The streets are alive| street photography photo blog

just for fun

and since it's all about me

picture by David Morgan

it's not about the camera

..it's about me

I already determined the camera never matters. 

Obviously what really matters is who’s holding it (and why. but that is a whole other issue).

And who could ever tell if the source of an image is digital or film?

New digital camera

Since digital SLR is beyond my budget I ended up with an SLR-type camera: Minolta Dimage A2.

I think it's going to be fun! :)

BTW, many thanks to everyone who  so kindly contributed to the process!

more about history

I write history as it ought to be written; simultaneously to the streets.

writing history

TO ME the real value of photography is its capacity to tell a genuine story of our days.

[our life as we know it] 

…or at least something as close to it as possible.

Romance 101

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Par-tay!!!

sunny days

You probably heard this kind -hearted advice sometime before;
“avoid shooting in midday sun!”
The motivation is no doubt the high contrast of bright highlights and hard-edged shadows created by the noon-time sun. (…and that’s a bad thing… right?)
Then they warmly suggest you move your subject into an area of shade (I would be very interested to see how someone moves an entire street scene to a shaded area)
They suggest you use a diffuser (what’s that?), a reflector (uh?), a polarizer (what?), a fill-flash and all the way down to the universal recommendation to simply forget about it all and stay home between 10 am and 4pm.

Well, well, I think it is just about the right time to abandon this myth!
And while we’re at it, let’s dump the old wives tale it's best shooting with the sun behind us!

Bottom line:
Shooting into the sun makes interesting silhouettes and midday sun produces downright contrast and dramatic shadows.

Downtown Los Angeles

Digital Camera?

I want to buy a new digital camera.  Any recommendations?

city texture

you can feel it now

 

on the move

About photographing On the Move.

Street photos are often formed on the move. Consequently, there will be no time to address the usual photography routines... very often even fOcUsIng can become an extravagance.

vote 2004