James: Earlier this month I took a "hip shot" while at a jazz
festival. I was walking back through the crowd to procure a bottle of
wine for us, and there was a photogenic couple that I shot with the SP
as I passed by. I haven't processed the film (APX 100) yet, but perhaps
I shall before this next weekend.
This next weekend my wife and I are going to Toronto to attend the Taste
of the Danforth (www.tasteofthedanforth.com), which will present photo
subjects galore. (We're taking the ferry from Rochester to T.O. to
boot, so that will present even more opportunities.)
From your experience (and that of others) do you have any additional
tips? I haven't done a lot of shooting using hyperfocal distance for
awhile, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to recover that skill quickly
enough. Any additional tips? Since this is basically a huge party
(attendance over 3 days will top a million), I don't think people will
be adverse to having lenses pointed at them.
I plan on taking the 35SP and an OM-1n (or perhaps a 2n) with the 28/2.8
or 28/3.5 and /maybe/ the 21/2. I need to travel very light, so unless
anyone has other suggestions, this is the kit. Hyperfocal focusing
should be pretty easy with the wides on the OM, and slightly more fussy
on the SP w/ it's perfect 42mm focal length. ;-)
Depending on conditions, I'll use APX 100 or Ilford XP2 Super, and for
colour either K64, Elitechrome 100 or perhaps a higher speed print
film. Since the festival stretches into late night, I'll take some high
speed b&w, too.
Earl
James Royall wrote:
>I think #12 is my favourite because of the expressions and her hand.
>I do like #1 and #8 also, but they were easier - find an background
>that's going to work and wait for someone to come along who goes well
>with it. You do still have to get the shot - I'm still kicking myself
>I missed a few good ones. With most of the other photos I was trying
>to capture the fleeting expressions of people reacting to each other,
>or just reacting to their situation. I had to give up trying to raise
>the camera to my eye to frame, as there isn't time. I just kept it at
>chest height and shot people as they passed by, or I passed by them.
>You can see from the viewpoint of the photos that it's below head
>height (I'm not 4 feet tall!). I got surprisingly good at framing
>without looking through the camera, though I think that a degree of
>randomness in the framing suits the subjects and I'm not a purist who
>doesn't crop. The other advantage of not raising the camera is that
>people didn't know I was taking a picture and so react to me - all
>the shots are taken at a max of 50mm and the majority at a focal
>length below (35mm perspective), so I had to get close - with #12
>(and about half of the others) I took it without breaking stride, as
>I would have had to stop right in front of them, no more than four
>feet away.
>
>Thanks to all for your positive feedback.
>
>James
>
>
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