chinatown, san francisco

Andy · January 14, 2005

got to meet up with good friend and fine photographer, steve cavigliano this afternoon in san francisco's chinatown. it was a terrible day weather and light-wise, but we made the best of it. i've been at it really hard for the past few weeks and i thoroughly enjoyed being in my element, street shooting.

here are a three from the day's take

enjoy (street) photography,

ian408 · January 14, 2005

I've always loved a shot that leads me down a canyon made of
high-rise buildings towards the water.

SFO is a great city for just such a shot.

Ian

DavidTO · January 14, 2005

andy wrote:

Andy, what I like about that last one is that you resisted the urge to make sure that the instrument was clearly visible, and got a great composition. As soon as I saw it I thought, "I would have been so tied up with getting the instrument, I would have missed that shot."

Nice work.

Andy · January 14, 2005

DavidTO wrote:

Andy, what I like about that last one is that you resisted the urge to make sure that the instrument was clearly visible, and got a great composition. As soon as I saw it I thought, "I would have been so tied up with getting the instrument, I would have missed that shot."

Nice work.

thanks david - i literally was in/out in about 10 seconds.. first having dropped a buck in his er-hu case. this is the kind of shot i really dig, and i'm so pleased it hit you the way i intended it to... thanks very much for your feedback!

gubbs · January 14, 2005

Top shot andy, great lines, composition, and movement too

The others aren't bad either

Michael Allen · January 14, 2005

gubbs wrote:

Top shot andy, great lines, composition, and movement too

The others aren't bad either

I 2nd this!

damonff · January 14, 2005

Love the first one...

Andy · January 14, 2005

ian408 wrote:

I've always loved a shot that leads me down a canyon made of
high-rise buildings towards the water.

SFO is a great city for just such a shot.

Ian

ian, thanks for looking!

lynnma · January 14, 2005

I love em all but this is my fav.. keeps you looking for ages.. the instrument.. his face the wall the case..thanks for sharing..

Andy · January 14, 2005

gubbs wrote:

Top shot andy, great lines, composition, and movement too

The others aren't bad either

thanks gubbs. yeah, funny thing: this was the first shot of the day, and i had the feeling that it was going to be my favorite, as soon as i shot it. i really like the symmetry, and the three cooperative subjects

thanks mate

Andy · January 15, 2005

Michael Allen wrote:

I 2nd this!

thanks so much, michael!

Tim Kirkwood · January 15, 2005

Andy,

I really enjoy the angle of this shot. How do you decide when, where, and how much to angle the camera when going for a shot like this.

In other words why'd you angle this one.

I admire your street work. I dont know that I have the courage to take pics of strangers, esp. head on like this where they are aware that your taking there picture. Any tips?

Tim

gtc · January 15, 2005

luv yr street shots
hi andy

particularly like # one and #two- the chinese woman has obviously responded well to your approach.

greg

Nir · January 16, 2005

Fanatastic shots Andy! Especially the B&W symmetrical one - how much did you pay the bystandards to line up like that? :lol

ehughes · January 16, 2005

Incredible shot Andy, looks like a contest winner to me, submitted to Kodak yet?

Ed

andy wrote:

got to meet up with good friend and fine photographer, steve cavigliano this afternoon in san francisco's chinatown. it was a terrible day weather and light-wise, but we made the best of it. i've been at it really hard for the past few weeks and i thoroughly enjoyed being in my element, street shooting.

here are a three from the day's take

enjoy (street) photography,

SeeMoon · January 16, 2005

ehughes wrote:

Incredible shot Andy, looks like a contest winner to me, submitted to Kodak yet?

Ed

My idea!

Michiel de Brieder · January 16, 2005

I've been in and out of this thread several times to look at the photos. 2 and 3 are very nice, typical angles and very appealing.
But the first one

is AWESOME the lines, the composition of movement by the people, the nice and contrasty B/W... wow! I just have to make a comment though

the car on the right.. the piece of car... I could have done without it for symmetry

just nitpicking on ya
Great photos Andy, thanks for sharing!

