Street Photography

That Friday Feeling

Although I like my street photography in black and white (mostly), the X100 has it's own look when it comes to colour. I can't really describe it...it just is! I'm back to shooting JPEG again, which I wouldn't dream of doing on my DSLR's. The JPEG's look great straight out of camera, they write faster and the exposure on the X100 is so easy to get right that I don't get any benefit from shooting in raw. I might even get round to trying the Velvia and Astia film simulations. I have a tone of Wedding & portrait work to get through, but I'm going to have some free time coming up for shooting more street. Anyway... back to work.

Take The Red Pill

I saw the Blues Brothers and looked around to see if there was someone on the street that would tie in with their dress code and make an interesting photo. Nope, nobody on the street, but I was delighted when I looked in the shop and saw this guy. I waited 5 or 6 minutes for him to come out and was rewarded with this.

Was he attracted to the shop because of the similarity in his and The Blues Brothers headwear, or was it just coincidence? By the look on his face, you would think that he hadn't even noticed Mr Aykroid and Belushi until this moment when he's leaving the shop. You get these things in street photography a lot. How much stuff do we miss in day to day life? When you really switch your brain on, like you do shooting street, you start to see all these connections around you that happen a lot more than you'd expect. Grab your camera and head out on to the street. Take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes!