Desmolicious wrote:
I am impressed how sharp the pics are with him taking them while he is walking. He has a very purposeful but casual gait which helps him be part of the scene. One camera, one lens, that’s it.
Thanks for posting Allen!
Shows thats all you need is a lens and a camera. Pretty much the way I approach it to. One thing that is really impressive is he doesn't have the high ISO I have with my M 10 M.
1bwana1 wrote:
Interesting video. I enjoyed the discussions, but what I really found interesting is the speed and fluidity with which he shoots. All about the scene, no time fiddling with the camera settings. The moments pass in less than a second.
Thanks for posting Allen.
Steve, I'm glad you and others got some value in watching it. This is the way Winogrand, Meyerowitz Gilden and many of the great street photographers work. If you preset exposure and zone focus using the DoF scales on the lens yo can alway be ready. No need to change anything. So you just frame and shoot when the elements all come together. Does take some practice but it is such a valuable tool for this type of work.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Shows thats all you need is a lens and a camera. Pretty much the way I approach it to. One thing that is really impressive is he doesn't have the high ISO I have with my M 10 M.
He uses trix - iso 400. Daylight so sunny f16 = 1/500 f16. On an overcast day = f4 or 5.6 @ 1/1000 which is most prob how his pics are sharp even though he is moving. 28mm lens gives the DOF.
The outfit the person in the bottom right is wearing.. WTH.... Lol
haha. Not sure what his story is, but he shows up at random places at random times in that get up.... Along with booming dance music. Each to their own
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1bwana1 wrote:
That is the town Mayor welcoming the cruise line visitors. He made up his whole life story for the campaign, but they say it was his fashion sense that pushed him to victory.
Not the mayor, but probably would have been an upgrade over the mayor when this shot was taken, who was not-so-affectionately nicknamed 'Mayor Moonbeam'... (she since been voted out)
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Matt Kerby wrote:
Wow, that's the Mayor!? Are mushrooms legal there?
Aren't they everywhere?
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airfrogusmc wrote:
A good video and interview with a really good street shooter with some good advice that I thought some here might find interesting.
Thanks Allen, I've really been enjoying this series.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Steve, I'm glad you and others got some value in watching it. This is the way Winogrand, Meyerowitz Gilden and many of the great street photographers work. If you preset exposure and zone focus using the DoF scales on the lens yo can alway be ready. No need to change anything. So you just frame and shoot when the elements all come together. Does take some practice but it is such a valuable tool for this type of work.
Yep, I shoot that way a lot these days. A very reliable system for both focus and exposure. Works best with wide FL like my 21mm, 28mm and even my 35mm in some circumstances. I tend to have to manually focus more at 50mm and 75mm.
When the situation and subject matter is suitable, it is even faster and more accurate than any AF/AE camera.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Bresson did it all the time and he was a 50 guy.
I'm going to try the high shutter speed and keep on moving thing. I'm curious to see how they will come out, because it has been ingrained in me to stop/be steady/gently squeeze the shutter button.
Dre, Winogrand et al just snap away!
Also, they both use the 28mm optical finders which makes composition so much quicker. I may have to dig mine out.
But... the thing is my street photog is not intimate/action/in your face stuff like them. I tend to look for weird/quirky.
Here the dood's shirt is part of the ocean and the foreground, but most people don't pick up on that.
Do the pics fail if you have to point out what you should be looking at? Or is it up to the viewer to take more than a glancing look?
I was just at the Getty Center on Friday and they had a big display of Uta Barth
With every series there was a big explanation of what it is you are looking at. That left me non-plussed in a way, but then again I am also in a way doing the same for my pic above.
It's always up the the viewer in my opinion. And I think the images with the most staying power are the ones that invite the viewer in and kleep them there by reveling more the more they look.
airfrogusmc wrote:
It's always up the the viewer in my opinion. And I think the images with the most staying power are the ones that invite the viewer in and kleep them there by reveling more the more they look.
BTW I got it with your image.
Have you had a chance to look at Uta Barth's work?
I think a lot of street shooters shoot all manual. I do.Before I start I meter the bright of the street. Take a test shot. Remember the correct setting. Do the same for the shady side. If the light doesn't change I don't change my setting at all. Almost all of my street work is done like this.
