Shooting from the hip
- Thread starter Jim Kuo
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Brian Moore
Moderator
You've caught her gaze very nicely, Jim.
Dan Cattermole
Dan Down - The Steampunk Womble
certainly paid off Jim,
Very well captured
Very well captured
Pete Askew
Admin
Very nice again Jim. It worked beautifully and captured her well. 250+ We're in for a busy evening then!! 
Davie Hudson
Well-Known Member
Tere is an attitude in this pic , a very well caught attitude .....nice
Rense Haveman
Well-Known Member
I like it!
Bryan Hunt
Well-Known Member
Very nice Jim looks like she is fed up with waiting for someone
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Sneaky bugger! LOL! Good shot.
Kev Pugh
Well-Known Member
Nice Jim, I really like shooting from the hip, Martin Parr encourages shoot it as a fly would see it. ie not using the OVF but hovering the camera high above as a method of getting unusual shot from unusual angles and being a bit edgy and experimental as well as getting into the mix of things....it can be a bit pappy but often works, it is also a good way of capturing images like this.well done,
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Man she looks pi$$ed-off Jim! 
Nicely done - I like the adventure of shooting blind, then having the discovery later when you review the shots.
So what nixed most of them - focus, getting the subject in frame???
Nicely done - I like the adventure of shooting blind, then having the discovery later when you review the shots.
So what nixed most of them - focus, getting the subject in frame???
Jim Kuo
The man in the hat
Luckily not at me!
Thanks Chris for the kind words.
Apart from the obvious composition issue (had to practice at home to get an idea of where my subjects should be), I have been using this setup when shooting from hip with the X100:
1. F8
2. focused at hyperfocal distance (roughly 3.31-3.40 m, one or two clicks after the 3m marker)
3. 1/250 (it was a sunny enough day)
4. auto ISO
5. Burst mode
6. Use the camera neck strap so I have a stable platform
As long as I wasn't moving rapidly (but the subjects could move at a "reasonable" speed), I was able to get subjects between a bit less than 2m and infinity acceptably sharp, and became more daring in getting closer and closer to my subjects.
Thanks Chris for the kind words.
Apart from the obvious composition issue (had to practice at home to get an idea of where my subjects should be), I have been using this setup when shooting from hip with the X100:
1. F8
2. focused at hyperfocal distance (roughly 3.31-3.40 m, one or two clicks after the 3m marker)
3. 1/250 (it was a sunny enough day)
4. auto ISO
5. Burst mode
6. Use the camera neck strap so I have a stable platform
As long as I wasn't moving rapidly (but the subjects could move at a "reasonable" speed), I was able to get subjects between a bit less than 2m and infinity acceptably sharp, and became more daring in getting closer and closer to my subjects.
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