le Joueur de Banjo (The Banjo Player)
Sep, 2015Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This was taken in Times Square New York at the "Best of France" event.Time
This was taken in the mid afternoon.Lighting
The sun had been hidden behind the clouds, making the day rather gray.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon 60D, 18-135 mm lens, f/5.6, in manual mode. This was a handheld shot, no tripod or flash.Inspiration
I am fascinated by the human hand in photography, the way the camera is able to capture in great detail the story of a person's experience from the lines, wrinkles, bumps and bruises that make up the landscape of each individual hand. I wanted to capture them in motion as they finger picked this banjo.Editing
This was one of my first photos that I actually experimented with black and white, I wanted to bring to life what I saw in my minds eye before I took the photo. I put this photograph in photoshop and removed all the color, even though there wasn't much to begin with, I them experimented until I got the perfect composition; once that was done, I increased the clarity to being out the texture of his hands.In my camera bag
When I had taken this photo, I had only just recently begun doing photography, all I had was my Canon 60D with its 18-135mm lens; I now take with me my Canon 24-105mm macro lens, lens hood, JOBY gorillapod tripod, several filters, wireless shutter release and lens cleaning tools.Feedback
For a shot like this I advise patience, and to be as unobtrusive as possible; people tend to tense up when they realize they are being photographed, or worse yet, they begin to pose. I wanted capture him doing what he was doing without feeling like he had to perform.
