What Survived the Walk | black and white street photography field note
5d 13h ago by lemmy.world/u/streetsoul in photography
Sharing this as a field note rather than a tutorial.
One walk, a lot of weak frames, hard light, bad corners, and the few photographs that survived the edit.
The part I’m interested in is not the heroic idea of “getting the shot”, but the dull, useful work before it: walking, missing, looking again, and cutting most of it away.
Video: https://youtu.be/v-AXCoQT0eA
I would watch a longer version of this. Very cool.
I find this interesting, because you have such a different shooting style than I have — I don't think you ever really stood still for more than a second, it was more like you had somewhere to be and taking the pictures just happened to coincide with that.
Also, I personally wouldn't be comfortable getting such close, in-their-face shots of people. Are they generally OK with it? What if they aren't? How do you deal with all that? (Genuinely curious, I love the result).
Of course it helps that you're walking around with a compact, not a full frame with some hefty lens sticking out, but still.
Either way, interesting video!