Street: People, Places, and Things - Kenneth Hines

***Weather Update 3/7/2025***

As of today, the weather forecast calls for 40 - 20 percentage chances of rain during our walk window and a daily chance of 85% with a prediction of just less than an inch for the day.

Based on this I will continue with the walk; however, if this is outside your tolerance of weather for you or your camera, please change your RSVP to not going.

If you are going, I recommend a rain jacket and possibly an umbrella. If you are a camera umbrella user, I suggest bringing and using it as well.

If the rain presents opportunities or inhibits our shooting we may change the stops and areas of town we cover.

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This month we will be considering the photography and approach of Kenneth Hines, a Zeis Ambassador, photographer, and educator:

15:30 - 27:00 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhNgMP4CU4o&list=PLyvuS7237e79SQryIrkDXO3uMqKSopHm7

This video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyf2WDPttko

A day with me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6faG4l0SqE

7 Ways to get better at street photography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlYpq6fYnSo

We will meet up at 2:00 pm at the Dart Train station and proceed to Deep Ellum. For those wanting to meetup us at Deep Ellum, please meet us at the Deep Ellum station at 3:00.

For those wanting to work from a shot list, here are 10 objectives to try while photographing people on the street:

• Find Natural Frames - Look for architectural elements like doorways, windows, or arches that can frame your subject naturally. This creates depth and draws attention to your subject while providing context about their environment.
• Master the Rule of Thirds - Position key elements of your subject (especially eyes) at the intersection points of a 3×3 grid. This creates more dynamic and engaging portraits than centered compositions.
• Incorporate Leading Lines - Use streets, sidewalks, railings, or other linear elements to guide the viewer's eye directly to your subject. These lines create visual pathways that enhance the composition's flow.
• Create Depth with Layers - Include foreground, middle ground, and background elements in your composition. For example, shoot through a crowd to capture someone interesting in the distance, creating a sense of place and dimension.
• Balance Negative Space - Experiment with leaving empty space around your subject. This can emphasize their isolation or create a minimalist aesthetic that highlights their presence in an uncluttered way.
• Capture Gesture and Movement - Focus on documenting expressive hand movements, distinctive walking styles, or other physical actions that reveal personality and create dynamic visual interest.
• Work with Environmental Context - Include elements of the surroundings that tell a story about the subject. The relationship between person and place often creates the most compelling street portraits.
• Find Color Harmony - Look for subjects wearing colors that either contrast dramatically or harmonize beautifully with their surroundings. Color relationships can transform an ordinary scene into something visually striking.
• Play with Scale - Create compositions that emphasize the relationship between your subject and larger elements in the environment. A small figure against a massive building creates tension and visual interest.
• Seek Juxtaposition - Look for contradictory elements within the same frame—youth and age, wealth and poverty, natural and artificial. These contrasts create visual tension and often communicate deeper social narratives.