Street Photography SIG

Jerry Meinzer, Co-coordinator [email protected]
Jim Newkirk, Co-coordinator [email protected]
Randall Best, Co-coordinator [email protected]

The Street Photography SIG is a Special Interest Group of people who take candid pictures in public places. These pictures tell stories, raise questions, arouse emotions, or do any combination of the three. Street Photography is one of the earliest photographic genres, and the kind of photography that most of us took with our first cameras. It is not the kind that uses post-processing techniques to make "artistic" pictures or "record shots" of the world around us. This SIG is designed to answer the question of what Street Photography is and how you do it.

SIG Activities

This SIG is an active group of people who meet monthly to take part in discussions, watch videos, critique photos, and practice this type of photography on short field trips.

Street Photography Theme of the Month:

• March 2024 – Color
• April 2024 - Reflections with PEOPLE  
• May 2024 - Silhouettes of PEOPLE
• June 2024 - Rain (with or without people) 
• July 2024 – No Meeting
• August 2024 - Animals (and their handlers)
• September 2024 - People at play
• October 2024 - Expressions 
• November 2024 - Hands and/or feet
• December 2024 – No Meeting
• January 2025 - Stairs with PEOPLE
• February 2025 - Leading lines with PEOPLE
• March 2025 - Windows with PEOPLE
• April 2025 - Uniformed people

SIG Goals

People who join this SIG should learn how to:

1. Define street photography and examine the work of well-known street photographers
2. Examine the legal and ethical aspects of this genre.
3. Decide which types of street photography pictures to take: hunting, fishing, portrait, etc.
4. Conquer the fear of taking street photography photos.
5. Choose an appropriate camera and set it.   
6. Select suitable places to take street photography pictures.
7. Blend-in with the crowd while taking street photography photos.
8. Develop the skill of "reading the street."
9. Overcome any hesitancy about approaching and taking pictures of strangers.
10. Critique street photography pictures.

How to Join this SIG

Go to the Sun City Community Association and find "My Memberships." Look for the Photography Club and put a check in the box for the Street Photography SIG.

Meeting Information

When: 9:30 - 11:30am on the 2nd Wednesday of each month except for June, July, and August. Meetings during these months may continue, but will be smaller and more informal.

Where: the Photography Studio located in the Activities Center, Classrooms 1 and 2

Gallery: To view a gallery of previously submitted photos click here

Photo Submission

• Number of photos:  You may submit one image for critique OR two images for Show OR one of each but no more than two images in total.
• Photo size: Any size, but images must be greater than 2000 pixels on the long side
• Photos are due: By 6:00 PM on the Monday before the meeting
• Link: To submit a photo, click here

• File Name of submitted photos  

  Please use this title format for your image:

  -  Critique_Title.jpg for a photo for critique by the group, or

          -  Show_Title.jpg for a photo to be shared with the group without critique.

Your name will be attached to the photos when they are submitted.