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Street photographers at Manhattan

Street photographers at Manhattan
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locationNew York, New York, US

upload_dateDec, 2018

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6 Comments |
jalan70 Ultimate
 
jalan70 December 16, 2018
Excellent B&W of life in the Big City --one of my favorite types of photos
snapshott PRO
 
snapshott January 20, 2019
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
snapshott PRO
 
snapshott January 20, 2019
love this photo, would love to hang with these two for a day
brendaglen PRO
 
brendaglen May 20, 2019
Absolutely wonderful! It makes me smile!
dongallion
 
dongallion June 03, 2019
Mr. Mendes, . . . . .
aj250gto
 
aj250gto June 17, 2020
Awesome photo!

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#human #person #shoe #apparel #footwear #clothing #machine #hat #photographers #street #New York #old school #vintage #manhattan #usa #photography #artist #posing #fun #smile
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this picture during one of my trips to NYC randomly from one of my walks in the city.

Time

An cloudy afternoon of september 2013 in the city of NYC. I love to play with the natural light there.

Lighting

I used daylight without flash

Equipment

This time, only my Fujifilm Finepix S 100 FS with Fujinon 14.3x Optical zoom lens

Inspiration

The inspiration of the moment. I walked past without daring to take the picture. 20 meters later I changed my mind and came back to them. Normally it's them who take pictures of tourists, it's their job, but I wanted to reverse the rules. I asked them if I could take a picture of them and when they hesitated, I took a dollar out of my pocket. We left in a big laugh and they accepted my proposal. I did not give them time to take a pose and I took a single photo, very quickly, to capture the natural expressions.

Editing

Black and white conversion. White balance and contrast

In my camera bag

I changed my camera, back to origin. Caméra: - Canon EOS 60D - Canon EOS 750D Lenses: - EF 28 1:2.8 - EF 35-70 1:35-4.5 A - EF 75-300 1:4-5.6 III - EF-S 15-85 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM - EF-S 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 IS STM - EF-S 18-135 1:3.5-5.6 IS Tripod: - Velbon SHERPA 400 + rotule PHD-65D (outside bag) - Rollei Compact Traveler Mini M1 (inside bag) Flash: - Godox Macro Ring Flash ML-150 - some lens filters - Cleaning material - some SD-Cards - extra batteries I know, it's a heavy bag, but i like to change lenses and more

Feedback

Have the courage to photograph people and dare to ask them. Do not take too much time for the poses, take the pictures the most unexpected time, make sure that people are relaxed, talk with them for a while and try to capture their eyes, their emotions. Above all, respect them and never put them in an unfavorable situation. If possible, use ambient light and not flash. It's my way of working, everyone does as he feels better Have fun!!

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