What is that he is reading?
I had started taking photos of the two young ladies and have one of them that I like better, but in this one we see the man on the bench admiring the young ladies and for me, that is what street photography is about, capturing those candid moments. I used Shutter priority mode with ISO 400. I had set my shutter speed to 1/500th sec and went to town. I had set my lens such that I thought I could judge where my focus would be and held my camera at waist height. I was thinking that my subject matter would be moving as would I, I did not plan to sit on a bench waiting for the scene to come to me which was why I had thought shutter priority might work well. I did not raise my camera to my eye for any shots I took, and I ended up with many I liked. None are technically wonderful. I am sure one big improvement I could have made was to use Aperture priority and getting in closer. But in the end, I found I enjoyed this assignment even though it made me uncomfortable. I did ask my sister to join me, on her birthday, nonetheless! Well, I did treat her to a fancy lunch and it was a very lovely day outside. I went out on other occasions this week but did not have the same success in finding interesting situations. My main take away for this week’s lesson is to always have your camera with you!
This is my niece, Janaya, on the left and River on the right. River is one of two brothers whose caretakers are my neighbors just down the street. They are white goldens and are big, soft, loveable, playful, and spoiled. While this was an arranged photo shoot, it was all done spontaneously with my niece playing with River and Snow while I had my camera in hand wishing I were more nimble! I love the expressions here and hope they make you smile. ISO 100, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, handheld, basic LR edits, no crop.
