Street photography video

BC given your interest in street photography you may like to take a look at this.

http://www.wired.com/video/street-po...to/27609165001

Did you guess the lens he was using before he told you?

Thanks for that JR, interesting, you would think they all look the same against the same background, same camera and lens but he brings out a personality each time. Problem with this country is people tend to be so suspicious and more inhibeted to shy away from that sort of stuff, but I can imagine if you had the nerve to do it you would get a few takers.

Interesting he uses that 50mm, right up close, would have thought 85mm when i first saw it. That means getting out my 35mm...need a nerve. I find if i try and get people to pose they lose the original features of their face I wanted, with a few exceptions.

Wouldn't it be great to have a D3. Not the sort of thing you can put in a holiday bag but they are great looking cameras besides the results and flexibility they bring. Still kick myself now, a mint boxed factory refurbished in a cklosing down Jessops a few months ago at £1800. Just came too early, didn't even have the D300 and wasn't so 'into it'. What a chance missed.

The guy has a relaxed, friendly approach which must be a big asset. He must also have been helped by the obvious presence of the video crew. I cannot believe that he didn't get quite a number of refusals which he hasn't recorded and it all looks so easy peasy. Still don't think I would have the nerve to try it.

Some people are quite aggresive or dismissive, and some people don't mind, many are suspicious...I'm quite a big guy, I think people find that intimidating, and I don't look like a young hip good looking trendy student like Dan!

Fascinating video - thanks for sharing - some food for thought, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the guts for such things!

xx

That's a great vid JR!

So... let's see who's got the guts to go and try it