Originally posted by steppenfuchs
Nick, I really like your stuff, especially the night time/snow ones...how do you shoot? From the hip? MF or AF? Focal lenght? Lens? It seems I always get busted, and wondering how you're doing it (and all the othes) with a big and noisy DSLR.
Thank you
Well, for street photography I've tried all the possible combinations with my cameras and lenses so there is no rule regarding focal length.
I always shoot with center point AF, focus and recompose. I'm using the OVF with the K-30, and the LCD with other cameras, usually at hip-level (but I don't shoot blindly).
About lenses, the DA 70 is nice for street portraits, the FA 43 is great for low-light conditions, and the DA 21 and DA 15 are the most fun to use because you have to get closer to your subjects
But lately what I'm using the most is the Ricoh GRD : small, black (my K-30 and K-01 are white), wide angle, and the snap focus feature is just great. Also it's pocketable so it's almost always with me.
About getting busted, my only "rule" is that the subject must not have noticed me
before pointing the camera to him, otherwise the shot is already ruined.
Then once you get the picture you have several options :
- Avoid eye contact with the subject and go away
- Give a smile and say "thanks"
- Or pretend you wanted to shoot something behind him and take another shot from a step aside so he won't ruin your shot this time
But most of the time people won't notice me or just don't care.