Can you do streetphotography with a wide angle tilt shift lens?
Today, I headed into Salt Lake City to The Gateway area with a mission of shooting some architectural street photography. Not sure if that is even a real term in the photography world, but it makes sense to me.
Now one thing that is really tough about tryin to do street photography with a lens like this is that at 17mm, this lens is pretty damn wide, so trying to get up close and personal shots of people is pretty much impossible. Especially since I was shooting bracketed, which means that the camera takes three images, one over exposed, one perfectly expose and one under exposed. Then I take those three images and merge them together with HDR software to get a balance of all of them to widen the dynamic range that is available.
So with architectural street photography, you want to frame up a scene from a distance. It can be a bit more tricky than traditional street photography because you need to focus more on lines and how they all intersect and still try and wait for a good moment to take the photo, whether it is waiting for cars to come into the frame or people. It is cool to show movement in the image with cars or people, but just remember that they are going to be a lot smaller than when shooting with a different lens.
I spent a couple hours just wandering downtown taking pictures, but after that long in the sun lugging around my huge camera, tripod and my camera bag, I decided it was time to put all my stuff up and go grab some food before I passed out. I really wish I would have worn some sunscreen today because I may end up with a sunburn on the top of my bald head. So now I am going to try and get some rest and stay out of the sun for a bit. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my pictures.
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Perfect! Architectural street photography sounds pretty good. And if there is no such genre, you've discovered it. That's even cooler! I love seeing your great photos. I hope you went home and had a great lemonade, my friend. I don't want you to faint from the heat. Because I'm about to faint...
Thanks homie. I am glad you liked the shots. I didn't get a lemonade, but I did drink a few water bottles when I got home.
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Man, this photo is awesome! I love your perspective. I also like to photograph buildings. But I am not as professional as you. You know very well how to look. These are unique works of art. Health to your hands. :)
Thanks man. It's all about practicing and learning as you go. I'm gonna have to follow you to see what your photography looks like.
Great shots… it works well for buildings, but not for people up close and personal.
Like how you are playing around.
Be careful out in the sun. Aloe Vera does help if you caught the sun.
Have a great evening @derangedvisions 👋🏻😊
Thank you. Luckily I didn't get burned today. I thought for sure I was going to be. It was a hot one today.
You are welcome 🤗
That’s good to hear you didn’t.
I always get burned hehehe 🤭 going out and about. I need so much sun protection…
Have a great Friday! Enjoy it.
wow, this is a nice shot my friend. this is surely not your first time shoting
Thank you. It's always fun learning new ways to photograph the world.
Taking pictures that are very beautiful and can show some aspects of the corner of the city to be very perfect for us to see.
Thanks
You're welcome
Noted! I'll try that tips when I get to the capital again. There's lots of beautiful skyscrapers and modern architectures over there that I want to capture.
Nice. Can’t wait to see what shots you get.
Love the captures. As they used to say "Seems you've got a lot of fun playing with it" 😜
Answering your question (as I understand it) I'd rather say 'no', then 'yes'. Street is about capturing the moment, and adjusting tilt-shift takes time, isnt it?.. And the most sufficient part: the captures in this post I consider to be rather #architecture and #cityscape than #streetphoto genre. Please correct me if I'm wrong?
It actually doesn't take much time at all to take photos with the tilt shift. The main thing that takes a while is just setting up the tripod and making sure the camera and lens are level. Then from there, you really just sit back and wait for a good scene.
Wow. The pictures are really beautiful and I must ask did they undergo any editing with any software platform or it's just straight from the camera's lens?
Definitely adding you to my read list, I would love to see more of this from you.
No, these aren't straight from the camera. I edit my work in Adobe Lightroom.
I thought as much. I could see the adobe effect
What a great photography, greetings to you
Thanks homie
🙏🙏🙏, Please guidance and direction from you
What kind of guidance are you looking for?
I just want to ask, how do I post a good one in this community, whether there are any special requirements such as pinmaple for example having to use a map, what about this community
Not sure what you mean by post a good one. Make sure you read the rules of the different communities. In the Photography Lovers Community, our main rule is that you only post your own photos. Pinmapple is it’s own community with its own rules.
Okay, thank you very much for the kind response from you, success for you
No problem. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
I love the color work, I love street photography and I can get very good references from these.
Thanks. Street photography is a lot of fun.
May I know what camera did you use? I hope to buy a DSLR soon so I could have better photographs
I have a Canon 5D Mark IV. It’s a pretty good camera and I’ve had it a few years now and never had any issues.
Photos are still great..
Your composition and editing taste always take my breath away. The muted highlights and shadows, the pastel tones 😍😍😍
Fantastic work!
Thanks man. I really appreciate that.