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Art with a message part 6
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Street Photography Interviews: Treamus!
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reports, April 15, 2008Today, An interview with one of my favorite modern street photographers, ~Treamus.
Name and geographical location.
Seamus Travers, I live in Dublin Ireland.
How long have you been shooting, and when did you start shooting Street?
I’ve been shooting three years in total. One year when I was a teenager, and after an 8 year absence, I picked up a camera again, two years ago.
But I have worked in the photographic and film industry my whole life, as I come from a family of photographers.
What inspired you to shoot street?
Nothing really inspired me as such to do it, when I was seventeen my Dad gave me a point and shoot, and told me to go around Temple bar (down town Dublin), and take pictures of what’s going on in the street. I had no idea of a genre called street photography, it was pretty much going out there shooting the subject matter available without the use of models or studio set ups.
When I went to film school, the still photography I had done so far was referred to as “straight photography” or “Vernacular”, it was considered low-brow by the lecturers so I gave it up.
I didn’t start doing candid photography again till, Chris Weeks organised the street photography shoot out in 2006. So now the genre I did was called “Street”.
It’s not a term I’m particularly happy with as the moments captured can take place in a Park or Museum, even a farm or on a train, anywhere that’s a public place.
If you would have to compare street photography to Music, it would be along the lines of Punk or more harder rock.
Where you don’t have to learn music theory, you learn three cords and start bashing out songs that are pretty raw. Just like in street photography you don’t need to know about ratios of light, or inverse square law. You can go out and just use whatever is available to you.
What goes through your mind while you explore the streets?
The only things that go through my mind, are what’s the exposure or where the light is coming from. I carry a second light meter besides the one on the camera, usually a Pentax spot meter.
I don’t really pre-visualise getting the hero shot. But I think positively about getting decent photos.
I don’t get out my camera and say I’m going to make funny pictures today, or I’m going to make moody photos. Things just happen, and you have to be quick to catch them.
At first did you feel comfortable shooting people?
I was never really nervous about photographing people without there permission. Part of the appeal to me is the adrenaline buzz of whether they’re going to catch me or not.
I see it as a sport or game.
Although now to get the same buzz I used to get when I first started, I have to get right up close with a wide-angle lens, or actually engage them.
How did you overcome that fear (or) Do you have any advice for people looking to overcome that fear?
All you need to know is smile, smile, smile, and no one will have a problem.
If you react to them in a positive manner like it was a misunderstanding or mistake they won’t mind. What’s the worst that could happen. You are doing something perfectly legal.
In fairness I’ve had run-ins with people, far more times than most photographers. Each time I’d just smile at them and apologise. The only time where I truly got myself into a bad situation, was when I was having a bad day so I told a couple who demanded money, to go fuck themselves. Needless to say it was not the smartest thing I ever did. As it made a situation that I could have easily explained worse.
I don’t advocate the use of a telephoto long lens.
It’s very hard to get compelling images, with proper engagement of subjects, with a long lens, your photographing people for gods sake, not some animal on safari.
Saying that Philip-Lorca Dicorcia does some compelling long lens photography, but they involve people walking into set up strobe lights on the street without them knowing.
Luc Delahaye gets far back from his subjects with a wide-angle lens, go give a sense of scale of man and his environment.
Although if your going to use a long lens (above an 85mm), and shoot people from across the street, I suggest you try something else like maybe HDR of sunsets or photos of your cat.
Can you show us your favourite street photograph (from your gallery) and explain why it is your favorite?
I'm not particularly happy with most of what I've done, I have about three or four good images, but nothing in my back catalogue is really ground breaking or original.
Can you show us your favourite street photograph (from ANY dA gallery) and explain why it is your favorite?
I don’t really have a favourite street photograph on DA, most of the images I love that burned into my mind are by various Magnum photographers, or the likes of Winogrand.
But I’m in love with Esafians (~ESafian) recent x-pan street shots, this one in particular
Taking a landscape camera and getting in close to do social documentary brilliant. It’s like a Josef Koudelka for the 21st century.
On the street, what is your favourite subject?
At the moment it’s up close street portraits, of strangers walking by, it’s a whole series I’m working on.
It’s the hardest thing to do well.
What is the best tip you can give to others?
The best tips I could give would be.
1. Get close to your subject.
2. Be aggressive.
3. Enjoy yourself.
Favourite photographer and why.
My favourite photographer is portrait one. But as regards my favourite street photographer, there are too many to mention. A cross section of the masters would be Richard Kalvar, Bruce Gilden, Eugene Richards, Matt Stuart, Elliot Erwitt, Trente Parke.
Any final words or points you would like to make?
Don’t manipulate or alter your images in Photoshop, a street photograph is in essence about a true depiction. I see far too many images with fake bokeh, or gross over burning and dodging of sky’s. Get it right first time or don’t do it at all.
Some more thumbs from ~Treamus's gallery
And my Personal favorite
Name and geographical location.
