Cambodia’s People
Looking for inspiration, I found it in the warmth and friendlyness of the Cambodian people.
This Podcast deals with capturing images of people. I use five images from my Cambodian portfolio as examples and dissect them. There is less focus on the gear involved, because quite frankly, it makes very little difference. I try to show you why each photo (for me) works.
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First rate again, Bruce! I’m heading for Siem Reap in November and can’t wait to experience the culture.
Thanks for the tips.
Mark
Comment by olwick — 28 July, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
By the way, I never would have thought to go horizontal on the young girl/dad on the motor bike. I would have instinctively gone vertical.
You’re right though, that shot just works with the space on the sides. I’ll pause and think about that more in the future.
Great tip.
Mark
Comment by olwick — 29 July, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Hi Bruce, I’ve decided to pickup a secondhand rangefinder for street work and was wondering what your thoughts were on the Nokton 40mm? Is there a aperture sweet spot or do you shoot across a wide range? I’ve heard good things about the 40 and 50 1.5 so I’m in the middle of deciding which one to go for as my first lens.
Thanks,
Andy
Comment by AndyC — 1 September, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Hi Andy,
I used the Nocton 40 Single Coated, and I loved it. To be honest, most of the time I shot it wide open at 1.4, to make use of the available light, as I didn’t have a monopod at the moment. As with all things – you should do your own testing rather than take my word for the sweet spot. I never really tested it, but I now do test all lenses I buy so I know if they are howlers in any way (the 17-40L was a real howler until I got it re-calibrated by Canon).
I think you’ll love the Nocton. I found it very ‘creamy’ and sharp edge to edge.
Comment by Bruce Percy — 1 September, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
Your pictures really did inspire me to go for a rangefinder as I hope to take plenty of portraiture shots in Vietnam in Oct. Being new to rangefinders, are there any good guides you could recommend or is it a case of go out and experimenting.
Comment by AndyC — 1 September, 2008 @ 7:40 pm
Hi Andy, Well best of luck with the camera…. my advice would be to give it a try out before you go. It’s not for everyone, but if you bought an R3a, the beauty of that machine is that the viewfinder is a 1:1 ratio, so you can look through the view finder with your right eye and keep your left eye open – so you can see things coming into the frame – and the view finder is not magnified – works really well. Focusing – is something you need to learn to do by judging and also being used to lining up the image in the view finder. Then of course aperture priority…. it’s all about anticipation and you may find you’re lost for a while because it takes a while to get used to the camera. So you *must* experiment before you go, or you will find yourself unfamiliar and fumbling with a new piece of kit – something I never do. I always go with what I know.
Comment by Bruce Percy — 1 September, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
Yes I ended up with a second hand R3A because of its m-mount, 1:1 and it was not a huge investment. I think being out of my comfort zone will make shooting with R3A all the more rewarding.
Thanks for your time.
Comment by AndyC — 1 September, 2008 @ 9:26 pm