Of course a spectacular picture isn't just made by a lens, it's the setup too:
Tell me that's not insane?
Well, now that's off my chest, today Suhey and I ventured around Downtown Miami in search of some street photography. The last time we did this was about five or six years ago, so we revisited for old times sake. I think this time I took much better pictures. Here are some:
Like with most things in life, shooting the street is all about timing. For those two shots above, there's several that I missed. You just have to keep going I guess and remember to shoot first and ask questions later. I'll eventually get over my issue with photographing people. In this day of identity stealing, it seems that more folks are concerned with not being photographed. So what's a photographer to do? Put on a telephoto lens and shoot them from where they can't see! :)
Click here to view all the shots from that day.
I've also got to plug this AMAZING Thai place we ate at. It's called Thai Churo and it's near the Government Center in Downtown Miami. It's a hole in the wall. But everyone know's that's where to get the best meals, right? It's got excellent food and a awesomely friendly staff that waits on you hand and foot. Their red curry was the bomb! And for dessert we had this sticky rice with coconut sauce and mango. Mmm...makes me hungry just thinking about it! This is from the entrance to thier shop:
In other news, I did some more experimenting with HDR this week. With this picture of the 812 that I ride home in the evenings:
No tripod on this one, but the images were close enough together for Photoshop to recognize and realign them. Getting the shots taken was a bit of a pain. One of the complaints I have about the Nikon D60 is it's lack of exposure bracketing. While you can do this yourself, having to press buttons and finagle the camera increases the chances the shots you take aren't going to be similar enough. Oh, and setting the exposure compensation is a pain too. But that's what you get from a entry-level SLR. I only wish I'd had the money to spend on a D300!
That's it for this week. I'd say it was quite productive photographically, even if it was at the expense of sleep. I leave you with a great little Youtube tutorial from photographer Joe McNally who offers a nice tip for holing the camera. This is a trick for all you left-eye focusers our there. All the right eyes (like myself) can do this too. How do I do it? I look through my left and keep both eyes open (I can only close my left eye). That's a little trick I learned during a short time when I was a videographer for weddings. If you shoot with both eyes open, you maintain a better awareness of your surroundings and can easily adjust if you see something more cool happening somewhere else. It's a little disorienting at first, but becomes more natural with time.
OK, enough yapping from me. Now I present Mr. McNally:
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