A very interesting train of thoughts. And the results are amazing. I will take definitively my 70-300mm lens with me into my pocket in one of my next photo walks. Thank you for this great video.
Very interesting shoots and definitely different. You bit me in the end to the punch line as I was thinking I totally enjoy to hear your thinking process. Great video!
Happy New Year to you. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I often hear people talk about ‘zooming with their feet’ when using different focal lengths. But focal lengths are all about composition. One cannot get the same photo with different focal lengths by moving closer or nearer, something you demonstrated very well here. Thank you for willingly challenging yourself with a new set of constraints and wrestling through that with us. Great images! Much appreciated.
Thanks! While you can't get the same results by zooming with your feet, the same "dance" of composition is needed to compose with the longer focal lengths as well. It was a fun exercise.
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you for the exposition on composition and how it can elevate the mundane into something more meaningful - it’s a great reminder for me. I also think it’s something that many “street photography with a 70-200!” type videos lack. Often times, it’s just photos of everyday subjects doing everything things, which doesn’t rise above the mundane.
Thanks, Daniel! I didn't realise videos like this were a "thing". I just picked up my least used lens and walked out the door. It was a fun experience. :)
Enjoyed that, loved that building and I was seeing shots everywhere. I use a 55/200 for a lot of work but I do have a few other lenses with me or an X100V. I trust you'll go out with it again at some point Dylan.
For sure! I've been trying to find another area to explore that might work those focal lengths. Stay tuned. That little camera goes everywhere with me, so it'll happen sooner or later.
A really instructive video. I appreciated hearing your thought process as you set up your composition. The thing that really caught my attention was the way you simplified the composition. It made me want to get out and try it. I usually shoot with a 35 mm prime (about 50 on my asp-c camera), I’m getting a 18-300 lens that this would be great to experiment this technique with.
Enjoy! With the amount of distance required at longer focal lengths, it's not always easy to simplify the composition, but it should be a fun exercise.
Thanks for going through your process of thinking through a not so familiar focal length, I have so much work ahead of me in this area, and it's useful to learn from videos like these
Wonderful video, again. Your channel is rapidly becoming my go-to-real-world-user Fuji channel. Pal2Tech is still an entertaining channel and great for learning the specifics about the Fuji system etc., but I learn an awful lot more here watching your hands on experiences with the Fuji system. Your videos, to me at least, speak less of 'this is what it is' and more of 'this is how you can employ it'. Great work and a new subscriber!
Thanks, Darren! I'm a firm believer that the tools are here to enable us to make photographs. They're important, but not the be all and end all. I'm glad it's entertaining for you. Thanks again!
I don’t use a tele zoom, but I use my 90 F2 which is equivalent to 35 mm across the street. I photograph in Seattle and instead of using a 35 mm equivalent that I use on one side of the street, when I’m photographing across the street I use the 90 F2. I get great results. 🖖
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer The most obvious is an amenity. I would rather get a realistic shot than somebody either noticing me or giving me a cheesy smile. I’ve noticed a lot of street photographers stick with a 35 or 50 or even wider. I prefer the 50 F2 or the 90 F2. This gives me the advantage of capturing a moment unposed and with great bokeh. If you’re interested I am on flickr. Just look up the name Jon Leach. I’m the one with all the pictures. I don’t do Facebook or Instagram, because I don’t like their policies against free speech.
@@b3arodactyl It pulls your subject right out of the scene. At least when you do it, right. I tend to put the limiter on, so it focuses a bit faster and with less hunting. 🖖
Just discovered your page and I'm trying to decide whether to get one lens, the 50-140, or maybe two new lenses like the 23mm and 33mm 1.4 for the same price. I shoot mostly street... Decisions, decisions! I'll be checking out many more of your videos... Cheers!
I can't wait for the next video. - so today I decided to do street photography with my Sigma 500-1000 lens. As usual I'm gonna take photos of the DDP but this time, from my home, sitting in my patio.
I feel like you would do the same excellent work with an xf55-200 lens. I get the 2.8 possibilities, but your photo examples are into the xf55-200 aperture range. Do you feel the same, or do I miss a big point ? :) Anyway, your videos are always a fantastic help, thank you so much (and the music you're using is always in my head now... hahaha).
Absolutely! At those apertures, there would be very little difference and the 55-200 might even be a more versatile lens with it's extra reach. The actual lens here isn't the point so much as trying a new focal length is. It's the exercise of forcing your brain to consider a familiar scene in new ways that I was getting at.
Another great video. For myself this lens is the go to for my headshot work - you never know how much space you're getting when visiting a client. I really wish I had it when I was in Korea pre-pandemic having seen what you've done here around this fabulous building! The colour shots are my favourite, street togs take note, not everything has to be black and white (check out Saul Leiters colour work) 😊.
Cheers for watching! The DDP is an interesting space, for sure. Hope you can visit and do some work of your own there. Colour certainly has a place in street photography as does black and white. Personally, my preference falls towards black and white for most work involving harsh light and shadow. That's just my preference. The key is understanding when and why to use each for your own purposes rather than simply choosing one or the other. If you look around a little, you'll find plenty of people working in both and choosing the appropriate one for their desired outcome based on the scene.
Nice vid as always. I'm annoyed that even with notifications on I have no updates on your uploads, it's like RU-vid is hard on smaller RU-vidr. I have the same problem with all "small" channels, no notifications.
