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02/09/2012 07:25:39 AM · #1 |
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02/09/2012 07:55:32 AM · #2 |
Thanks for the link! I have done this many times, though out of about every 200 shots, only a handful are worthwhile. It really does make for interesting photos, however. People are completely unaware, unless you make yourself obvious (ie. fidgeting for the shutter button, checking setting then snapping the shot, looking at the LCD then repositioning the camera, etc).
Great information! :) |
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02/09/2012 08:00:20 AM · #3 |
| i try to do this alot, but the AF in live view is just way too slow. |
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02/09/2012 09:08:28 AM · #4 |
Interesting article. I've tried it s few times and am not great at blindly framing the shot. We happen to have a master of that style on DPC, however.
    
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02/09/2012 09:29:40 AM · #5 |
| It's an interesting perspective to take, at times, but I think it's good for anyone starting out in street photography to try and bring the viewfinder completely to the face. It teaches you confidence, and gets you familiar even more with your camera/lens combo of your choosing frames the subject. |
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02/09/2012 09:51:32 AM · #6 |
Great article, thanks for posting Bob. I'm going to give it a go.
Someone should start a 'shoot from the hip' side challenge.
Who's up for it>? |
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02/09/2012 10:29:18 AM · #7 |
| I have done this myself. It great what you come up with it. Just fun to do. I even put it on my feet and just aim. |
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02/09/2012 10:51:19 AM · #8 |
I do this a fair amount of this largely because I am too tentative when it comes to pointing my camera in a stranger's face. I do it a lot with my phone when riding the train. I have my earphones plugged into the phone, and if I hold out my phone to get a shot they just think I am watching a video or something on my phone rather than taking their pic.
Recent hip shots:
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02/09/2012 11:05:23 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Interesting article. I've tried it s few times and am not great at blindly framing the shot. We happen to have a master of that style on DPC, however. |
Wow. Thanks for the callout, Steve. I've got to interject though, as it's come up quite a lot lately. I actually do not shoot from the hip anymore. Not in almost two years (with some time, I can pinpoint the exact day and image when I stopped). I don't use a DSLR for this type of shooting; instead I use a compact with live view and take a glance at the screen just long enough to loosely frame the shot and fire. So they're from the chest, say, but they are framed. It still can be hit or miss, but the ratio is much improved over when I was shooting blindly from the hip. Also, I was growing to hate portrait-oriented shots and that low point of view. Still, I did get some keepers during that period, and for anyone wanting to warm up to this type of photography, it's a good place to start.
Of those you posted, the first three were framed (I wish I had better centered the action in the first shot, but that was a nervous kind of encounter). The fourth and fifth are older shots, blindly composed, from the chest and hip respectively. The last one is the only one that's cropped. (I stopped cropping too.)
Sword's comment is a good one, though for the type of photographs I like, it's much too confrontational to do every day. Neither of my two compacts have a proper viewfinder anyway. When I visit camera friendly places (fairs, car shows, New York), I often take film cameras along as I'm much more comfortable bringing the camera to my eye in these places. For example:
Message edited by author 2012-02-09 20:16:14. |
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02/09/2012 11:43:02 AM · #10 |
It's ironic that this was posted so closely with an article from  Bear_Music-
Human Planet
Wherein, we have this bit of info-
"1. When shooting people, stop using your long lens so much
After many years of perusing the portfolios of aspiring photographers, I can safely say that the single most common factor I see leading disillusioned travel photographers to accumulate huge collections of mediocre travel images is an unhealthy dependence upon using long lenses for shooting pictures of people. I hate to say it folks, but for most people the inconvenient truth about this addiction is the fact that it is born out of one thing and one thing only… fear.
I don’t think that it’s any coincidence that the English language has evolved the use of the verb ‘take‘ to describe the process of taking a picture. For me, this etymological hint serves as a reminder to us that when we photograph someone, maybe we shouldn’t overlook the fact that we are in fact taking something from them and that in just about every other aspects of our lives, when we take something from someone we normally ask first and say thank you afterwards.
Why should it be any different in photography? Asking and thanking involves connecting with people and long lenses make that a very easy thing to avoid. They tend to put a large distance, both physically and emotionally between you and the people you are photographing which does a fine job of insulating you from any potential intimate interaction.
I’ve seen it many times before. This lack of intimacy will show in your images.
Losing your big gun will mean that you will have to start connecting with your subjects again. I know all too well how nerve racking that process can be. Believe me when I say that even after all these years, I still get butterflies in my stomach when I have to approach a stranger in order to photograph them. That’s a fact of life for me but as far as I’m concerned a healthy and invigorating life involves addressing a lot of uncomfortable feelings like these, so if you recognize an aspect of yourself in what I’m saying then you will have to feel the fear and do it anyway if you want the power of intimacy to resonate within your images..."
It continues, both on this point and others. An interesting counterpoint to shooting from the hip. |
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02/09/2012 07:23:41 PM · #11 |
WoW! Thanks Derek for the fantastic advice. I never thought of that. Makes so much sense. This chook will be doing both. :)
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
It's ironic that this was posted so closely with an article from Bear_Music-
Human Planet
Wherein, we have this bit of info-
"1. When shooting people, stop using your long lens so much
After many years of perusing the portfolios of aspiring photographers, I can safely say that the single most common factor I see leading disillusioned travel photographers to accumulate huge collections of mediocre travel images is an unhealthy dependence upon using long lenses for shooting pictures of people. I hate to say it folks, but for most people the inconvenient truth about this addiction is the fact that it is born out of one thing and one thing only… fear.
I don’t think that it’s any coincidence that the English language has evolved the use of the verb ‘take‘ to describe the process of taking a picture. For me, this etymological hint serves as a reminder to us that when we photograph someone, maybe we shouldn’t overlook the fact that we are in fact taking something from them and that in just about every other aspects of our lives, when we take something from someone we normally ask first and say thank you afterwards.
Why should it be any different in photography? Asking and thanking involves connecting with people and long lenses make that a very easy thing to avoid. They tend to put a large distance, both physically and emotionally between you and the people you are photographing which does a fine job of insulating you from any potential intimate interaction.
I’ve seen it many times before. This lack of intimacy will show in your images.
Losing your big gun will mean that you will have to start connecting with your subjects again. I know all too well how nerve racking that process can be. Believe me when I say that even after all these years, I still get butterflies in my stomach when I have to approach a stranger in order to photograph them. That’s a fact of life for me but as far as I’m concerned a healthy and invigorating life involves addressing a lot of uncomfortable feelings like these, so if you recognize an aspect of yourself in what I’m saying then you will have to feel the fear and do it anyway if you want the power of intimacy to resonate within your images..."
It continues, both on this point and others. An interesting counterpoint to shooting from the hip. |
Message edited by author 2012-02-09 19:23:59. |
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02/09/2012 08:14:52 PM · #12 |
| There's an ongoing debate about telephoto street photography. I prefer 28mm myself. It's like a group hug. |
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