I appreciate all the comments that have been made on this little gallery. I believe that some of Shel's comments stem from the fact that at each of our PDML gatherings, we try to focus on a specific type of photography. This particular one was to focus on the genre of 'street', as it were. As I said, many of us were out of our element and trying to learn about this. If nothing else, it gives each of us some exposure to new things.
Not only is shooting this style new for me, but even recognizing good and bad scenes during the shoot time and after. I ended up having my daughter, Erin, go through my stuff to give me some idea of what might be worth showing. In the spirit of further learning, I am submitting one more that Erin said I should, but I didn't. It should be noted that one of the techniques that Godfrey told us about was prefocusing to about 7 feet and then leaving the camera set to AV with about +.5 compensation. Along with that, shooting about 24mm focal length to give some working room. That way, you could be ready for a fast changing scene, without having to even bring the camera to your eye to compose. This shot was done in that manner. In fact, just as we stopped walking for a moment, I just put the camera over my shoulder and pressed the shutter - wasn't even fully aware of the scene behind me. Any thoughts? Certainly I am prepared to be blasted... http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/NorCalSF/norcalpdml_sf_007-1bw.htm -- Bruce Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 6:54:26 AM, you wrote: GD> Heya Bruce! >> I have gathered together a little gallery of my street attempts at >> our recent outing. >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/NorCalSF/index.htm GD> Of these photos, the one that I find most compelling is the GD> photograph in the restaurant, and behind that the drummer/singer. I GD> think your discomfort and unfamiliarity with large cities shows ... GD> the rest are more cityscape than street work. While a couple are GD> decent photos, overall this set doesn't happen to be particularly GD> compelling. GD> Nothing wrong with that. What I learned again that day is how hard it GD> is for me to concentrate on seeing when I'm enjoying the company and GD> conversation of friends. I've been too busy to get my picks of the GD> day's shots up as yet (mayhap tonight I can put some time into GD> that...) but I know from scanning the thumbnails that there are GD> precious few that I'm happy with in the set, and I posted one of them GD> already. GD> To get into the flow of this genre, you have to revisit the street GD> over and over, become one with it, feel the moods and movements. I do GD> this best alone, become a watcher and a participant. It's quite a GD> curious change of mind when it starts to talk to you. GD> best, GD> Godfrey
