From the hip, from the car, wide, tinted and above all
(Login vblank) Photography forum moderator Posted Jul 5, 2009 9:56 PM
so fresh! Incredible how the immediacy you achieve with your P&S impregnates these pictures with the smell of the street. Even if one tries to use a DSLR in a similarly direct way I believe the resulting pictures will still look more static compared to this most dynamic series.
I wonder what the gentleman in #4 thought when you were chasing the two ladies... Fortunately you caught his questioning glance too.
#1 is an inspired self-portrait. You won't believe it but it took me a while to realise that the depicted gentleman with the hat is you. It's so well done. And what a great, varied background.
#3 is a puzzling image. Somehow it is against my intuition that the surface of the balustrade can be seen. The shot seems to be taken from a fairly low angle, so it must be the perspective that leads me to this expectation. Maybe the footpath is slightly sloped? Anyway, not only the perspective but the light too is really special. There's a wonderful, blithe brightness speckled generously over the stones.
#15 is probably the most untypical shot of the series as it resembles more the static approach of a DSLR shot. We've already exchanged a couple of lines regarding your signature of "putting" cars in front of façades. I still like it a lot and find it has a great potential for variation. In this case the confrontation between the composed and soothing baroque façade on the one hand and the futuristic, cutting-edge taillight makes for a successful, playful contrast - an architect's pictorial comment on the play of shapes.
Finally, #17 is a gorgeous closing picture. I would love to have such a bench at close quarters where I could let my thoughts drift in the rhythm of the clouds. Same balustrade as in #3 I suppose. Well, that doesn't look really sloped. Hmm?
