Are you a 50mm shooter? What's your fav focal length for street photos? LMK

Also love high contrast pictures

Nice to hear a discussion of shutter speed /motion/light and story telling. With a 50mm you can pick out several stories from one vantage point or just a slight movement. It's become my most used for street photography.

I usually use a 35mm lens but I am very curious to play with a 50mm. Love that you're talking through your process and showing us the pics your didn't think worked. I also liked the GC shot and the man in the hat as well.

This gave me a flashback to Pershing Square - my favourite spot in NYC. 2024: year of the 50mm 🙂

Very very nice 👍👍👍📸

The monochrome street snapshots you take are amazing. A moment of everyday life in New York is expressed so well that I can almost hear the famous song Autumn in New York. I am Japanese and live near Tokyo. I mainly take analog monochrome photographs, but I also wanted to try taking monochrome street snapshots in Tokyo. It's going to be a good season in Tokyo. I appreciate you publishing this video! Thank you!

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! That means a lot. I visited Tokyo once ... a long time ago (20 years!) ... and I'd love to revisit someday for photography. What an exciting city. So much bigger and busier than NYC! I'm glad you enjoyed my video :)

I've been on a 50mm kick lately if I am out for no particular reason. If I am going to a festival or something that I know will have a crowd then I take either 21|28|35 depending on what I am doing. Really been enjoying 21mm in crowded environments.

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Totally. Super crowded spots I find the wider field of view is way helpful. But that increase on compression with the 50mm is pretty nice as a change from my usual look and feel on the 28.

the 9:40 shot has a vintage feel, well done!

I’m just getting started into black and white street photography and I use either a 50mm or 85mm.

Great video and images . Would have been nice if you told us what shutter speeds you used

Excelent video! Congrats!

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Very well done video. Thank you

@ryandavid

4 ай бұрын

Cheers thanks

Great video. Looking forward to following your work.

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! 🤟🏼😎

50mm is great for street. HCB seemed to be effective with it as well! I enjoyed listening to you talk about your process and outcomes.

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. haha yeah...if it's good enough for HCB it's probably good enough for the rest of us! thanks for watching 🙌🏻

Excellent! An actual photography video vs a gear flogging hawking video.

@ryandavid

5 ай бұрын

thanks so much! The gear reviews...such a snooze (to me). I get why it does well but oooof, that is not what Im here to do. Glad you enjoyed

Love this format. I like seeing the misses as much as the good shots. I think you really had something at the escalator where we could see the street, the escalator and your reflection. There IS something to be pulled from that lication. First time seeing your video, liked, subbed and commented.

@ryandavid

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad it resonated. I definitely enjoyed making this one (and the photos). I like seeing the BTS and the process for others, so I wanted to try and make something more in that style. Thanks for watching!

Great video. 50mm is my favorite, but 28mm is my most used. Curious to hear about your work and thoughts regarding using a 28mm since you mentioned that's your main lens.

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I hadn't thought of making a 28mm video, but now that you suggest it it seems to obvious! Coming up :) I love the 28mm, especially for travel/street work. And have also been playing around with a friend's 35mm again recently. All have their unique advantages for sure. Thanks for watching and for the suggestion!

50mm is the one. In fact, the only one!

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

The Force is strong with that one.

Did you blind chest fire that final shot of hatman at pershing? If so, kudos! It's hard with a 50 for sure. I feel like it's super easy with the 28, or even 35, and I've got tons of great portraits that way. 50 I think I need more practice. When I get them, it feels like I showed up but luck ultimately carried me through the door. Then again, 28 felt that way at first too. I've been on the exact same journey! I also live in NYC and about a year ago I switched from zooms to all manual primes. It seemed daunting but now I honestly feel uncomfortable using autofocus. 28mm, manual everything (except maybe ISO!) and I'm in my element 100%. What really surprised me is how well zone focus works for everything now. I ways imagined I'd want autofocus for family shots and such... Nope! Once you build those zone focus muscles, it's just too good. Never miss those crucial pigeon flock takeoff shots anymore :P Awesome video. Really well done. Very informative for newcomers. Great to nod along in agreement as someone in the same boat. Lovely shots throughout. Easy subscribe ✌️. Oh, and 28 is my favorite street lens overall, but around Manhattan.. I've been into the Voigtlander 21/3.5 lately. That extra width is clutch with such tight yet expensive settings- and with a high mpx body, cropping a wide shot down is no problem.

@ryandavid

8 ай бұрын

Yup, fired it off crossbody at chest level! 🤟🏼 I had a sense of it…but there was definitely a touch of luck involved, too. I’m such a 28mm guy overall for street and travel work that the 50mm really works me in different ways. The 28mm is definitely a little easier to get the subject in frame, but then again I find overall it requires a lot more focus on composition because it’s so wide, so it can easily be a total mess and filled with garbage and extraneous subjects. The 50mm is “easier” for me in that sense. Smaller frame so easier to find a tight composition. But, that’s assuming I can look through the viewfinder! Haha I do use the 50mm as my primary for portrait sessions, so I have a good relationship with it. But those are much more planned. Prob some of that muscle memory kicked in here to help a bit with the framing. But…also luck 😅 28mm vid coming soon 😎

Two "rules" to live and die for when photographing people in their natural habitats. 'If your pictures aren't any good, you're not close enough.' And, 'If your pictures aren't emotionally engaging, they're not memorable.' There are many meaningful ways to practice - and break - these rules. But until you're a great photographer, practice them.

15:11 nailed it for me