sigma 14mm F2.8

Peter Blake

Peter Blake

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oh my. I love this lens. especially after getting a proper ff camera

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in #1 there was a softbox on a stand, outside one of the posh shops in Ginza, and a couple of blokes with Pocket Wizards, hovering around. presumably some great celeb was about to appear, and I had photobombed their little party. mr.Pointy Shoes was not amused....
 
you do have to get ridiculously close in, which I think is perhaps intimidating for people. when they see that huge spherical? front element eyeing them up. still...
 
technically, it's a street photo. had I used the 'street photographer's benchmark' - a Leica - no-one would have noticed, and that moment would have never come to fruition. it was only because I was clack clack clacking away with a giant DSLR, that they panicked and Pointy Shoes set about swatting the annoying tog.
 
do you mean shoot from the hip? I found that in the shot above for example, its tricky to ensure that everything is squared up
 
Peter Blake said:
oh my. I love this lens. especially after getting a proper ff camera

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in #1 there was a softbox on a stand, outside one of the posh shops in Ginza, and a couple of blokes with Pocket Wizards, hovering around. presumably some great celeb was about to appear, and I had photobombed their little party. mr.Pointy Shoes was not amused....
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In one & three it is obvious it was just lens envy :D. Well Jell as they say in Essex.
 
Peter Blake said:
do you mean shoot from the hip? I found that in the shot above for example, its tricky to ensure that everything is squared up
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Shoot from wherever is comfortable. We are talking about street, not architecture nor landscape where the moment rarely matters. With mostly static subject matter, you can use a tripod, take all the time you want to compose, use levels or grids, wait until the sun is at the perfect angle. That is the essence of contemplative photography. Street is the diametric opposite to contemplative—it is purely reactive.

Of course nothing is squared up—doing street, content is everything and nothing else is important. All the time in the world to square things up in processing. A large part of successful street technique is not calling attention to the camera.
 
Nice shot Peter, love the expression on the chaps face on the third image.
 
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