First Crack At Street Shooting....

laudrup · 11-27-2005

Hi Guy's,

I've been a member for a short time and have tinkered around with a yashica minister & cosmic 35, but haven't really done much street photography.

I've been looking for a rangefinder for a little while and bought a Zorki 4K which seems to be in really good working order and also got a turret finder, Jupiter 35mm f2.8 & 50mm f2. I spent most of today out in manchester shooting in the streets, mostly candid shots & architecture.

I'd previously been using a Canon T90 as my main camera which i felt comfortable using for landscapes but felt a bit self conscious when it came to taking it on the streets. I had an absolute hoot shooting with the Zorki. I got talking to quite a few people whilst i was out shooting and ended up wandering the streets for hours shooting graffiti, people, reflections & cool buildings. I had a great time it was awesome!

I know the russian camera's sometime seem to fall foul of poor quality control & often are unreliable but it seems to be in good order. I guess i'll find out once i pick up my films tomorrow. If they turn out well i'll post a few on here.

I just wish i'd got into street shooting sooner! Although i think today I was just lucky that no-one took objection to me taking their photo.

Does anyone have any tips or advice or perhaps know some good sites with info on street photography?

Cheers

Adam

Pherdinand · 11-27-2005

well even if they don't turn out well, seems you had a good time, and that's the most important, right?
but i guess they'll be alright, why would they not be.

www.in-public.com is an excellent site.

FPjohn · 11-27-2005

http://www.photoethnography.com/

Karen Nakamura

ClaremontPhoto · 11-28-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pherdinand

well even if they don't turn out well, seems you had a good time, and that's the most important, right?
but i guess they'll be alright, why would they not be.

www.in-public.com is an excellent site.

Excellent. Thank you.

lubitel · 11-28-2005

here is a site with some very usefull tips for street photography, such as how to overcome shyness and use the 16 rule, and others.

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/techniques/index.html

laudrup · 11-28-2005

thanks guy's.....thankfully it seems i managed to guess the shutter and aperture setting reasonably well. Had a few ropey one but on the whole was pretty pleased!

Thanks for the site's....i'll use the sunny 16 rule in future!

I'll also scan a few shots and post them later

Thanks again

Adam