Street Fashion: Japan
Tech Notes:
What a challenge. I try to keep post processing to a minimum. Mainly color correction and then levels.
In nearly all my pictures taken with the S70, the highlights often have magenta and purplish casts, and are noticeable in back lit scenes, especially around tree branches.
Depending on the weather, season, and pollution level, the image will have an overall yellowish cast, and the road surface a green cast.
Usually I can reduce, or completely dial out the problem but throw in a few taxis, a yellow / green jacket, and a calibration target for a t shirt it’s no wonder I love black and white photography.
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Very colourful, great POV and background. A real urban hustle bustle. Cool shot.
I hear ya on the color issue. I admire street shooters that can make color work for them on a consistent basis, but I feel that B&W works better for my more consistently. Color on the streets rarly adds to the story and usually distracts. Maybe I am just taking the easy route. But, then again B&W creates it’s own set of difficulties to deal with.
Oh, by the way this image works great in color.
Your tech notes were interesting. It gave me new insights.
It made me wonder – do you takes all your images in color and convert them to black & white in the computer?
Thanks for the comments.
@ Tim. My gallery for color street photography looks like I asked 20 people to send in their favorite shots for the Open Category.
Consistency in street photography is something that I’m working on, but every now and then I would like a little more co-operation from the sun. I should add to my tech notes “no wonder I like black and white photography, artificial light and the comforts of a studio.”
Here is a link to Trent Parke’s photography.
http://www.in-public.com/TrentParke/gallery/71
@Désirée. The photographs are taken in color (digital) and converted in the computer. So many choices available with a computer. It’s a low cost way to experiment and learn from your mistakes and the occasional triumphs.
I don’t miss working in the darkroom, or depending on labs that close for 6 weeks at Christmas but still use film occasionally and scan it.
Digital cameras are a blessing.
My father tried to teach me how to do the settings to get what I wanted when I was younger (camera with film) but when I got the images back from the lab I had no idea what settings I had had. I never got it.