Post by: Ivo_B on July 07, 2018, 01:57:50 pm
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/917/42541885464_c4c1ac82c6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27PhhpS)Antwerp (https://flic.kr/p/27PhhpS) by Ivo Bogaerts (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivophoto/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/43211148452_35d82dcf3e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28QqqYU)Antwerp (https://flic.kr/p/28QqqYU) by Ivo Bogaerts (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivophoto/), on Flickr
Post by: Two23 on July 07, 2018, 06:35:48 pm
Kent in SD
Post by: drmike on July 08, 2018, 02:57:18 am
I'd be curious to know if the first one was 'shot from the hip' or you got down low and used a viewfinder.
Mike
Post by: stamper on July 08, 2018, 03:40:27 am
Post by: Ivophoto on July 08, 2018, 03:47:47 am
Each of these seems to have benefited from some thought being given to the composition. So many good photographers seem to go onto the street and forget to use their compositional skills or maybe I'm just being unkind.
I'd be curious to know if the first one was 'shot from the hip' or you got down low and used a viewfinder.
Mike
You are not unkind, Mike. You’re observations are correct. Even worse, lots of peoples with a camera go on the street and shoot around. Result in no interaction, no composition, no plan behind light, color, graphic etc etc. Shooting in the back, terrasse photography, museum visitors as subject, street performers are subject, disabled or poor, etc etc. That’s why I call them people with a camera and not ‘photographer’. It takes a bit more than owning a camera and running lightroom on a Mac.
Ok, this is unkind, I guess.
🤫🤫🤭🤭
Post by: Ivophoto on July 08, 2018, 03:57:54 am
I'd be curious to know if the first one was 'shot from the hip' or you got down low and used a viewfinder.
Mike
I do this kind of shooting with my GR. It is already for years my favorite street camera. I owned the digital II, IV and recently I picked up a GRII for half the price.
I didn’t do a lot street the last years because my actual interest is documenting ‘today’
I have a way of walking with this little camera, I use it with a strap around my neck, sometimes I raise the camera, sometime just from the chest. Depending the situation. It doesn’t matter. One thing that matters is walking the street in the good direction with the light in the faces of the peoples, especially in harsh light.
The rest is interception and keeping eyes open.
Post by: Rayyan on July 08, 2018, 07:08:26 am
Post by: Ivo_B on July 08, 2018, 11:23:20 am
Very expressive images.
Tx Rayyan
Post by: Two23 on July 08, 2018, 12:38:04 pm
Kent in SD
Post by: Telecaster on July 08, 2018, 03:19:20 pm
-Dave-
Post by: Ivophoto on July 08, 2018, 04:01:42 pm
#3 looks like an Allen (Bourgeois) photo. This is a compliment! Haven't seen Allen around in a long time…
-Dave-
I had to Google, tx for the compliment.
Post by: drmike on July 14, 2018, 03:21:44 am
You are not unkind, Mike. You’re observations are correct. Even worse, lots of peoples with a camera go on the street and shoot around. Result in no interaction, no composition, no plan behind light, color, graphic etc etc. Shooting in the back, terrasse photography, museum visitors as subject, street performers are subject, disabled or poor, etc etc. That’s why I call them people with a camera and not ‘photographer’. It takes a bit more than owning a camera and running lightroom on a Mac.
Ok, this is unkind, I guess.
Hi Ivo - I missed your replies as I visit less frequently these days.
I think I can sympathise with your 'people with a camera' idea. but street is hard and we all have our own ideas.
Mike
Post by: drmike on July 14, 2018, 03:22:24 am
#3 looks like an Allen (Bourgeois) photo. This is a compliment! Haven't seen Allen around in a long time…
-Dave-
airfrogmusic (https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123460&page=125) is Allen and I think he's good as well.
Mike
Post by: Ivo_B on July 14, 2018, 03:37:27 am
Hi Ivo - I missed your replies as I visit less frequently these days.
I think I can sympathise with your 'people with a camera' idea. but street is hard and we all have our own ideas.
Mike
I can not agree more, Mike.
Post by: Telecaster on July 14, 2018, 04:36:31 pm
airfrogmusic (https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123460&page=125) is Allen and I think he's good as well.
Thanks for this. Hadn't visited Rangefinderforum in ages.
-Dave-
Post by: drmike on July 14, 2018, 05:13:56 pm
Thanks for this. Hadn't visited Rangefinderforum in ages.
-Dave-
With notable exceptions it's not a very rewarding place to visit.
I still mourn the passing of PhotoSIG.