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Colour Urban Street Photography — Be in the Flow of Urban City Life
The street is full. A cop car pulls up to the lights, my camera is at chest height and I peer above the roof of their vehicle.
I’m standing on the curb.
On the opposite side of the street I see a structure of shadows punctuated by spears of light.
Two people at a cash machine, dressed in white. The folds and creases in their jeans appear like wrapping paper around their legs.
My mind reels as the light and darkness gently play. Shadows and light move and shimmer. The sun is slowly going down, the light is fading.
Light is splashed onto a wall inside the shadows. It’s a reflection from the glass building opposite. The sun is in the west, I’m standing in the east.
A woman in a white hat stops in a position that completes the composition, she now becomes the centre of my attention. She is illuminated by soft light. Her skin is tanned, this creates a wonderful colour composition.
The cop car is directly in front of me, two officers stare at me, they make me feel self-conscious; I’m staring intently, studying a city scene. I only want to understand it better. Maybe I look suspicious. Two cyclists pull…
