The weapon of choice is a 35mm f1.4.
The rule, and the only one of the day: no looking through the view finder. Shoot from the hip, the chest and over the shoulder. Whatever.
The journey begins on Nanjing West Lu / Wujiang Lu toward Yongjia Lu / Shanxi South Lu under an innocuous drizzle….
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Adam Daniel Mezei
I love these! But I ask: do you find you have to do a lot of sifting and sorting at the end of the day? Or you’ve been very lucky with this stuff?
Sue Anne
Indeed! That’s the beauty (and evil) of the digital camera. 🙂
Kirk
this is interesting! gotta try this sometime .
but dammmmm.. 35/1.4!
Danny St
These are very cool shots, Sue Anne 🙂 I’ve always liked the perspective of shooting from the hip… add to that the thrill of shooting blind and getting that perfect frame 🙂
Sue Anne
Thanks Danny! Glad to hear you approve! It was a way to break out of the dreary style of actually framing, definitely a new perspectve! Have you tried much in Orchard Road?
Danny St
Oh I definitely have back when I was experimenting. I used an ultra wide lens (at 14mm I think) and tried to shoot as close to people as I could without bumping at them 🙂 You can check out the set here, in case ur interested http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannysantos/sets/72157607185167350/
Yeah, it really is a fresh break from the usual adrenaline rush of framing & shooting in the streets 🙂
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