Sarah-Jane's OCA Blog: A sequence of composition

I hated this exercise. I put it off and put it off and put if off. I cringed as I was doing it. There were a few short sequences but nothing that felt very satisfying. Everything was too transient and I was too uncomfortable. I didn't feel connected to any of it. I don't like photographing in 'public' in this way and I know I am not alone in this. I imagine you need to be a certain type of person to go out and do this sort of thing and I guess it's partly about confidence but also a little about believing you have the right to go about photographing people you don't know. And I don't feel that at all. In fact I feel horribly ambivalent about street photography. I know there is a long tradition of it and some very famous names who have produced amazing work are street photographers but I hate the idea of stealing moments and faces and making judgements about others that lead to taking a photo. It doesn't feel right at all. I felt very uncomfortable today. I put the camera (Sony RX) on AV and wandered around Clapham Junction trying to find a sequence and failing - not so much 'making' photos as grasping desperately for anything that might fall my way. I think I would have fared better with a procession or march as I might not have felt so intrusive but there were none to be had and I didn't want to delay this further.