Hey everyone! Long time X100 series admirer, first time poster. I've viewed and enjoyed all of your images for years in this thread, and now I finally have a chance to join in.
From the moment this mother (presumably) and her little boy entered the Paris metro subway car and huddled with him, she radiated protection, caution, wariness, a little bit of fearfulness. I felt the mass of faceless humanity around them conveyed their isolation in the crowd.
I'm always on the lookout for your next street photo with your X100V. Your work was partly what inspired me to try out some street stuff on my recent trip to Paris. Always so atmospheric!
Everyone here was involved in some kind of connection, or at least with devices that should facilitate it.
The three individuals engrossed in their phones; the man and woman talking in the background without phones; but even the young woman whose attention was caught away from her own device to seemingly gaze at the red-coated woman using her phone to converse with another human being (imagine that).
I saw this man reflected in the door of the subway car and wanted to grab that moment. It lasted very briefly before the person with the backpack shifted their position. It wasn't evident to me until later when reviewing the image that part of him was actually visible in the "real world" as well. I liked it even more because of that
Debarking from a train in Bayeux, France, we passed some others waiting for the train back toward Paris or Caen. I was struck by the generation gap seemingly in evidence in the various individuals' approach to the wait. The X100V's quickness, responsiveness and unobtrusiveness was critical to me, newbie to street photography, being able to instantly capture scenes like this.
This woman going against the flow of every other person in the crowd reminded me of a few songs, but particularly one by Cass Elliot from the 60s. It's very unlikely that a woman in Caen, France was listening to that song at that particular moment, but since she's rocking her headphones, I can imagine it anyway.
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along
Sunset after a stormy afternoon on Gold Beach, Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, one of two British landing zones on D Day. The few remaining vestiges of the artificial port constructed for the invasion are still visible off the coast.
The camera's battery was all but dead at this point after only a couple hours of shooting. I hadn't become experienced yet with managing the X100V's battery life. I made multiple attempts (dozens) to power on the camera and snap the shutter quickly before it could shut down again. These two frames stitched together were the last ones before the battery died completely. A fitting send-off to a moving and solemn, but also amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Moped delivery guys are everywhere in Paris. While my wife and I were waiting for our order at this walk-up cookie bakery window, these two guys were hanging out waiting for theirs as well.
Turning precisely 180 degrees and looking above the cookie kitchen, I saw this guy hanging out the window doing his thing. Must have been a non-smoking room.
Cool story behind the pic, seems an appropriate set of events for the location, thx for sharing
JWRisinger wrote:
Sunset after a stormy afternoon on Gold Beach, Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, one of two British landing zones on D Day. The few remaining vestiges of the artificial port constructed for the invasion are still visible off the coast.
The camera's battery was all but dead at this point after only a couple hours of shooting. I hadn't become experienced yet with managing the X100V's battery life. I made multiple attempts (dozens) to power on the camera and snap the shutter quickly before it could shut down again. These two frames stitched together were the last ones before the battery died completely. A fitting send-off to a moving and solemn, but also amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Four ducks practicing their synchronized diving routine in Bayeux, Normandy, no doubt preparing for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Who says the X100V can't shoot sports?
The flip-down screen was great for trying to be unobtrusive and capture spontaneous moments of interesting people, or so I thought. Evidently I haven't mastered my sneakiness technique very well yet, because this guy looked right at me, smiled huge, and posed with a friendly gesture. Or hopefully it's friendly in France, anyway. At least he wasn't upset. Or, depending on the meaning of that gesture, maybe he was, ha!
This thread brought back memories of a family trip to Japan with the x100s. I have always been a fan of the film profiles and ability to convert in camera.
Montmc86 wrote:
This thread brought back memories of a family trip to Japan with the x100s. I have always been a fan of the film profiles and ability to convert in camera.
Love the train driver in the second image, looks like he's tipping his cap to the boy.
