Communication is an interesting subject to ponder.  What do people talk about when they meet on the street and how do they talk?  Posture, gestures, and environment are really a part of their communication.  Even if the listener is not watching the talker might point.  We are human and we use posture, gestures, and environment to make our point.

Street Photography is photographing people that are communicating via posture, gestures, and environment since my Street Photos do not carry sound.  Street Photography is photographically telling a story of what people are communicating. 

While on a  walk yesterday,  as on most walks, I had my camera with me. I try to record communication stories I trigger or just plain see.  A few of those photos follow for your enjoyment:

Before getting out of my own lawn, this little fawn allowed me to walk right up to it – This photo is showing how the deer communicated to me – His pose and demeanor say “I am not afraid – Some humans feed me apples  – Do you have an apple for me?”

Communication as we humans do sometimes- ” We Point.”
With the outboard running,  I doubt that these guys really hear each other – they are communicating with gestures – finger pointing.

On the left, Linda is ignoring the talker on the right as she baits her hook. The talker is communicating with his hands but no one is listening to his hands. The story I wanted my photo to communicate is that even when no one is watching we humans gesture like animals do to communicate.

In the upper left, that is Ivan heading for the fishing ground with a father and son as fishing clients. He does not know it but he is communicating with Jim on the cycle.  See Jim watching.  Jim is not an experienced fisherman like Ivan.   Ivan is communicating to Jim where the fish are just by the route his boat is taking.

These two fun folks from Buffalo live on the “Emerald Isle”, a 43 foot sailing home They came ashore with 2 foldable bikes and communicated with me.  They expressed delight in having a local guide tell them about local biking roads.  Opps, upon return to the dingy, the motor would not start – I saw communication here without a word being spoken so I snapped this photo.   It says that “The motor will not start.” by showing  that the dingy motor is up, he is rowing, and she is navigating”.

I posted this photo because there is communication here – Linda always has that Sea Gull sitting on her fishing boat. That communicates to me that Linda feeds him all of her used bait.  I also know when Linda is not getting any fish activity.   That is when the time between Linda having used bait is too long for Gully and he hops down on the boat seat near her.  Therefore, I see lots of communication in this photo

This photo communicates to me. It says vacation in this Fort Drummond rented boat is fun – be friendly to that man on the road taking our picture.  It communicates to me “Happiness.”  Of course much more is communicated – The lady in the middle is the careful one with life vest on.  The lady in front is worried about too much sun  with long sleeves and sun glasses and I think she was not quite aware of the casual dress and hair code on Drummond. The man driving the boat says this sure is a lot more fun than the desk I sat at while working yesterday.

I see communication here as Ivan fills his charter boat’s fuel tank preparing for yet another trip to the fishing spot.  Ivan  is  a man who loves his job better than any person could love his/her job. Ivan is Sturgeon Bay Caharter’s Captain – he is the best.  He loves his clients too.  Because I know Ivan, this photo communicates to me what I think is on Ivan’s mind as my shutter snapped this photo.   You might want to study his face and see what you think his face communicates.

With the Sturgeon Bay Charter boat in the back ground, I ask you, do you see anticipation for the fishing trip communicated by this father son team – Ivan’s clients.

This photo communicates to me. This young son of Fort Drummond Marina has a lot of responsible. In right hand an electric drill and a bucket of screws to attach boards with proper spacing and solid attachment to the understructure. To me, his body posture and focused eyes communicate pure confidence.  This young man communicated to me  that he knows he is already a trusted valuable part of the family business.

As you swing thru life and look at a scene that you know I might want to photograph. Try to think about what the scene communicates if I did snap it as a photograph. I hope that thinking will help you appreciate life a little more via your communication with the scene.