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Days in the life of Snowy (aka Snowy World Tour)

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    Snowy
    Joined: 15 Jun 2012

    Hi All,

    Not a World Tour in the traditional sense, however, considering I'm working on improving my photography I am going to be hitting the streets at least 2-3x a month every month, hopefully more if/when I can, I thought I'd create my own thread to share the journey of a world tour of my life through photos. Surely it'll reflect my surroundings as much as my emotional state, and I have the intent of pushing my comfort zone as a photographer to get closer to the style of street-shot I'm keen to take.

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      Snowy
      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

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        Seul
        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

        Of to a good start…

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          madmonday
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 13 Oct 2009

          Notify

          head high, middle finger higher

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            Finn666
            Joined: 20 Jan 2011

            could turn out to be my favourite thread after all!…great idea wade

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              Friday
              Joined: 27 Mar 2012

              awesome thread Snowman

              Tough, heavy and ready! = IRON HEART

              ~Shinici Haraki~

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                sabergirl
                見習いボス
                Joined: 4 Oct 2013

                It seems like you're already pretty brave with your street-shooting, Snowy–can't wait to see what you come up with next.

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                  Aetas
                  見習いボス
                  Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                  Keep on pushing your comfort zone.

                  last edited by 7 Jul 2014, 21:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    Snowy
                    Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                    Thanks for the support guys, hopefully you'll see the progress too. A different/visible form of personal growth. There be demons to face. Worst case some nice photos for you all to see 🙂

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                      Snowy
                      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                      Will be giving it my best both days this weekend. Am somewhat happy with these shots, still a long way to go. Today I was down by the old part of town, called The Rocks.

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                        summ3rhays
                        Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                        Great shots Snowy. I particularly like the door pic. Old doors seem magical in photos.

                        IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                          Finn666
                          Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                          2nded mr. summ3r!…
                          btw. wade, all shots made with the canon + 24-70mm, no!?

                          thinking of grabbing that lens or sell the dslr and get the Ricoh GRV or the likes... @derivative666 and @ChuckDenim swear by them! 🙂

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                            derivative666
                            Joined: 30 Jan 2011

                            @finn666 if this tells you anything about the Ricoh, Jesse Lirola is picking one up and I know you like his work.

                            "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                              Snowy
                              Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                              @Finn666 actually, no. The shots in here so far have been take with a Leica M9-P w/ Leica 35mm f/2 glass. The DSLR with the beast of a len the 24-70mm is, is too heavy to shoot out on the streets with all day. Added the SLR's size is quite confronting to some people. What I'm hoping to get more shots of is candid urban/street activity. Before going down the Leica path, I stuck a prime lens back on my SLR, but found it still fell short for what I was after, so Leica it became..

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                                Snowy
                                Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                                Well, was back out on the streets again, certainly a little more cocky than I should have been. Crawl Walk Run. For at least an hour I was shooting 100% manual, other than ISO. Turns out it was too bright for even the minimum ISO, so for the 2 shots where I actually asked people for their photo (more for focus practice), both were totally washed out. Back to auto shutter speed for me for the moment. I am slowly getting the zone-metering down, 2 or 3 of the shots below were shot without any focus, based on the idea that I'd locked the distance/zone in.

                                A lot further to go, still getting there. Need to keep my head in the game and keep with the 35mm, getting distracted with the idea that I'd get more candid shots if I moved to 75 or 90mm. On the other side I'd lose most other forms of shots I take, so need to keep on the 35.

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                                  Finn666
                                  Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                                  cool, didn't know you had the Leica buddy @Snowy great shit, no matter what! the actual way to look at situations is what it's all about…no matter what camera/lens! looks like you're having that as well as the right gear to capture it!
                                  great work so far buddy!

                                  @derivative666:

                                  @finn666 if this tells you anything about the Ricoh, Jesse Lirola is picking one up and I know you like his work.

                                  well that def. tells me enough mate @derivative666, thanks!

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                                    Megatron1505
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                    Great eye for detail Wade, very nice.

                                    Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                      Snowy
                                      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                                      We went out today to do a bit of a reccy that I've wanted to take shots @ for quite a while. Can't wait to go back sometime in the future at night and capture it all lit up!

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                                        Snowy
                                        Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                                        Sushi Train for lunch and a bit more location scouting. Taking photos at an airport this close to a plane being shot down was probably not my finest moment. Had 3 security guards keeping watch on me, the 3rd of which moved me along as I was packing up. Was on public/legal grounds, but doesn't mean the rent-a-cops won't go me. Over the years I've been moved along from many many places for taking photos. From national monuments, to oil refinery car parks.


                                        (this is meant to feel a little off)

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                                        • louisboscoL
                                          louisbosco
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                          @Snowy:

                                          Sushi Train for lunch and a bit more location scouting. Taking photos at an airport this close to a plane being shot down was probably not my finest moment. Had 3 security guards keeping watch on me, the 3rd of which moved me along as I was packing up. Was on public/legal grounds, but doesn't mean the rent-a-cops won't go me. Over the years I've been moved along from many many places for taking photos. From national monuments, to oil refinery car parks.

                                          well thanks to all these incidents happening nowadays, photographers doing real photography for a hobby and such are being treated as some sort of terrorist now. people tend to get all suspicious thinking that we are scouting our next target.

                                          "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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