Spray and Pray

 In a desperate attempt to capture something interesting I've noticed more street photographers shooting everything, like a machine gun. Taking hundreds if not a thousand photographs a day. Is this driven by social media which dictates that you have to post everyday to stay relevant ? I don't know. It could also have to do with laziness, as in it's easier to take a ridiculous amount of photos and sort through them later than it is to search and wait for something to happen. This reminds me of an old tv sitcom where someone said "When you talk all the time you're bound to say everything", so when you're photographing everything you're going to capture everything. There is something very disingenuous about this method. Photographers such as William Eggleston and Vivian Maier rarely if ever took more than one photo of a scene they were photographing. With digital cameras able to hold thousands of photos on a single tiny memory card without reloading anyone can be a street photographer if they're strong enough to hold down the shutter button, no talent is needed. All this technology has destroyed the credibility of street photography and I can only respect those who use digital no different than they did film.