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May 30 2012

15 B&W Street Photographs and 5 tips to shoot Street Photography

Posted in Black & White, People, Street11 comments

Hi peeps, I have put together my favorite street photographs from last year and this year. I shot these between 2011 and today. I love graving my camera and going out to get some street shots from time to time. This is a totally different animal. Street photography is all about being incognito, and getting the shot. Shooting people up close can be a bit scary and intimidating, you never know the reaction you are going to get from people. You have to be on their face and just not care, basically you have to have some balls.

It took me a while to get comfortable with doing this, you never know if your going to get punched on the face or get a good reaction. I must say I have been pretty lucky and only had one bad incident. You will get asked to stop and delete the photos from time to time but I usually ignore them and get lost in the crowd. I try not to make eye contact, go up to someone snap and disappear. You will find that 90% of people out there like their photo taken. Its their 15 minutes of fame. Click here to check out my New York Street Photos. Brought to you by Nik Software.

Here is 5 ez tips that will help you over come your fear of strangers.

1. Go shoot with a friend, it’s always easier if you go with somebody else.

2. Start from a distance until you get comfortable. Try to work up your courage slowly.

3. Be invisible, try not to be seen, don’t make eye contact and be quick. Blend in, be a chameleon.

3. If you do get caught smile and don’t be intimidating, if you get asked what you are doing tell them its a project for school or tell them you were shooting the person next to them.

5. Have fun out there, thats why we do this to begin with because its fun.

I hope this helps peeps and if you have any tips to share with me I would love to hear them, please post them below.

Thank you for stoping by and checking out my post. Spread the love and have a great rest of the day.

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Against All Odds

Where is your head at?

Turf

The Man In White

Snaps

Show me the Money

Kryonetix

Huh?!

Good Karma

Give it to me now

Eat Me

PFlag Mom

Floats

WTF are you talking about

Eyes in the train

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November 9, 2012 - 8:34 pm

Rene Triay - Edin, as someone that loves street photography, I have noticed and made a few observation. The average Joe will purposely walk right in front of your shot rather than wait 2 seconds for you to finish making your shot. That same person in a different situation will get upset if you snap a photo of them…….I think it is a human thing for people to go against the opposite. That being said, if a person is ever offended, I turn the tables on them and tell them they walked in front of my shot (even though they may have been the subject I wanted to photograph) I tell them no big deal, I’ll just snap the photo again, with them out of the picture……..Case in point. On another occasion, I was at the Eden Roc hotel photographing some of their beautiful orchids they have in the lobby. I was in a remote area away from foot traffic. While getting all set up, a lady suddenly and purposely walked right behind the orchid I was about to photograph and would not move. It was extremely obvious she knew exactly was she was doing. After waiting a while for her to leave, when she did not, I started snapping a bunch of her photos. Her reaction was, what are you doing? I told her since she had walked right behind the subject I was trying to photograph, she automatically became a better subject…..Guess what? She became irate and left the scene.

June 19, 2012 - 4:34 pm

edinchavez - Thank you Keith, Ill take a look right now :)

June 19, 2012 - 3:21 pm

Keith - Great stuff you have there. You can see some of my candis over at http://keithtowers.zenfolio.com/ Take a look if you get a moment or two. Keep up the good work.

June 3, 2012 - 6:49 pm

edinchavez - I like that :)

May 31, 2012 - 3:33 pm

Evelyne - Nice item!

My experience: if people ask why they are being photographed, just say why you are actually taking the pic. Obviously there was someting atttracting you that made you take the pic. Just tell them what you saw. In my case it’s often the shadow or the light situation and that is what I tell them > There are such great shadow reflections here, I just had to photograph them.

(You can also use it as a trick off course. It seems people are more at ease if they get that it’s not neccesarily them that are photographed, but rather a composition.)

May 30, 2012 - 6:33 pm

edinchavez - Eva, go out with a friend and start from far, then slowly build confidence to get closer, next thing you know will be doing this without even thinking about it…

May 30, 2012 - 6:16 pm

Eva - I’m deathly afraid of taking photos of strangers because they do look at you funny and it makes me really uncomfortable. I don’t want to deal with the confrontation. I need to just suck it up and take on your tips about shooting, then getting lost in the crowd. :)

May 30, 2012 - 4:47 pm

edinchavez - Thank you :)

May 30, 2012 - 4:13 pm

Setthemood Planner - Hi I like your shots, very nice :)

May 28 2012

Shot of the day-Take it all in

Posted in Landscapes, Miami, Miami BeachNo comments

Happy Monday peeps, I hope everyone had a great weekend. I had a really mellow weekend nothing too crazy. So yesterday I hosted another awesome photowalk here in Miami Beach. It was themed after the sunset, and what a success. This is my favorite photo of the shoot.

If you are ever in Mimai and want to join this awesome photowalks make sure you subscribe to my blog and don’t forget to check out my Facebook to keep updated. Spread the love peeps….

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May 23 2012

Shot of the day-Barcelona from the top

Posted in Barcelona, Black & White2 comments

Have you ever been to Barcelona? If you havent I sugest you head down there. This place is amazing. The culture, the people, the food, the city. I really fell in love with Barcelona.

I shot this my last day there. I took a gondola ride that overlooks the city, it is amazing. If you are ever make it down there the gondola ride is a must. Behind me is the ocean and an amazing beach. To all my friends that live there I will be back before you know it so we can go get a Estrella…

Spread the love peeps and dont forget to add Barcelona to your bucket list.

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Barcelon from the top

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May 27, 2012 - 10:19 am

edinchavez - Thank you Ruby, you have to go, you will love it…

May 27, 2012 - 9:08 am

Ruby benz - this place is included in my travel wishlist..had the chance to visit madrid twice…the last time was in march 2012 for 3 weeks but did not had the chance to proceed to barca…thanks for the add in twitter..and you are doing good with your photos..love it!

May 21 2012

Photo shoot with baby Satan

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Good morning peeps. Happy Monday. Did you have a good weekend? My weekend was a bit crazy, good crazy tho…Started with a Janes Addiction concert and ended at the beach with lots of photos and craziness in-between. I did not bring my camera to the concert unfortunately, I wanted to a break for a minute… What an amazing show:)

Here is a couple photos from a shoot I did with my dog Satan last week. He is the coolest dog and photographs very well… I Hope you likes. Spread the love peeps…

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Baby Satan

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May 18 2012

Shot of the Day-Rise and Shine in SoBe

Posted in Landscapes, Miami, Miami BeachNo comments

Happy Friday peeps, whats on your agenda for the weekend? Lots of photography for me and a Jane’s Addiction concert. Should be lots of fun:)

I took this photo last Sunday while laying on the sand. I must say the best thing about living in Miami Beach are the Sunrises and the Sunsets, everything in-between is just a bonus (im a sucker for the sun and the ocean). I shot this with a 14-24mm lens. I will have a full write up on it in the next few days so stay tunned peeps.

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Rise and Shine in Sobe

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