Tips for RF street shooting

[stuny]

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Car -

 

Central Park is HUGE, so thinking the Met Museum is on the park is almost like saying parliament is on the Themes. It's on 5th Avenue between 80th and 84th streets. Yes, it's that big. We've been members since 1988 and go on average once every 7 weeks. We have still not seen the entire permanent collection. If you go when it first opens it will be less crowded.

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[Guest guy_mancuso]

New York is a great town for the M8 . Get a little CV 15mm for the trip also . Fun lens

[grantray]

Car -

 

Central Park is HUGE, so thinking the Met Museum is on the park is almost like saying Parliament is on the Thames. It's on 5th Avenue between 80th and 84th streets. Yes, it's that big. We've been members since 1988 and go on average once every 7 weeks. We have still not seen the entire permanent collection. If you go when it first opens it will be less crowded.

 

Speaking of museums, MoMA is showing its Jeff Wall retrospective.

 

-grant

[Guest sirvine]

MoMA also had a great photography exhibit in the lobby (i.e., before you buy tickets) when I was there a few weeks back.

[sean_reid]

I wrote an article not so long ago about photographing strangers and it might be of interest to you.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[Artichoke]

or was the last time I visited

no flash or tripods, but otherwise no problems taking photographs which is not the case with many American museums

I don't know if MoMA allows photography of its collection

I know the Morgan Library does not, which is a shame as it is my favorite museum in NYC

[jjvornov]

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I agree J. That just does not seem like a wise thing to do here in your average Dutch city. But then again, some people get away with anything just because of the smile on their face. I think Joel Meyerowitz, apart from being a great photographer, might be just such a person. And NYC is definately different. There is so much more going on that one extra ninja style dressed photographer isn't going to be a problem.

 

Hans

 

That video has been an inspiration to me and I've watched it many times. His comments about acting like the street is a "stream" and going with the flow are priceless. To me, the key has been to be there in the scene and be aware to what's going on around you and reactions. It's being self conscious and furtive that make it impossible to be percieved as someone on the street taking photographs without ulterior motives. It's always the suspicion that you're trying to do something wrong or undesirable that provokes reaction in my experience. That's why the picture taking act has to be quick and spontaneous as it looks unstudied and non-threatening. A good way to practice is to move around on the street with camera out but not taking pictures and watch how people respond to you. Yes and smile and nod a lot.

 

[carcam]

It's funny, I always thought this kind of stuff would be old hat for the average leica shooter.

_mike

 

You're so right. It is old hat for the average Leica shooter but the M8 has ushered in a new crop of photographers coming from the digital arena. I'm sure it's good and bad- good for us newbies learning a well-honed skill from the RF guys; bad for the bulk of you having to suffer the wrath of these questions and pictures. I must say though that the people on this forum are incredibly skilled and helpful and I can't imagine enjoying this camera nearly as much without this resource.

[stuny]

Artichoke -

 

MoMA allows photos EXCEPT of some special exhibits. The building and permanent collection are fair game as you can see on the 1st page of our new York photogalleries. The Morgan Libraray (J. Pierpont Morgan Library) completed a major addition a few months ago and is better than you recall, with more of their collection our, and with special exhibit spaces. Photography is allowed for all but two rooms of their permanent collection, as you can see on the 3rd page of New York photos on our site. Unfortunately, they do not allow photos in JPM's study or the room displaying sheet music hand written by virtually every important Western composer since pre-baroque times.