One of the problems with Street Photography, when compared to videography, is that you don’t capture the noise and sounds of the place. You don’t capture the smells either but neither does videography so I thought I wouldn’t mention it. But now I have, which sort of makes the last sentence redundant. As most people don’t expect photographs to smell of what they capture then this downside is ignored. Of course some people claim that when seeing a photograph they can almost smell the place. I think this is meant as a compliment. The same compliment is passed about the sounds.
Whether you too are able to experience the sensation of ‘being there” from these images I captured yesterday whilst walking around central Leicester is only something you’ll know.
What I don’t think you’ll really get is the sounds of the last image, the entrance into the Market Place from Cheapside.
Whilst I was crouching down to get the low angle, please don’t try and imagine this, all I could hear was a Police Community Service Officer having a argument on her phone with someone. It was probably some petty disagreement, I don’t think it was work related. Whatever the cause of this conversation her loud Leicester voice serenaded the passing people. I doubt few were there long enough to listen. Oh the joys of street photography.
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