2nd Street Attempt / First Speedlight attempt

19-12-2009 2:40pm #1

all advice, guidance, comments etc welcome:
Big thanks for Chorcai for the lend of the flash

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Riamfada · 19-12-2009 2:42pm

everyone in those photos look full of christmas cheer

Rb · 19-12-2009 2:58pm

They're not doing anything for me I'm afraid, I don't think the b&w conversion does anything for them either.

No.2 is the best but it's not focused on her face.

Chorcai · 19-12-2009 3:09pm

We were having issues with the flash last night, IIRC the flash forces the camera to 1/200/sec.. that is the sync speed yea ?

19-12-2009 3:10pm

Yeah, it kept dropping the shutter speed to 1/200

charybdis · 19-12-2009 3:36pm

1/200 is probably the maximum shutter speed your camera can sync at, I can't imagine why you'd need to shoot at a faster shutter speed for street photography, particularly with flash.

DK32 · 19-12-2009 3:44pm

I'm not a big fan of street pictures where people are looking at the camera. Much prefer the very candid shots of people going about their business, enjoying life etc...
Good effort though and fair play to you for heading out in the crowd with your camera

19-12-2009 3:56pm

DK32 wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of street pictures where people are looking at the camera. Much prefer the very candid shots of people going out their business, enjoying life etc...
Good effort though and fair play to you for heading out in the crowd with your camera

Prefer something like this?

PCPhoto · 19-12-2009 4:03pm

if its really dark dont be afraid to lower the shutter speed - allowing more light in, I've handheld 1/15th sec and gotten excellent pics.(with flash)

Chorcai · 19-12-2009 4:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Prefer something like this?

That worked out well.

DK32 · 19-12-2009 7:18pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Prefer something like this?

Now that's what I interpret as a street photo. There is a lot going on in it and nobody is conscious of the camera being there.
Congrats!

19-12-2009 8:08pm

DK32 wrote: »

Now that's what I interpret as a street photo. There is a lot going on in it and nobody is conscious of the camera being there.
Congrats!

Ha, posed photo. Got the girls to model for us.
The others weren't posed photos.

DK32 · 20-12-2009 1:49am

Well posed obviously is working well for you (IMO)

KarmaGarda · 20-12-2009 2:25am

Deleted User wrote: »

Prefer something like this?

Well, posed or not it's a good shot! Nicely done. Hope you got the middle girls number too

Chorcai · 20-12-2009 4:47am

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Ha, posed photo. Got the girls to model for us.
The others weren't posed photos.

Looking forward to seeing the other stuff we did.

WedPhoto · 20-12-2009 6:46pm

all the b&w stuff looks very soft. not enough detail. my guess is that they were all a bit underexposed and you managed to pull some data back in post processing?

Ricky91t · 20-12-2009 6:52pm

I don't see why someone would want to use a flash on the street..For one thing it would be highly annoying for the people on the street,It easily draws attention to you and surely a 35mm or 50mm f/1.8 and using street light would be better?

AnCatDubh · 20-12-2009 9:51pm

I'm not sure the conversions do the biz on these.

In #1, I'd pop the mid tones a little, add a tinchy bit of black, and bring out the highlight a little. Having done that I'd still be a little dubious as to the scene.

In #2, this is the kind of shadow that I personally don't like which is a pity coz she's a purty lady. Mind you wrapped up so well that it would have been hard to get a clear street portrait. Again doesn't do very much for me.

I'm liking #3, I'd still pop the highlights up a little (just a little), the eliminate the greyness from the skin tones. The lights and general brightness of the scene has left for some nice contrast in this image.

In #4 (and #2 now that i think about it), the feet are missing. This can be distracting in any portrait, you can get away chopping off legs and arms but you need to avoid crops which are directly at joints. It's not bad in my opinion but in such busy circumstances you have done well to get it at all.

I was on grafton street on Saturday afternoon, with camera and I didn't take it out of the case. You couldn't move so I decided to enjoy the hustle and bustle ambiance.

There is a particular style which comes though in #3 which I think is making a great street shot - there is engagement at a level where the subject looks like they at least see/acknowledge your presence. Having said that I would imagine that this can be hard to get right and with any deal of consistency. In fact you may have to stage something to get that 'look' - a pre-flash, a call, etc...

Just my opinion but a bit of a mixed bag in this bunch for me.

2nd Street Attempt / First Speedlight attempt

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