Old man on a bench
Checking out his CD purchase.
Shot in Queen St Mall while waiting for the remainder of the flickr crew.
Taken during Day #2 of the Xenedis Visit Brisbanites Flickr Meetup weekend.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 25th March 2007, This photo: 11:28am
I walked straight past all you guys while you were standing there. So wished i could have met up with you all later that day.
Great candid. Also wish i could just take photos of randoms in the street.
Quite ironic really. I had my mobile on me, so a quick call would have found us.
I don't do too much shooting of strangers either, something I want to do more of, but it's just not that easy to point a camera at someone, it would seem. I have a few more candids on the roll of film I need to get developed (200mm lens helps a bit in that respect).
Sam: I recall you mentioning you saw a bunch of people and a white lens. That was us.
Dave: Definitely get yourself a nice tele. I solidly recommend the 135/2L. Might bring mine next time. It's a stellar lens, and the one of the cheapest L lenses on the market. People photography can be so rewarding when you capture a fantastic expression, or the essence of a person's character.
or someone's soul - don't forget taking pictures of people captures their soul ;-)
"Quite ironic really. I had my mobile on me, so a quick call would have found us."
I remembered seeing your mobile number in the thread about this meet, but i couldnt remember what it was. I was going to write it down before i left the house that morning but realised i was was about to miss the train. What i learnt? Be better prepared next time.
'twas a bit of that going around. On the Sat. I forgot to grab Johnno's number from my email client before leaving home, luckily he sms'd me at some stage.
Also, for some tips on candids and other things related to street photography, have a look here
Some helpful hints in there.
Some interesting reading there Sam.
i almost never suggest crops for people's pictures, but i'd love to see this one cropped in a bit closer so that the man is more the focus, with less of his surroundings. the framing of the doorway that he's almost in seems to be begging for a crop. hehe.
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Like this, per chance ?