Parenting on the subway-series of 4
lizzard_nyc
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EDIT--oops--meant to post this in Street/PJ:)
Two takes of each.
I have found a way I feel very comfortable shooting on the subway. If you recall I'm a longtime admirer of B.D.'s Boston subway shots (or the T I think ). I've been trying for a while to get subway shots I'm happy with first with my Olympus and then with my 5D and haven't been able to pull it off. I've only had two I'm semi happy with after countless attempts.
I feel these are very close to the kind of shots I want. I'm thrilled--BUT--they are cellphone shots. What does this mean to you?
Does it cheapen the shots?
Is it not really photography?
You are right I don't shoot this on manual--it's really just about capturing a moment and working on my comp and then tweaking the photos in post op--but is that different than say a shot taken with a GF1 set to priority or aperture mode?
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Two takes of each.
I have found a way I feel very comfortable shooting on the subway. If you recall I'm a longtime admirer of B.D.'s Boston subway shots (or the T I think ). I've been trying for a while to get subway shots I'm happy with first with my Olympus and then with my 5D and haven't been able to pull it off. I've only had two I'm semi happy with after countless attempts.
I feel these are very close to the kind of shots I want. I'm thrilled--BUT--they are cellphone shots. What does this mean to you?
Does it cheapen the shots?
Is it not really photography?
You are right I don't shoot this on manual--it's really just about capturing a moment and working on my comp and then tweaking the photos in post op--but is that different than say a shot taken with a GF1 set to priority or aperture mode?
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Liz A.
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My mantra is: the only thing that matters is the image. How you get it--the equipment, processing and technique--doesn't matter in the least. The image speaks for itself. If you are getting better results with a cell phone on automatic, then maybe that's the right tool for the job. Your cell phone probably has higher resolution than the P&S I was using six years ago when I first started doing photography, and I managed to get some pretty good shots with it. These are excellent, especially the first two, though I think it would be more fun if you reversed the order of them. No need to apologize or doubt yourself at all.
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I'm very impressed with the quality of the image - what kind of phone does this? - my favorite is #1 - love the guy's face, in the context.
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Everyone has a camera of some description these days so it becomes more a question of how you choose to use it. I appreciate you taking and sharing these images as they show me something that I wouldn't otherwise see.
Great image quality by the way
The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
Syncopation, it's funny you mention this because he's the photographer I'm currently discovering.
FYI--this was taken at 5.0 mp, but goes up to 8.0 mp. I recently upgraded from a Sprint blackberry to a HTC EVO 4.
I hate the touch screen, I keep missing updates, battry life is horrendous, my big cheeks hit the screen which then hangs up on people DAILY--but I love, love the cameraphone, so I will keep it.
B.D.---"La Liz"--I like the sound of that:D
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Totally agree, these are great pics and you should NOT apologize. You should be proud for eking out such quality from gear with limitations like a cell phone camera!clap
Thank you very much
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Richard I mean to comment on this earlier.
The day I posted this I was exhausted, just one of those days and I debated the order of those two shots. NOt sure what made me post them in this order, but upon reading your comment and looking back, I totally agree. Will change the order:)
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