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Circo Pitanga

Taken at Photokina 2017

Taken at Photokina 2017
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SONY SLT-A99

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Aperture f/2.5 ISO 50 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 50/1

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Feb, 2017

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Location

I took this photo at the Photokina Exhibition, the biggest photography trade fair in Germany.

Time

It was about 3 pm of a perfectly sunny, hot day.

Lighting

The sun was shining directly onto the two performers and created hard shadows, which I find, gives the subjects an interesting plasticity.

Equipment

I used the Sony Alpha 99 Mark Two with a Zeiss 50mm lens with max. aperture 1.4 I took the shot freehand.

Inspiration

At this trade fair, they always invite performers to give all the visiting photographers someting interesting to capture. I was actually running around the venture, emulating the master photographers Henri Cartier-Bressons footsteps by trying to capture unique decisive moments with a limited focal lenght of 50 mm. I tried to find an angle from which I could capture the performers without the trade fair surrounding, so I found an open corner and went as close to the ground as possible. From worm‘s-eye-perspective, I was able to watch the acrobatics as if I was alone with them.

Editing

I converted the picture to black and white and applied more contrast and a high-pass filter. There was a securing cord going through the frame just above the male artist, and I felt it was disturbing the symmetry, so I removed it with Photoshop.

In my camera bag

My personal camera is the Sony Alpha 7 Mark Two and I always carry my three lenses, an 18-75mm, a 90mm macro lens and the 70-200mm zoom lens with me. As I am taking a lot of pictures in the theater and this includes many lowlight situations, I always take my tiny manfrotto travel-tripod with me. More over, each one of my lenses has an UV-Filter on it for protection, and I also carry polarisation-filters around.

Feedback

It is always good to watch your surroundings and try out unusual perspectives and shooting angles. If you are shooting a subject that 100 other people are also capturing, then try to go into a position or angle, that nobody else has tried. This way you won‘t get an interchangable picture and you also might enjoy the alternative view onto the world, as it appears to you. Try to appreciate the look through the ocular as the chance to explore a new, limited universe and be curious of what this limitation has to offer for you.

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Circo Pitanga

Taken at Photokina 2017

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