Outside the Apple store in San Francisco, 2007.
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Outside the Apple store in San Francisco, 2007.
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Tomorrow I’ll be braving the streets with Cork Streetphotography taking photos in the style of Garry Winogrand.
I’d never heard of Garry but a quick Google brought me plenty of digest. First this documentary, filmed in 1982, that showed his technique and friendly nature:
Then I came across this excellent blog post about the man. To summarise his technique:
You can see in the video above how he fiddles with his camera to distract the people around him. That’s not a bad idea, especially when you have a wide lens!
The tips from that post, which I urge you to read:
I’ll be only using my wide angle (17-40mm) lens so I won’t be tempted to zoom in too much. Tomorrow will be challenging.
The photos in this post are mine, just in case you’re not familiar with Cork. I shot the first photo in San Francisco in 2007. You can find many images by Garry Winogrand on Google Images.
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Beautiful yellow flowers in Fitzgerald Park are one of the pleasures of the park in the summer. The garden in front of the museum always looks beautiful and well tended.
Aperture | ƒ/18 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 72mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |
This was taken seven years ago and I have no idea where exactly it was taken. I suspect it was somewhere near Killarney but I know it was in Kerry somewhere.
Chips, or fries as they’re known in the USA, sit cold and ignored.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Discarded confectionery at the football grounds in Cobh around 7 years ago.
*Lick*
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 20mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Remember Zavvi in Cork? They took over from Virgin Megastore which then became Director’s Cut in The Queen’s Old Castle.
Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/25s |
The sun momentarily shone through the clouds over the Conor Pass, Kerry.
Just a part of a fence at the top of the Conor Pass in Kerry some five years ago.
That there is Lenny as he runs back to the support vehicles after we took off in a hot air balloon in Morocco last year.
Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 11mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |
The city of Reykjavík as seen from the bell tower of the cathedral there.