Seamus Travers, I live in Dublin Ireland.
How long have you been shooting, and when did you start shooting Street?
I’ve been shooting three years in total. One year when I was a teenager, and after an 8 year absence, I picked up a camera again, two years ago.
But I have worked in the photographic and film industry my whole life, as I come from a family of photographers.
What inspired you to shoot street?
Nothing really inspired me as such to do it, when I was seventeen my Dad gave me a point and shoot, and told me to go around Temple bar (down town Dublin), and take pictures of what’s going on in the street. I had no idea of a genre called street photography, it was pretty much going out there shooting the subject matter available without the use of models or studio set ups.
When I went to film school, the still photography I had done so far was referred to as “straight photography” or “Vernacular”, it was considered low-brow by the lecturers so I gave it up.
I didn’t start doing candid photography again till, Chris Weeks organised the street photography shoot out in 2006. So now the genre I did was called “Street”.
It’s not a term I’m particularly happy with as the moments captured can take place in a Park or Museum, even a farm or on a train, anywhere that’s a public place.
If you would have to compare street photography to Music, it would be along the lines of Punk or more harder rock.
Where you don’t have to learn music theory, you learn three cords and start bashing out songs that are pretty raw. Just like in street photography you don’t need to know about ratios of light, or inverse square law. You can go out and just use whatever is available to you.
What goes through your mind while you explore the streets?
The only things that go through my mind, are what’s the exposure or where the light is coming from. I carry a second light meter besides the one on the camera, usually a Pentax spot meter.
I don’t really pre-visualise getting the hero shot. But I think positively about getting decent photos.
I don’t get out my camera and say I’m going to make funny pictures today, or I’m going to make moody photos. Things just happen, and you have to be quick to catch them.
At first did you feel comfortable shooting people?
I was never really nervous about photographing people without there permission. Part of the appeal to me is the adrenaline buzz of whether they’re going to catch me or not.
I see it as a sport or game.
Although now to get the same buzz I used to get when I first started, I have to get right up close with a wide-angle lens, or actually engage them.
How did you overcome that fear (or) Do you have any advice for people looking to overcome that fear?
All you need to know is smile, smile, smile, and no one will have a problem.
If you react to them in a positive manner like it was a misunderstanding or mistake they won’t mind. What’s the worst that could happen. You are doing something perfectly legal.
In fairness I’ve had run-ins with people, far more times than most photographers. Each time I’d just smile at them and apologise. The only time where I truly got myself into a bad situation, was when I was having a bad day so I told a couple who demanded money, to go fuck themselves. Needless to say it was not the smartest thing I ever did. As it made a situation that I could have easily explained worse.
I don’t advocate the use of a telephoto long lens.
It’s very hard to get compelling images, with proper engagement of subjects, with a long lens, your photographing people for gods sake, not some animal on safari.
Saying that Philip-Lorca Dicorcia does some compelling long lens photography, but they involve people walking into set up strobe lights on the street without them knowing.
Luc Delahaye gets far back from his subjects with a wide-angle lens, go give a sense of scale of man and his environment.
Although if your going to use a long lens (above an 85mm), and shoot people from across the street, I suggest you try something else like maybe HDR of sunsets or photos of your cat.
Can you show us your favourite street photograph (from your gallery) and explain why it is your favorite?
I'm not particularly happy with most of what I've done, I have about three or four good images, but nothing in my back catalogue is really ground breaking or original.
Can you show us your favourite street photograph (from ANY dA gallery) and explain why it is your favorite?
I don’t really have a favourite street photograph on DA, most of the images I love that burned into my mind are by various Magnum photographers, or the likes of Winogrand.
But I’m in love with Esafians (~ESafian) recent x-pan street shots, this one in particular
Taking a landscape camera and getting in close to do social documentary brilliant. It’s like a Josef Koudelka for the 21st century.On the street, what is your favourite subject?
At the moment it’s up close street portraits, of strangers walking by, it’s a whole series I’m working on.
It’s the hardest thing to do well.
What is the best tip you can give to others?
The best tips I could give would be.
1. Get close to your subject.
2. Be aggressive.
3. Enjoy yourself.
Favourite photographer and why.
My favourite photographer is portrait one. But as regards my favourite street photographer, there are too many to mention. A cross section of the masters would be Richard Kalvar, Bruce Gilden, Eugene Richards, Matt Stuart, Elliot Erwitt, Trente Parke.
Any final words or points you would like to make?
Don’t manipulate or alter your images in Photoshop, a street photograph is in essence about a true depiction. I see far too many images with fake bokeh, or gross over burning and dodging of sky’s. Get it right first time or don’t do it at all.
Some more thumbs from ~Treamus's gallery
And my Personal favorite
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Nice interview. Nice guy. Hell-uv-ah photographer. Good advice about getting in there and just shooting while smiling. Engaging the scene is the only way to really record the reality of it.
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Thank you, and hes right!
Thats why i feel he will be remembered for it.
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