post. Was such a treat to ‘meet’ so many great photographers through this challenge (as well as see some wonderful images from old friends). I’ll be back. Thanks again.

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  6. […] lure of attending  caused by Paula’s Thursday’s Special “Street […]

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  7. My worst subject in all the world, Paula- I groaned when I saw the subject 🙂 Contemplating has a lovely feel to it and the other two are so clear and sharp. It’s not your normal choice of subject either, Paula, but you’ve made a superb job of it. 🙂 It wouldn’t be a challenge if it wasn’t challenging, would it? Keep smiling!

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    1. 😀 (No, not my favourite subject at all :D), but in 10 days I’ll have more street portraits in B&W that I actually like 😀 Thank you for coming here this morning with your warm smile. Have a good day, Jo.

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      1. I’ll look forward to seeing them 🙂 Thank you!

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  8. […] See other responses to Yvette’s challenge theme of Street Portraits […]

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  9. Great street shots Paula. The man with the phone could be anywhere in the world not noticing the lovely view.
    Minehttp://irenewaters19.com/2015/06/18/thursdays-special-street-portraiture-in-vietnam/

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    1. Thank you very much Irene. He is a local and probably passes that street every day 🙂

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      1. I went to a conference where an architect gave a paper on designing the space in a city to be so interractive that the consumer would have no desire to use their mobile phone. An interesting concept.

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  10. […] me at Paula’s place for Thursday’s Special to see how it should be […]

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  11. nice range of activities covered 🙂

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    1. 😀 Thank you, Joshi.

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  12. Great to see the ‘new you’ with these people shots. Good work, Paula.

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    1. Thank you very much, Tish, I still like animals better 😉

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        1. Beautiful, happy faces. Your shot is incredibly candid and sharp. Wonderful, Tish 🙂 Thank you for this contribution.

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          1. Glad you like it, Paula.

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  13. […] big thanks to Yvette who is Paula’s guest over at Thursday’s Special for giving me the chance to post this photo again. Her challenge is street portraits, and this is […]

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    1. I thought you were more of a “still life” lady, but now I see you do splendidly with motion 😀 Thank you, Sue!

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      1. I was a motion person a little while before still…in life as in art!

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  14. Great job Paula, considering street photography isn’t quite your genre! Love the first shot titles contemplation.

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  15. Non saprei quale scegliere…
    Voto tutte e tre: ognuna di loro e’ speciale!
    (Ho appena “postato” il mio contributo)

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    1. Grazie per il tuo contributo Anna 🙂

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      1. Grazie a te! Ti penso,
        A.

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  16. […] at Lost in Translation hosts Thursday’s Special – this week Yvette who is starting a new blog at Highways and Trails is guest host with […]

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  17. Hi Paula – picked up on your challenge from Sue Judd and since I too love street photography I offer up my selection. I like your selections. I think my favourite is the first one because you got him in such a great pose. Here’s my link – https://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/lady-with-walking-stick/

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  18. Nice challenge… I’ll see what I come up with…

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    1. Great! I look forward to seeing your entry, Lor.

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  19. I adore street photography but am very reluctant to do it myself. The way you did it (spending some time at the same location – and thus making yourself ‘invisible’ – observing and casually taking shots) is my favourite way.
    http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2015/06/thursdays-special-street-portrait.html

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    1. When you took these, was it from chest level or hip level? I can’t teach myself to do that.My problem is that I have to have a camera glued to my eye and shoot and then everybody notices me :/

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      1. actually it was with a tilt screen camera (small sony RX100 2) from the belly level ;-), I look at the tilted screen all the time, (not once glancing at people), pretend that I am fiddling with the camera. (with Nikon I also have to have it glued to my eye)

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  20. […] enjoy following along with Yvette and love her street portrait themes so when I noticed she was the guest blogger for Paula I couldn’t resist joining […]

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  21. […] themes ROY G. BIV from Michelle (Daily Post), Old-fashioned from Ailsa (Where’s My Backpack?), Street Portraits from Yvette (guest on Lost in Translation) and Jo’s Monday […]

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  22. My ‘Street Portraits’ are of the streets themselves in Valparaiso, Chile. Hope that’s OK!

    The Hills of Valparaiso, Chile – UNESCO City of Colour and Steps

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    1. For me it is fine 🙂 I am looking at your photos now and I really like them. Thank you, Jaspa

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      1. Thanks Paula! I look forward to being a regular.

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        1. That would be lovely Jaspa 🙂 Here you can see all the challenges and themes, and you can even host a challenge https://bopaula.wordpress.com/scheduled-challenges/

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  23. Uday Narayanan Avatar
    Uday Narayanan

    Nice clicks Paula. True to your spirit you continue to experiment..with subjects this time 🙂 Always inspiring to see someone stepping out of her comfort zone..

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    1. Wait till you see some B&W stuff 😉 Thanks a lot, buddy. Really appreciate your feedback.

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  24. What??? You’re photographing people now? I never thought I’d see the day… 🙂

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    1. If you stick around, you will see some in B&W really soon. I think you still don’t know me well. I displayed a thumbnail of your linked post, but I should really play by the rules and from now on link to fresh posts made for the challenge.

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      1. Sorry, I saw “street photography” and got excited. 🙂

        Stick around? No, I’ll be leaving soon, but you knew that would happen. 🙂

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    1. You are still in time, Lor 🙂 I like what I see 🙂

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  25. […] the route my husband and I followed, as well as the small village I stopped for an ice cream. The street photography is to show to Paula and to Jo, the places where we could have a nice cup of coffee and a delightful […]

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  26. […] Click here for more interpretations of Thursday’s Special: Street Portraits. […]

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    1. Thank you very much, Naomi. One can never have too many photos of Paris. Cool pics!

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  27. So good to see you out and about with other people in your lovely streets Paula!

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    1. In this case the streets of Lisbon.

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      1. Wherever you happen to be!

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