Try this easy street photography hack for better results.
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- In this video we cull and discuss a simple trick for capturing better street moments.
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I'm going to try to split the difference on the comments so far. Although I think shooting in burst mode is the right way to capture moving targets, I think many believe the art of great street photography is knowing when to take the picture. I'm definitely not saying Omar is wrong, because he isn't wrong. However, I understand the purist point of view. For me, I enjoy looking for the right moment... it's that process that makes street photography rewarding for me. But everybody should shoot anyway they want!
I 100% agree with you.
Burst mode could be the 'new best thing' for having that technical accuracy in making sure your composition its locked and sealed, but limiting yourself to one click shot cand be really autentic and also rewarding if nailed.
2:29 : "i watched Back to the futur, and i wanted to be just like Marty"
You deserve a like for this.
I am not a purist and use high burst on the street all the time. Use the tech you have not the tech that was. Still need to use anticipation and planning to get the shot.
Great shoot dude! I'm glad you brought the color in on that one skateboarder shot. Love this!
Pre focusing and using burst mode are both helpful in wildlife photography, so it seems like a good idea for people as well.
Omar, you may know this already, but with Photo Mechanic, I find that tagging photos (using "T") is the best way to do an initial screen. It allows you to quickly filter out the non-tagged photos before ranking the tagged photos with colors +/- stars.
Enjoyed this very much. Love the commentary. Sounds like things I say. "Just standing there like an idiot." I do that a lot. 😆 Thanks for sharing.
Another good tip:
If you set burst mode to lower one 3-4 fps you can still take a singe photo if you press quickly or as norml without holding shutter button which is great. If you see someone and you want to freeze that moment/more photos of it - get burst, just press and hold shutter and point camera 3-4 fps its usually quick enought to catch what you need.
Its what I do on streets and im happy with it.
Some cons of burst:
If you set it up to 6+ fps its take 2 or more images very fast even when you quicky just press shutter button, you end up with way to many spam and same kind of photos.
I like burst but when choosing what to keep is not easy hah you end up having same kind of photos just slightly different and not knowing which to choose as best one lol thats the biggest minus of it.
Very nice video Omar.
I love my Class Chrome same kind of settings hehe I just put +1 to color.
Cheers
Knowing my single-speed bike would impress Omar....squeee!
Thank you for sharing your process and your thoughts behind your shots. It really helps.
Good suggestions, as always. Loved the Raleigh bike. It might have actually been old enough to have been made in the UK.
Saw this in a photo magazine like 40 years ago regarding relying on a motor drive (back then) to get the decisive moment.
The normal burst was 5 FPS on a Nikon motor drive. If you are shooting at 1/1000th of a second and shoot for 5 frames, you capture 5/1000th of a second. Sounds good until you realize that you miss 495/1000th of that same second. Bottom line, no guarentee that you will get peak action.
Anticipation, readiness and mental focus are still not expendable with burst rates.
Man, I need to proofread.... you miss 995/1000th of a second, not 495.
I had a motor drive for my Nikon back in the day. Man, you could burn through some film in a hurry!
I love your videos and photos. So good and so helpful.
I was out yesterday practicing street photography. I like burst, too. Thanks for the tips. Gonna put these to use tomorrow.
The decisive moment at 11fps. Nice!
Another purist.
My trusty X-T3 is always on CL when I go out shooting. Ty for the video Omar!
I rarely shoot street but now I have both the RF 16mm F/2.8 and RF 35mm F/1.8. Those are much more portable and subtle lenses for my R6 and R6 than my other big, hulking lenses.
Electronic shutter is really warpy on that X-E2. Shooting in Manhattan, was shutter click on a mirrorless camera a real concern? Thanks.
Have you ever shot at the dog parks in Tompkins Square. It’s lots of fun.
Jim Carrey of photographs 🤣🥰
Great video. I loved the skater with the shadow (you didn't show an edited version LOL). I was thinking triptych of 3 of the shadows!
Great video, thank you
Great Video Omar.
