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Street photo from Berlin, taken July 2019
Street photo from Berlin, taken July 2019
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Location
This photo was taken in the Schöneberg district of Berlin in the summer of 2019. My family usually visits the EU every summer to see friends and show our children all the wonderful cities, of which Berlin is a favourite.Time
This was early afternoon on a warm summer's day in July.Lighting
I had only just bought my Sony a7iii and was just getting used to it. It has a reposition-able rear display that allowed me to do discreet street photography.Equipment
I used a Sony a7iii, a sigma adapter ring and a canon EF 24-105mm. I had not yet purchased lenses for my new Sony because I crossed over from Canon and all my glass was Canon at that point. The Sigma adapter did a reasonable job.Inspiration
Street photography is a huge area of interest for me. It's a bit like wildlife photography. You must be fast and discreet or you won't get anything good. I have been drawing since I was very young and have a background in painting, so my sense of composition is something I find I can rely on if I don't overthink things and just shoot instinctively, giving myself a few options in focal length to crop later.Editing
I wanted a slightly cross-processed look so I twiddled around in Lightroom a bit.In my camera bag
My walkabout equipment is now a Sony PZ 16mm-50mm which is a crop-sensor lens, so there's some vignetting and cropping of my full-frame sensor's image. The advantage of this on the light-framed Sony is it weighs almost nothing, is small and discreet but still has a decent range of focal lengths.Feedback
Keep your set-up simple and lightweight for street photos. Be respectful and discreet. Use your tilting rear-display if you have one, and try to get people with their guard down. Keep that ISO as low as you can keep it.
