Magic of streets

Street photography or rather passion to capture or observe 100s 1000s of different emotions and reactions of common people.. they are so rich and touching which no movie or cinema can ever give ... you have made a great choice ... I get scared with this thought feeling that people might feel offended by it .. Did you ever face such a situation ? - Madhur

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I think I know exactly what you are speaking about. I tried several months to dare and make my first street shot because I was really scared that people could feel offended, but then I tried it and it was such an amazing experience, that I coudn´t resist and tried it again and again. I am still fresh beginner at this genre, so I don´t have many experience, but my first experience is very positive. I found out that street isn´t about how to hide best, but very often about interaction with people. First I make shot and then I smile at people (when they notice me, sometimes they don´t) and ask them: "Can I?" And until now they all smiled back at me and they didn´t mind at all. Maybe it was just good luck, but it gave me amazing feeling and now I understand very well why street photographers fall in love with this genre so easily. - Alzbetta [link]

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I found out that street isn´t about how to hide best, but very often about interaction with people ...

Well said. Exactly what I understood now ... I never used to look at people faces while walking on streets. Always thinking up something in my head or gazing on the non-living things :-). But interestingly, if I am sad or feeling troubled with what is going in my life, or can't make up my mind about a situation, then, I move out from within and look at people, and suddenly it gives a positive feeling that everything will work out.

A smile goes a long way and its possible to get lots to cheer oneself up. I just need to ask for it. - Madhur

Life

If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it.

- Swami Vivekananda

बुरा जो देखन में चला ...

बुरा जो देखन में चला, बुरा ना मिलया कोई
जो मन खोजा आपना, मुझ से बुरा ना कोई।

- संत कबीर

Thoughts and destiny

Watch your thoughts, unknowingly they translate into words
Watch your words, inevitably they become actions
Watch your actions, with repetitions they become habits
Watch your habits, shape the perception of your character
Watch your character, else chaos becomes your destiny

Truth

Man is not travelling from error to truth, but climbing up from truth to truth, from truth that is lower to truth that is higher.

- Swami Vivekanand

Solitude

You are alone or not you got to walk ahead. Thing to remember is, if we are all alone then we are all together in that too. It helps me sometimes ...

All things

Time passes in moments, moments which rush in past define the path of the life just as surely as they lead it towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path to see the reasons why all things happen, to consider whether path we have taken is of our own making or simply which we wanted to drift with our eyes closed. But what if we could stop, pause to take stock of each precious moment before it passes, we might see the endless forks in row that shaped our lives and seeing those choices, choose another path.

- X-Files

Character

Some say we all are born as blank slates. Some say we all are born good. A fact is, we all go through situations in life when we feel vulnerable. Do these situations judge our character or do they actually create it ?

Time Travel

How precious is it to go back in time ? Only to discover that in facing the past you must face up to yourself and exiting the prison of time does not free you from prison of your own character, one from which there is no escape.

- Redrum, X-Files

That Day !

I so dearly wish there comes a day when I live in that day !