Hot
It is getting too hot here, and it seems like we have jumped straight from winter in to mid-summer.
Portal
Street art, Barcelona.
Fling
Dynamic hair…
Melons
Fruit stand with giant melons (well, sandías), Carrer de la Riera Alta, Barcelona.
Not Quite Jerusalem
Disconcertingly cheerful butcher’s delivery alongside a meat carcass, Carrer de Jerusalem (La Boqueria), Barcelona.
Street Photography: Different Cameras, Different Styles
This post describes the cameras that we [or at least one of us – the other is an innocent accomplice – ed] use for Street Photography and the characteristics of each. In street photography, the camera you use is at least as important for the relationship to the subject and your ability to use it fluidly and transparently as it is to image quality. Camera choice is a very personal and subjective topic, and so this is going to be a very subjective post. Currently we use three different cameras: […]
Smoke
Two women chatting and smoking near the Boqueria, Carrer de la Petxina, Barcelona. One of the odd things about photographing Barcelona is how similar some of these images are to those taken in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Speed
Depending on your perspective, a sport, an art-form or the scourge of the streets (particularly at 1am, when the boards make an incredibly loud sound that seems to resonate between the buildings). Joaquin Costa, Barcelona.
Commuters
School run with bicycle and greyhound. Carrer Ferlandina, Barcelona.
20 Minutes
Early morning workers waiting for a delivery, La Rambla, Barcelona.
Crisis?
Posters for the anarcho-syndicalist CNT alongside a shopper, Barcelona. Spain still retains an odd tension between a strong grass-roots socialist perspective and increasingly right-wing parties, such as the current PP – a direct descendent of Franco’s fascist regime.
Balance
Carrer de la Riera Alta, Barcelona.
Space Hair
So who was she? The lady with the funny name and the space hair. An old friend of mine. What, like an ex?
35mm Equivalence and Street Photography
I have uploaded a short technical article on 35mm equivalence for APSC, micro-4/3 and compact cameras. The article explains why there is no inherent advantage to using a large camera for street photography when shooting stopped down (for example, when using zone-focussing). Click this link or image above to read more…
School Days
Reluctant morning commuters, Carrer de la Canuda, Barcelona.
Italy
A small set of images taken in Milan and Lecco from a few days spent in Italy. All were taken with the Ricoh GR using manual focus. I think that these have a very different feel to the street photographs from Barcelona – although I am not certain if this is due to the subjects or the photographer…
Transient Eye 