NB23 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share #81 Posted April 22, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 Hi NB23, Take a look here Ned's Street Photography.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Steve Ricoh Posted April 22, 2016 Share #82 Posted April 22, 2016 Plenty going on here, but I particularly like the way the 3 central characters form a triangular pattern in silhouette. You clearly have a great 'compositional eye' for a photograph; many would walk on and miss the oportunity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share #83 Posted April 23, 2016 Plenty going on here, but I particularly like the way the 3 central characters form a triangular pattern in silhouette. You clearly have a great 'compositional eye' for a photograph; many would walk on and miss the oportunity. Thanks Steve! Yeah, when a scene reaches its peak I feel a buzz that pushes me to take the picture. Unfortunately, a peak lasts 1/10 of a second. If you see it and bring your camera to your eye, it's gone forever. The worst feeling is looking at a perfect scene unfolding and knowing that bringing the camera to your eye is a useless act becsuse the brautiful moment will vanish as you're watching. Being ready is all what it is about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted April 23, 2016 Share #84 Posted April 23, 2016 Ned you're so right, I often miss the action for the reasons mentioned, but sometimes I can honestly blame the electronic camera, the damn thing goes asleep just at the inappropriate moment (I have extended the sleep time). Often thought how good it would be with film camera, always on and ready, assuming the obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share #85 Posted April 24, 2016 Ned you're so right, I often miss the action for the reasons mentioned, but sometimes I can honestly blame the electronic camera, the damn thing goes asleep just at the inappropriate moment (I have extended the sleep time). Often thought how good it would be with film camera, always on and ready, assuming the obvious. But another real problem is that all the best shots always seem to happen around the 34th-39th frames, with the last 2 usually being spectacular and yet impossible to capture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoph_d Posted April 25, 2016 Share #86 Posted April 25, 2016 ... with the last 2 usually being spectacular and yet impossible to capture. That's very recognizable! I like your (most of) the pictures, well done. Rgds C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted April 27, 2016 Share #87 Posted April 27, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) But another real problem [with a defective M240] ...the last 2 usually being spectacular and yet impossible to capture. This is my current situation, M240 records shots ok, fires a blank now and again. Always misfires for the once in a lifetime 'Magnum standard' photo opportunity, just like the fish that got away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share #88 Posted April 27, 2016 This is my current situation, M240 records shots ok, fires a blank now and again. Always misfires for the once in a lifetime 'Magnum standard' photo opportunity, just like the fish that got away. Apparently Kodak was manufacturing special films for Magnum membera. They were 12 exposure rolls but clearly numbered from 38 to 50. That's where the masterpieces were all shot. Leica followed with the special edition "-P" cameras. Those models write all the files on the card. ALL of them! Unlike the regular models (ala m240) that decides when and when not to write the data. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve Ricoh Posted April 28, 2016 Share #90 Posted April 28, 2016 I'm glad we're back to photos (my fault for the side-track); I rather like this, again the decisive moment captured well; you must have a sixth sense, or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share #91 Posted April 28, 2016 I'm glad we're back to photos (my fault for the side-track); I rather like this, again the decisive moment captured well; you must have a sixth sense, or something. When I'm out specifically for street shooting I'm after these specific moments. Being ready and aware helps a lot. For this image, I liked the light and I was ready to catch the people walking into my setup. As they got closer, I raised my camera and waited fir a second or two. The lady yawned at the right moment and the alarm went on. Everything fell in place. Earlier I tried to exaplain what happens in my head when I look at a scene in which everything works during a millisecond; when the forms, the light, the people, their expressions, the angle and the composition all fall exactly ehere they should. There is that peak, that serendipity, maybe should be called visualy symphony. When I see it build up in my viewfinder, there is that sudden alarm that rings loudly, that sudden adrenaline rush that I feel in my brain that makes me push the shutter. The moment in question quickly rises and falls apart. But that millisecond where everything is magically hanging is so special. I think we all can relate to this. That's what keeps me shooting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted April 28, 2016 Share #92 Posted April 28, 2016 I don’t do this kind of people photography but I enjoy good examples of it. I like your idea of the visual symphony when everything comes together and the photographer manages to create that moment of magic. There are many such moments in this thread. Thank you for sharing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted April 30, 2016 Share #93 Posted April 30, 2016 Love all the moody & quirky frames. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malabito Posted April 30, 2016 Share #95 Posted April 30, 2016 NB23, great street pictures. I lived in Brazil and some bring very nice memories. Do you have a blog or website to follow? Very nice pictures, much better then the typical waiting on a wall for people to pass photo that plagues street photography. Thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted April 30, 2016 Share #96 Posted April 30, 2016 Cracking shots, Ned! I agree with Malabito, your work is up there with the best! PS Did you use 'f8 and be there' for these and for the rest of the shots, ie using the camera as a point and shoot ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share #97 Posted April 30, 2016 I don’t do this kind of people photography but I enjoy good examples of it. I like your idea of the visual symphony when everything comes together and the photographer manages to create that moment of magic. There are many such moments in this thread. Thank you for sharing them. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share #98 Posted April 30, 2016 Love all the moody & quirky frames. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share #99 Posted April 30, 2016 NB23, great street pictures. I lived in Brazil and some bring very nice memories. Do you have a blog or website to follow? Very nice pictures, much better then the typical waiting on a wall for people to pass photo that plagues street photography. Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the kind words. I loved Brazil. It was one of my dreams to visit Rio and its famous Carnaval. Waowww!! Was a crazy experience! I don't have a website. Instagram and Facebook is where I post these days but it's all nonchalant. I'm presently consolidating all my photographic work as I think it is ripe for the next step. I am wet printing ALL my best B&W work (fiber 5x7, then 8x10, then 11x14, 16x20 and 20x24) and scanning ALL my negatives (B&W and Color). When all will comprehensively compiled I will publish a few books categorized as the Balkans, the Tropics, North america, Winter... something as such. I've been printing for the past 5 years and frankly it's become a huge mess. I don't know where to store the piles of boxes filled with high quality archival prints, anymore. I can't even move them an inch. And opening any box is a venture I'm not willing to take. It necessitates a whole empty room just to surf through them and put them back in the box (I'm talking about 20x24 fb prints). And the curls! Makes me go mad. So I've decided that these prints that will probably never see the light of day anymore are there to support the scans and the future books. After all, the idea of shooting film is to have prints and the negatives to backup the images, to validate them. Still, it's all so fun. In a few more years I'll be able to sit down and say "Voila, it's all done". And then start a new photo project from fresh. And I agree with your view about street photography in general. I think you've been very nice, though. My point of view about it is much harsher. In general, I find it uninspired and uninspiring. For example, shooting posters/graffittis/ads with people walking next to them is really bad practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share #100 Posted April 30, 2016 Cracking shots, Ned! I agree with Malabito, your work is up there with the best! PS Did you use 'f8 and be there' for these and for the rest of the shots, ie using the camera as a point and shoot ? I don't know if malabito said that but thanks I always try to shoot as freely as that but it's not in my habit. I can't break my habit of always having to focus on my subject. It often makes me lose a bit of tempo and momentum. Focusing is a pet peeve of mine. But on some other days I'm liberated from my pet peeve and shoot more losely, aiming only for the moment. I'd say that 90% of the time I compose, then focus, then wait for the moment. Often it all happens at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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