Amsterdam Street Photography
run and gun shooting…..
This was a quick day excursion from a cruise I was doing from the UK, it stopped in port just for a few hours. Luckily the port is right at the heart of the city so you can walk to the centre.
It was a grey rainy day so I thought it would lend itself to mainly black & white photography. These were all very candid shots no waiting around, run and gun if you will, my wife’s patience is thin when we are on holiday so don’t like to spend too much time trying to get the perfect picture.
Amsterdam is definitely on my list to come back too, you could have a very good weekend here shooting street.
Portugal Holiday
honey I forgot the holiday snap!
Since I’ve become a Street Photographer holiday / travel photography has become a problem. Either I forget to take some holiday memory photos or I get home and only edit the street ones.
Portugal was just one holiday, we stayed close to a town (Lagos) which was very interesting and got my Street Photography juices flowing. Anyway just to say there were more street pictures than holiday snaps done.
I would definitely recommend a holiday on Portugal’s Algarve, fly into Faro and that whole beautiful coastline awaits. Logos is a great town easily to get to with a short train journey from the resort hotels.
Pride - London 2019
a fun day out
I always think catching pride day in London or Brighton is a Street Photographers dream day. So many photographic opportunities with so many happy, chilled excited subjects just happy to have their photo taken.
London Pride is perhaps the biggest but my recommendation if it was your first time would be to go to Brighton. The parade and the after party are all close in the centre of Brighton and easy to walk around.
This was my second time at London Pride, my first was an accident and didn’t realise it was on! This time I planned to go up, got a good position on the parade route and just shot photos. I must admit most of my favourite street photos come after the parade when everyone is enjoying themselves around the streets of London and some great candid photos can be taken.
My first outing in 2021
first shot in years…
Well I actually did it! After over a year of not doing any Street Photography I went out and done some. Only just over an hour and I didn’t really feel in the zone but baby steps.
I’m shooting now with an X pro 3 and a couple of lenses the 23mm and 50mm F2. This is new to me as I usually shot in the 40-50mm equivalent range. Anyway enough excuses, the photos are definitely not my best but they are a start and that’s better than not doing any.
The location is Southsea and Old Portsmouth.
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Barcelona!
it all began here….
It all Started here…..
Your street photography journey always starts somewhere, mine started on a trip to Barcelona. It was my first visit to the city which now it’s one of my favourites.
I was in a bit of a transitional period in my photography, I’d just sold all my Canon full frame gear and bought the Sony nex-7. Sony at that time didn’t have many lenses and to be honest the ones they did have were pretty poor. I took the 18-200 all purpose lens for travel photography, it was a big silver lens but took ok quality photos.
Walking around the city I was supposed to be taking photos of Guaudi architecture but I couldn’t but help to notice how chic the locals were. Now by then I’d been a hobbyist photographer for about 3 years taking mainly architectural and landscape stuff. So how did I start?
Well……I sat down on a bench in the park and with my zoom lens starting snapping locals. The rest of the trip I mainly took photos of locals and started my Street Photography journey.
How did you start?
The photos are nowhere near my best but everyone starts somewhere and Street Photography is a lot about gaining confidence. This is where I got my confidence, don’t be afraid to use a zoom to start with.
This where it started but there is much more to come…..
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