Baltimore

[The_Traveler]

 

[D-B-J]

Really nice exposure control. I like it.


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[The_Traveler]

Thanks, not too difficult with overcast day.
The difference between inside and outside can be managed easily in a raw file.
For me, having the inside look 'right' and the outside less distinct was important.
1/60 at f.5.6 at 70 mm equivalent focal length
I focussed and exposed on the guy semi-facing the camera.

 

[Warhorse]

Just out of curiosity Lew, what type of camera did you use here, SLR?

 

[The_Traveler]

Olympus OMD 5 and Panasonic 12-35 lens, imo, an absolutely terrific camera for street shooting; the combination is small, light and inconspicuous.

 

[Warhorse]

Great picture, and thanks for the info on what you shoot "street" with.

 

[The_Traveler]

After years of shooting with a Nikon FF, that I dearly loved, I got past the worshipping of ultimate IQ and big technology.
I can shoot quicker and in relative obscurity with this little camera.
And damn nice color and detail with great VR.


All of these below were shot with a little camera in circumstances where a big camera would have been noticed and affect the scene. (Lew Lorton Photography | Street/Photojournalism)

 

[Robin Usagani]

Correct me if I am wrong. Did you shoot this using live view? Meaning.. you didnt put your eye trough the view finder? I tried to do some street shooting in Vegas and I was not good at it unless I used a long lens and shoot from farther away. I felt uncomfortable shooting strangers with short lenses and most of the time they know you are shooting them.

 

[runnah]

I don't get the problem part.

 

[The_Traveler]

This is where technique is important.
If I see a good shot is available, I frame the scene in my head - no camera yet.
Make any changes to exposure and ec with the camera at my waist, no looking
Then raise the camera and, as soon as I can see through the viewfinder, press the shutter and drop the camera again.
With a small light dark camera this works.
By the time the subject senses the motion and refocuses on me to see what I'm doing, the camera is down at my waist and they haven't seen it pointing at them.
Big camera, big lens just won't work in this situation.

This is the original shot. I have some excess at the left and I was lucky at the right.
This was meant to be a BW shot because the colors on the outside were distracting, especilly that red line on the building.

 

[The_Traveler]

Oh, and if I need to adjust focal length, I turn my back and do the framing on something else, another person at the same distance.

 

[The_Traveler]

I don't get the problem part.

Baltimore is a hugely divided city.
Johns Hopkins University and a couple of other schools are in the center of the city and their population is mainly white, some Asian and the expected proportion of educated African-Americans.
Not too many of these people actually live in the city.
The central city population is largely lower income whites in specific neighborhoods, lower income Hispanics in their neighborhoods and African Americans in their neighborhoods.

There is a stark and painful contrast between the school and hospital populations and the locals and there is too little mingling.
This is the neigborhood adjoining Maryland Institue College of Art where the artsy crowd intersects with low income, mainly African American locals. I've been in this cafe, Red Emma's, many times and have never seen a local person of color in there.

 

[pixmedic]

I don't get the problem part.

kid has his feet up on the chair..

 

[charlie76]

Nice exposure....but it's a pretty far reach to make a social statement with the elements

 

[runnah]

Baltimore is a hugely divided city. Johns Hopkins University and a couple of other schools are in the center of the city and their population is mainly white, some Asian and the expected proportion of educated African-Americans. Not too many of these people actually live in the city. The central city population is largely lower income whites in specific neighborhoods, lower income Hispanics in their neighborhoods and African Americans in their neighborhoods. There is a stark and painful contrast between the school and hospital populations and the locals and there is too little mingling. This is the neigborhood adjoining Maryland Institue College of Art where the artsy crowd intersects with low income, mainly African American locals. I've been in this cafe, Red Emma's, many times and have never seen a local person of color in there.

Ok that makes sense. The few times I've been downtown I have noticed the contrast.

I do like the photo for what it is, but the meaning didn't jump right out at me. Perhaps if I knew the area better.