I shot this as I was setting up for the “Ghosts in the City” shot. I had the tripod all set, almost ready to go when this guy came wandering over for a look. So I took some shots of him. I had to up the ISO a bit to get him to stay still, but it came out ok.
Category Archives: Street Shots
I’m James…
This is a sign on the front of a local bank branch in Brisbane, I was waiting for a friend to make a deposit inside, waiting for someone interesting to be James 
This couple came out of the branch about the same time as my friend, so I quickly snapped them. Its got a little more motion blur than I would like…but thats life I guess!
Almost time to get myself an AF prime for this sorta stuff i think, just have to convince my fiance. I’m sure she will go for it! haha
Heading Down The Mall
A panning shot of a speedy walker 
Took the DSLR out for some street shots yesterday instead of the little Canon. IQ difference is really something else, lol
Canon is super grainy at ISO 200, this shot at ISO 800 is way better.
Taken with the Pentax K200D and Pentax M 28mm f2.8 at f11, using zone focus method for focusing.
Trudging
Another street shot from yesterday, taken from the hip with the Canon Powershot A590 IS running CHDK, shot in RAW. Was taken at 5.8mm (35mm @ 35mm equivalent), ISO 200, f3.5, 1/500″.
I have discovered that the Manual Focus option gets reset as soon as the display goes blank on this camera, will try to work that out…
Today I think I will take the DSLR out for some street shots, provided the rain holds off. I will take the 28mm prime, set to hyperfocal and see what I can come up with.
Processing was the same as the shot I posted last night – Hold On To Your Hat
Hold On To Your Hat
Another from the hip street shot with the Canon Powershot A590 IS point and shoot. This one was taken at 5.8mm (35mm @ 35mm equivalent), ISO 200, f3.5, 1/800″
Went for a walk down to the Queen St Mall at lunchtime to get some shots, this is one I got on the way. Managed to get a couple of others were decent too.
I even managed to get EXIF on this one! Processed as follows:
- Copied RAWs + JPGs off camera
- Converted to DNG with DNG for Powershot 2
- Imported DNGs to Lightroom 2.5
- Edited in Lightroom 2.5 (contrast, exposure, noise reduction, greyscale)
- Exported to JPG for Web
Back to Work With You & Some Tips
Here is the first of a few upcoming street shots taken with the Canon Powershot A590 IS point and shoot digital, running the CHDK software. I am going to try and get my confidence up shooting street with this little camera, before I try getting out with the wider lenses using the DSLR.
I shot this from the hip, using hyperfocal distance and Av (aperture priority mode). The shot lost its EXIF in the RAW conversion (CHDK generates unsupported RAW files) but was taken at 5.8mm (35mm @ 35mm equivalent), ISO 125, f6.3 and 1/60″
By the way, if you want a great read on street photography, check out this fantastic post by “Street Vision”, an LA street photographer.