CMaster · January 17, 2005

andy wrote:

Man Andy, your shots are always so impressive to me. I love that first shot, I love the motion, yet his left shoe is in focus. I just love that shot! Great job as usual!

Andy · January 17, 2005

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

I've been in and out of this thread several times to look at the photos. 2 and 3 are very nice, typical angles and very appealing.
But the first one is AWESOME the lines, the composition of movement by the people, the nice and contrasty B/W... wow! I just have to make a comment though the car on the right.. the piece of car... I could have done without it for symmetry just nitpicking on ya
Great photos Andy, thanks for sharing!

yah michiel, the first edit that i did here, i did on my laptop... definitely will take the car out in the final version

thanks!

Andy · January 17, 2005

without the car

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

I've been in and out of this thread several times to look at the photos. 2 and 3 are very nice, typical angles and very appealing.
But the first one is AWESOME the lines, the composition of movement by the people, the nice and contrasty B/W... wow! I just have to make a comment though the car on the right.. the piece of car... I could have done without it for symmetry just nitpicking on ya
Great photos Andy, thanks for sharing!

... how's this, michiel?

Michiel de Brieder · January 17, 2005

Ah mon ami! That's it! you have robbed of things to nitpick about

Perhaps a suggestion, this is besides this result, so see it as another interpretation. Perhaps it would be cool to add some grain and create a duotone layer (sepia brownish with medium heavy blue) and put it as an overlay on the original. I'm very curious as to how it would turn out. (healthy curiosity, no more nitpicking

)
Thanks for sharing the new edit!

Andy · January 17, 2005

michiel,

thanks. it's already got a 9% luminosity tone of chocolate, i'll try a x-tone with the steel blue... here:

Bryan · January 17, 2005

andy wrote:

thanks. it's already got a 9% luminosity tone of chocolate, i'll try a x-tone with the steel blue... here:

How did you do that? You did not crop it, there are more flag poles than in the original (in front of the building on the right)

Clone stamp out the car? When ever I clone stamp out, it looks like I Clone Stomped out :-) There is a slight disturbance on the crosswalk white line, but that could be a poor job in road repair as much as your edit.

Fine job!

Andy · January 17, 2005

Bryan wrote:

How did you do that? You did not crop it, there are more flag poles than in the original (in front of the building on the right)

Clone stamp out the car? When ever I clone stamp out, it looks like I Clone Stomped out :-) There is a slight disturbance on the crosswalk white line, but that could be a poor job in road repair as much as your edit.

Fine job!

actually, the first edit is a crop from the full-frame... 800x600 px. the second edit is the full frame, it's 800x533px. thanks for the kind words!

first edit:

second edit:

Shakey · January 17, 2005

Andy I think you have exceeded your awesome photo quota.

As per Dgrin 5.67 subsection C.

Nice work as always

Tim

Michiel de Brieder · January 18, 2005

Cool
I've been playing with it myself to roughen it up a bit, but it didn't work

Cheers

Andy · January 18, 2005

Shakey wrote:

Andy I think you have exceeded your awesome photo quota. As per Dgrin 5.67 subsection C.

Nice work as always

Tim

thanks shakey, for the kind words

obelix · January 19, 2005

Nice shots Andy, had I known you were there, I would have driven to meet you

, I go there every second saturday.

Thiago Sigrist · January 19, 2005

Woah!
Hey Andy,

as much as I like your B&W stuff (first photo is *mint* as you'd probably say), I really enjoyed your approach to color here... Like the reds on the chinese lady portrait, they're very eye-drawing! :-)

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

Andy · January 23, 2005

obelix wrote:

Nice shots Andy, had I known you were there, I would have driven to meet you , I go there every second saturday.

some other time, obelix, and thanks for commenting!

Andy · February 2, 2005

cmaster ...

CMaster wrote:

Man Andy, your shots are always so impressive to me. I love that first shot, I love the motion, yet his left shoe is in focus. I just love that shot! Great job as usual!

thank you so very much for commenting and looking!

chinatown, san francisco

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