When having a lot of photos it is a good idea to use a small fast photo viewer like irfanview or acdsee to view the photos and delete the fails before importing into lightroom. This way lightroom will import them faster and you will be more focused on the editing. Some do all the choosing in the fast viewer before importing and only edit in lightroom.
Just curious (because I'll be trying your settings too), what is your white balance setting, Omar? I see you have Kelvin but to what temperature? Anyways, big fan here since the start, God Bless always!
Hey man I’m loving your videos I just got an XT4! I’m just wondering what do you do with all these photos that you get, or a better question is how do I make money using this camera?
Very good and motivating video, Omar.I would like to give the advice to use continuous autofocus.
Tnx! Very useful!
I use manual burst in street. Similar idea. I would like to see more of your work in landscape orientation to get more of the "scene" in. To each their own though. Peace!
The beginning of the video weirded me out because somehow Continuous High is a magic trick.
i just love your Fuji Camera the X-E2 and i wonder why you didn't use your 35mm for street photography hehehe ;)
thank you bro Ogonzilla, and keep up the good work..
PEEEEEEEEEEACE!!
Oddly burst shooting is the feature I rarely try. I may have only used it by accident 😅
Omar, which software did you use to quick view your photos ? Thank you for your inspiring videos !
Burst mode … eeeww … hahaha.Actually it’s fine if you use it , I use burst mode quite often some time ago. Now I use single shot 99% of the time because of my current camera’s limitation plus it’s more fun imo since it teaches me to click at that decisive moment
Thank you very much for the interesting and entertaining video! 470 pictures in an hour is quite a burst! 😂 That’s 7.8 photos per minute, or 1 photo each 7.7 seconds 😂
Maybe it was 3 hours lol
Pretty sure the world trade center wasn't in the background ;)
Not for me. I spend enough time processing my pics without having to go through so many. I prefer to delete before I take the pic!
When you do event photography for a living, this is a piece of cake.
@@ogonzilla If I made money from my photography, I might consider it!
Nice video, good ideas. Is that an X-E2 or 3 your holding? Have you done any videos on either of these?
XE2...16mp of joy lol
@@ogonzilla I agree. I find myself talking my XE2 out over others I have too! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I hate the overuse of the work “hack”.
"I took 470 photos in one minute"
Kid in the puddle is always funny
The point is to get the image you want. If the technology exists to help you do that, why would you not use it? If Cartier-Bresson was on the streets today, he'd be bursting away. And, God forbid, Winogrand were out there, he'd do a quarter million shots a day!!! He'd keep SanDisk in business all by himself!!!
Amen brother. You get it.
I respectfully disagree that the greats would just resort to spray and pray techniques. That's like saying Picasso would just resort to paint by numbers lol. In addition, there's nothing wrong with what Omar said. However, I like to compare street photography to hitting off of a professional baseball pitcher. The average reaction time for a hitter is 0.4 seconds. That's the amount of time the hitter has to decide whether to swing, and how to swing, etc., etc. The likelihood of him making contact is small, let alone getting a good hit. But that's the art of hitting. If you told me that you could automate the process to increase the chance of hitting a baseball, I'd tell you then you're not playing baseball. Again, for a casual guy out taken pics...spray and pray all day along! At the end of the day if you're enjoying yourself who cares. But if you aspire to be the next Winogrand, Erwiit, or Meyerowitz that's not the technique I'd use.
Sorry but, by the same token...Than why don't we just screen security cams and just select "decisive moments"? Where is the "street photography"? This is just pray and spray, not decisive moment.
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Since you need to put in more effort with this method, I don't think there is less honor in it.
JPGs? Seriously? Fro is at your front door to collect your I Shoot Raw t-shirts.
Edited raws in this. I cut out a huge section that explained I wasn’t happy with my film recipe. Forgot to take out that part.
Cheater! 😉
I get it, but it is not a "decisive moment" anymore..."coincidence" might be a better description. What about just scanning security cams and extracting images from there? Sorry, I don't agree :)
Damn. So many sport and wildlife photographers doing it wrong!!!! You’re so right!!
@@ogonzilla Omar, nice try but we both know it is not the same thing :) Are we now going to argue the goals of sports photography goals vs street photography ? I know you must be joking ☺️