Vs: Extreme StreetShots https://www.flickr.com/groups/extremestreet/ A subtitle to the “Extreme Street Photography” (ESP) name is “odd juxtapositions.” When looking at the masters of this form, one is always struck by the humor or the horror or both; how the participants, willing or not, often are captured in ways that illustrate this unique vision. More often than not, people or their affects/effects are the subject of these photographs. Street photography is a different way of seeing. The photographer is an active participant in creation of the image. He must insinuate himself into the scene by the interaction of his self with the groups and images he collects. Such image creation can be learned. ESP is best at close range. When photographing others, you should almost be able to reach out and touch them. The work should be energetic with feeling or the lack of it. It’s helpful to have a clearly defined subject. If you look closely at the work of the masters of the form you should see what we mean. The image is conceived in a spit second with one’s heart first, and one’s mind and the camera second. This is done through intuition. This is why telephoto images generally don’t apply to form.