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Street & City / Re: Bleak city streets on the edge of suburbia....

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:13:15 AM »

Pierce thanks for your constructive criticism, I appreciate you looking and taking the time to reply...

...but yes this is exactly the look I am going for as well as design etc. But by no means do I regard these images as 'keepers' but its all part of an ongoing journey, where at some point I will have a 'body' of work from which I can start to build a portfolio.

The flat colours, overexposure and increase in micro contrast is all part of the plan, as is the design...

good or bad, imo,  and with respect, that's all in the eye of the beholder and I much prefer images that illicit a strong response, good or bad, like yours, than a blanket approval or otherwise...

so once again thanks for your honest opinion!

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Lens Gallery / Re: Mamiya 50mm shift and Eos M

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:58:48 AM »

Thanks Sanji...I just have this stuff lying around here and a new camera is always somewhat exciting to have and that helps!

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EOS-M / Re: Long Blackout

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:57:37 AM »

Do you focus first and then press the shutter/ or do you do it all at once? i have not had any problems with the latter, so not sure what is causing yours....

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EOS-M / Re: My Eos M review - Part Two

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:56:07 AM »

thanks Paul! Yes the little 'M' is actually far more impressive than most of the reviews led me to believe. Focus actually slightly better than I expected, but then I did expect the worst! MF is not easy handheld and I have not tried AF- MF yet...to make it easier I think something like focus peaking is needed. But as you say, better to focus first, and then wait for the action to step into the viewfinder.....

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Street & City / Bleak city streets on the edge of suburbia....

« on: May 08, 2013, 02:41:05 AM »

Made with my Eos M and 35mm equivalent lens....more info and images here at....http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/

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Lens Gallery / Mamiya 50mm shift and Eos M

« on: May 08, 2013, 02:33:54 AM »

I just got an Eos M about a week ago. I thought I will go over the top and try out my medium format Mamiya 50mm shift on the little Eos M....two adapters later I have a '80mm' equivalent perspective control lens... for half the price of Canons equivalent....    More info and images here at....http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/

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EOS-M / My Eos M review - Part Two

« on: May 08, 2013, 02:26:06 AM »

I took my Eos M for a walk in the streets armed with not only the 22mmf2 and the 40mm f2.8 pancake but also a Mamiya 50mm shift lens made for medium format! More info and images here at...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/

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Black & White / Re: street photography...feedback please!

« on: May 03, 2013, 09:01:10 AM »

Also look at the other pictures he posts in the link, not just the two B&W transforms here...

Some of that works even better in color IMHO.

Cools shots and the processing is intriguing.

Thanks! I always have a problem deciding between B&W & colour....

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Black & White / Re: Portraits of Poverty...

« on: May 03, 2013, 08:59:57 AM »

How about just renaming the series "Portraits of Character"? I think that rich or poor, documentation and portraiture is just that - portraiture. Who cares if they sleep in a mansion or on the streets? A picture is a picture and if it depicts somebody's life at a moment in time, then it is what it is.

a good idea...

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Black & White / Re: Portraits of Poverty...

« on: May 03, 2013, 08:58:51 AM »

Obviously there different degrees of poverty..these people are much better off than many and much worse of than even more, they have homes to live in be it only a tin shack with no insulation against heat or cold...and the community at large supports them via donations etc etc

I stand corrected but I believe that if you earned less than about USD 23000-00 per year in the USA then you were considered 'poor'. Here in South Africa that would make you a very wealthy person.

So each country and each population group have their levels  poverty and homelessness. Because one sympathizes with a group that is much better off than another doesn't make it wrong or out of touch with reality...or whatever, its just the way it is.  There will always be people that are worse off than others, that's just life...Here in my country even the most destitude will put up some sort of shelter and the vast majority live in tin shacks only.


By the way poor and homeless people are photographed far less than the rich and famous. Pick up any magazine or newspaper and search any news website or blog and I bet you that the images of the rich and famous outnumber by thousands to one the images of the poor and homeless. If you have ever photographed a celebrity or movie star you must have noticed that what they show you is not who they really are...its all a put on...how boring is that and how little information does that give you? At least the poor and homeless dont put up a 'facade' for the photographer. Perhaps that's why we like photographing them, they are just more
honest...

The real homeless people that I have encountered, the ones that sleep on the pavement or under a tree all have a 'mental' problem in that they cant cope with life. I feel sorry for them, just as I feel sorry for someone that through circumstance outside of their control are living a life of poverty, someone that is capable of work but cant find work. Someone who hasn't given up yet..

Just yesterday I was contacted by a previous domestic of mine and her qualified daughter that hasn't had any food to eat for a week. They live in a house, they even have a cellphone, but they cant get work, and the money has just run out. Are they better of than the homeless that live in shelters? Definitely, but  still feel sorry for them and  will help them. That's just the way it is....

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EOS-M / Re: Eos M my first impressions!

« on: May 02, 2013, 05:13:42 AM »

Thanks for the link! I had a look and its pretty cool! At the mo my Billingham Pola bag will have to do....

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EOS-M / Re: Eos M my first impressions!

« on: May 01, 2013, 09:30:07 AM »

Bob, jip, its the Leica, which is way tooo expensive, but as I already have it and I knew it works well, I use it on the M.  Cheaper ones are available. But on the M as far as I know, you cant have fill in flash and viewfinder...better then to have a look at something like a X100s..which I really like on paper, but also twice the price...

Tom, yes if you have to buy a standalone camera, depending on your type of photography, I think there are very good alternatives available. For me it was a massive reduction in price AND the fact that I could use it as a backup in that all my Canon stuff can be used with it. The thing is, my 5D2 has never once let me down since 2009, and therefore it didn't make sense to buy something like a 7d or 6d as a backup. I just need something that can help out in an emergency and not take up too much space in the bag, and it was Cheap! Bonus is that with the Optical viewfinder it all of a sudden becomes more user friendly and I carry it with me everywhere. I will have a follow up post with my experiences(or not) in the street with the M...(almost sound Leicalike

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EOS-M / Eos M my first impressions!

« on: May 01, 2013, 06:40:06 AM »

After almost a week I am pleasantly surprised by this little camera! I bought it as a backup to my 5D2, but also as a camera I can carry with me all the time , just in case....  and so far so very good, and with an Optical Viewfinder attached it may just become my new favorite all rounder...

More images and my first impressions here at...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/

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Street & City / a 'Surreal' moment....did I do it justice??

« on: April 17, 2013, 06:54:25 AM »

as seen in Rouxville, a small town in the Freestate province  of South Africa. Some more portraits in a similar vein and background info here at....http://www.ivanmuller.co.za/bloghttp://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/

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Sports / Water skiing..is this any good?

« on: April 17, 2013, 06:45:44 AM »

Made with my new old 40d (and 70-300L) that I bought as a backup. Definitely the fastest frames per second camera I have ever had. More of my images here at...http://www.ivanmuller.co.za/bloghttp://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/