Have you ever wondered why, after spending hours in the middle of delicious scents, a cook can enjoy the poisonous smell of a cigarette ? (click on pciture for high res)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron IV at F2.0, 1/1000, ISO640
May 132013
May 122013
New York City is this week’s setting for this picture by Dominic Remane from Toronto, Canada.
Into The Glowing Light – Leica M6 + Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 + Kodak T-Max 400 (Pushed to 1600 ISO)
What is the Sho(r)t Story?
I took this picture in November of 2012 when I was sent to New York City for a background plate shoot on a film I was working on. In the evenings, when I had some free time, I wandered around the city taking photos. I spent an evening around the Theatre District. I was just coming to the corner of 45th and 8th when I saw this gentlemen wrapped in the glowing light of the vendor stand. I snapped 3 of these photo’s and this one left an impression on me.
Why is this one of your favorite pictures ?
I love this photograph because for some reason it has this old classical New York vibe to it. Very little in this image says it’s a modern shot, apart from a ATM sign in the distance. It has this grainy, glowing, dreamy quality to it mixed with the contrasty and gritty feel of shots I’ve come to love from Daido Moriyama and William Klein.
Which equipment did you use, and any technical considerations?
For this shot I used my Leica M6 Classic and my Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 lens. This lens is brilliantly sharp with gorgeous bokeh and is my go-to lens for night photography.
As for the film it was shot on Kodak T-Max 400 and Pushed to 1600 ISO. Lab developed and scanned with the Epson V500 scanner. Some minor post work was done in Lightroom 4 mainly just contrast and highlight balancing.
Tell us about you and your photography?
I currently work in the film and television industry as a Digital Effect Supervisor. I’ve always been interested in photography but only within the last year and a half have I pushed hard and photographed every lunch hour. Rain, shine, snow, etc I’m out there walking the street’s with my camera in hand, looking for the decisive moment.
The first camera that inspired me to take more photo’s was the Sony NEX-7. Fantastic camera, great with Leica M lenses, and never get’s noticed. But eventually the Leica bug bit me and I got my hands on a mint M6. Since that moment I have been almost exclusively shooting film, and have recently dove into shooting motion picture film rolled into 24 exposure canisters and developing at home.
Shooting as much as I do has helped me grow as a photographer and as a Digital Effects Supervisor. Allowing me to understand limitations of lenses and optical characteristics to make digital effects shots feel real.
To discover more about Dominic’s work, here are some links :
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wakingmist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wakingmist
This series is open to anybody, so if you’d like to participate, send me an email at yanidel@fastmail.fm with the following information :
- your name and location
- title of photograph (if any + equipment used)
- one of your favorite street picture (max width of 1280 pixels, you obviously retain all copyrights to your pictures)
- answers to the above questions .
- any links to your work (website, Flickr, Facebook, …)
May 112013
On Saturday mornings in downtown Rosario, people gather to put puppies up for adoption. Of course, they won’t give them just to anybody, and a little lecture will often precede the final adoption go ahead. (click on picture for high res)
Note that this picture was taken at F4.0 with the Leica 35mm Summicron IV, the often called “King of Bokeh”. Unlike to many photographers’ beliefs, it was named so because of its rendering at F4.0, and not wide open. Does it deserve this flattering title ? I’ll let you come up your own opinion.
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron IV at F4.0, 1/160, ISO160
May 102013
Almost surprisingly, there are quite a lot of gypsies in Argentina. They must also have boarded the immigrants boats in search of better fortunes. The same good fortune they promess you in the streets, after a small donation of course. (Click on picture for high res)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron IV
May 102013
Almost surprisingly, there are quite a lot of gypsies in Argentina. They must also have boarded the immigrants boats in search of better fortunes. The same good fortune they promess you in the streets, after a small donation of course. (Click on picture for high res)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron IV
May 082013
Not everybody gets to ride horses during the rodeo. Maybe some will encounter fame in a few years, but meanwhile, they can only dream of future triumphs sitting on their wooden horses. (click on picture for high res)
Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F1.4, 1/3000, ISO160
May 062013
Sometimes it seems there is more Humanity in an horse eyes than in the one of a Human. (click on picture for high res)
Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F4.0, 1/500, ISO160