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Street shots (new ones)

Yes, to be in the zone.

The result of the adrenaline rush, the addiction of shooting a good photograph and knowing that there’s a second part to the initial adrenaline rush waiting in the darkroom.

 
NB23 said:
Yes, but then, like me, you might end up with over 1000 developed negatives you still haven’t contact printed... and that is the key point where you ask yourself “wtf?”

Haha
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I don't bother with contacts. Here is no diffrence from just looking at the negative.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
I don't bother with contacts. Here is no diffrence from just looking at the negative.
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Of course there is.

Going through 20 contacts is easy, even 50 is easy. And I usually enjoy a good coffee while doing it. And it’s often outside or in a coffee shop.
And I usually go through contacts about 3-4 times.
And I write notes. And I scratch and swoosh them around, and When I’m done I put them all together and I slap the stack on a table, just like when you read the newspapers and you swoosh them around in the air... there’s that satisfaction.

Looking at negatives is a totally different approach and I often do it, but when i do it I look for something entirely different. This is where I analyse grain, development, shadow detail, general technique.

Just yesrerday I went through 5 negative sheets. It was a pain in the butt ti lift my arm every time, search for a lightspot giving me a good comprehension of what I was looking. Then my neck was starting to hurt, then I tried to get in closer and my loupe couldn’t do the job right with me in that position. It’s always half-assed.

And when I’m at the light table, going through 5 negative sheets is tedious. And then I can’t scribble anything on the sheet.

No, I need a combination of both, but I especially need the contacts for a quick overview while sitting like a gentleman.
 
I get it NB23. Contact sheets aren’t for me. But I know what you’re saying. I wrote down a set of indexes, noting the subject or whatever’s on the negative page. When I think of something to print I browse through the indexes with my cup of coffee. It’s helped me find some negatives I thought were lost.

I make test strips and use an easel. My son wants no part of that. He wants a five second print time. And you know what, it worked last night. First print was too light at f/16 so I pulled out the 0.6 ND filter and set f/8. Helped him position the paper to have more light, that’s for sure.
 
awty said:
I like street photography cause its extremely challenging, I'm woeful, so I'll be at the cross roads.....
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True-I started doing it to push my comfort zone and try something different; it seems to be working!
 
 
I am the devil

Apologies but your soul has been misplaced somewhere in the pile... I can't find it

How do you get the color prints done? Processor or trays?
 
I'm on a mission. I don't give a hoot about seeking approval. I do a lot of documentary work, always have. I'm starting to revisit places from 20-30 -40 years ago. I now have time, money and the equipment to put together some volumes of photos. Mainly for me, but I think there will be others interested. People like my prints, I just have never made the effort to show them off.
 
Got a website NB23? I've seen you around the forums for years and have no idea who you are.

I pass on the contact sheets, though I do scan everything i shoot. Throw it in the Nikon and come back in an hour, then throw the next one in. Makes it easy but not instant.

I think a lot of people are in the same boat these days. I have about a thousand images in a Lightroom folder "to print". Probably never get around to even a tenth of them. If there was money involved I would, but printing has gotten expensive in case anyone hasn't noticed. I spend my darkroom time these days printing the projects. The one off images just sit in the neg binders and in the computer. Maybe when I get older I'll print them. Just as long as some a-hat real estate hack doesn't come along after I'm dead and make millions off of what I did in my life. I don't mind if my family does.

In the end you gotta just keep doing what you love. I go through spurts where I barely make an image for months, then something happens and I pick up the cameras again. Kind of like being bipolar I'd imagine. I'm either making a lot of images, or none.
 
I am like Gorbachev; people saw me around but they don’t know who I am really.

No website. Who needs an outdated website nowadays when there’s instagram, facebook and so many click’n’play platforms? We live in an era where we can have our 2 minutes of fame, 24/7/365.

Personally, I am not delusional. I don’t live with the idea that my work will be worth millions one day. I just question purpose of having to shoot, having to freeze a moment.
It’s fun, and the adrenaline is addictive. So this might be it; the adrenaline is addictive. Simple...

 
 
 
A couple things
1. That first frame...... those ARE good places to go. Lots of action and potential. People seem to be either oblivious to a camera, or they simply do not care. What i "hate" about carnivals and fairs is that they usually lend well to color, and i shoot HP5 97% of the time. So i actually started to carry a second body that is stuffed with Kodak Color Plus 200. Car shows are similar. The bigger ones have food, vendors and often times a band playing. IMHO, cars typically look "better" in color, especially the beautiful paint jobs that you find at a car show. So i end up shooting many scenes in Color and B&W.

2. The point or the purpose.? For me it is parts therapeutic, soul searching and meditative. Regards street-photography, i always go alone. So there is always a lot of time for some type of reflection. I almost look forward to that aspect of it as i do the actual photography.

3. This might be cliche, or just an excuse to be a lousy photographer, but,....... I really do not expect to get better than 10% "Good Frames" from a roll of film. Not saying the other 90% are garbage, but IMHO most of my negatives never get printed because they just do not warrant the effort .
 

You have nothing to do with Gorby.

https://www.instagram.com/ned_bojic/?hl=ur
 
About your point #1, what I hate about fairs is the new snowflake mainstream attitude that seems to be ruling. I’m frankly getting tired of that “hey look, a pedophile” kind of look I get, as soon as I’m raising my camera to my face.
Just an hour ago, I shot a photo in a parc. There was that mom yelling at me from at least 100 meters away.
Or that situation when anyone is yelling at you because they just might have been in your shot, no matter how far or ugly they are. I love to interact with those clowns and ask them “frankly, you think you are good looking enough for me to take a photo of you?”, but some other times I’m just too tired to even lose time on sarcasm. I totally ignore them, but it still breaks my balls.




 

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Good points...I'd be pretty pleased with a 10% hit rate with 35mm. Mind you, I think my hit rate has improved through my experience with MF and LF and transferring a bit of 'measure twice cut once to 35mm'.
 
NB23 said:
... I just question purpose of having to shoot, having to freeze a moment.
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“…all photographs are self-portraits.” – Minor White
 
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