Street Shooting with my Soviet made Zorki 4, 35mm rangefinder with a Jupiter-8 lens (50mm f2), film is Kodak Tri-X. These photographers were shooting a restaurant grand opening in Chinatown. Photo was posted using "Hello" Bloggerbot as a test.
posted by Warren T. at 9:57 PM
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4 Comments:
The original shot was a bit wider. I cropped it a bit to take out a guy standing apart from the other photographers. He was obviously holding a P&S camera, and didn't seem to fit the group. I thought the picture might look better with just this tightly packed group of people all using SLR's.
I am not familiar with Tri-X but I am guessing it must be a high speed film because it appears a little grainy. I like the look, though, for this shot because it has a photojournalistic look to it. Not knowing how the original looked, this crop looks good focusing on the main subjects of the pro photographers.
I've been holding my comments on this shot as I'm not attracted to it. OK, it has that timeless black and white look to it. Street photography is difficult as the scene is uncontrolled. You are not posing the subject, you and your camera are merely an observer and recorder. I would like to see the rest of the scene, what were they photographing?
Some street photography techniques I remember from years ago was to shoot with a wide angle lens and shooting from the hip (waist level). This takes some practice and a lot of exposures. Doing this with a small digital camera in your hand is ideal.
Martin,
They were photographing a restaurant grand opening. There were politicians and other dignitaries there, hence all the photographers. I'll post the scene that they were shooting next. Interesting that you mentioned shooting from the hip. That's what I did on that picture of the girl in my other post. I was curious as to whether or not a picture of the photographers would stand on its own.
Thanks,
Warren
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