Inspire: The street portraiture Clay Enos

[johnastovall]

A very different approach from Bruce Gliden...

WIRED Video: Street Portraiture

[rusty_tripod]

Informative and motivational.

[ChristopherCoy]

This was a great little video, and something I wish I could do all the time. Anytime I see someone who looks interesting in the grocery store or on the street I always think about how fun it would be to shoot them. The problem is that I always wonder how I would approach it. Now I know!

[Allen]

I saw this the other day...really cool. I don't have the personality to stop random people on the street and take photos.

Are the Nikon 50mm lenses as inexpensive as the Canon 50mm? I have the Canon lens and love it.

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by Allen

I saw this the other day...really cool. I don't have the personality to stop random people on the street and take photos.

Are the Nikon 50mm lenses as inexpensive as the Canon 50mm? I have the Canon lens and love it.

Yeah, pretty much. The 50mm 1.8 is anyway, though he was using the D3 with the 50mm 1.4 in that video, which is about $3-400. Not exactly inexpensive.

[Allen]

Originally Posted by zebulus

Yeah, pretty much. The 50mm 1.8 is anyway, though he was using the D3 with the 50mm 1.4 in that video, which is about $3-400. Not exactly inexpensive.

Thanks for the clarification.

[ChristopherCoy]

I've got the 50mm 1.8 and I flippin love it! I shoot 80% of everything these days with it...

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by ChristopherCoy

I've got the 50mm 1.8 and I flippin love it! I shoot 80% of everything these days with it...

Even though on your camera the 50mm is actually a 75mm, a mild tele, its still a great lens. An excellent focal length for portraits. When I had my D50 I used my 50mm 1.8 constantly.

Now that ive switched to minolta, my 70-210 f4 pretty much stays on my camera. I love that lens. Only thing better would be a 70-200 2.8.

[BEphoto]

Saw this video on the strobist site the other day. Very cool.

[jstpeter]

cool video, the one issue I see is model release, I wish he would explain he stance there. In one case he says it will only take 8 seconds hardley enough time to sign and review a model release. He legally can't do anything with these photos can he, without a model release?

[ChristopherCoy]

Originally Posted by jstpeter

He legally can't do anything with these photos can he, without a model release?

He doesn't need one. They are in a public place (street), and according to what I've read, he would only need one to be extra precautious.

ChristopherCoy added 2 Minutes and 6 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Originally Posted by zebulus

Even though on your camera the 50mm is actually a 75mm, a mild tele, its still a great lens.

@#$%@#$ @#$%@# @#$% ^^%@ @# @#$%@#$%!!! I thought I had gotten rid of all that conversion crap when I ousted the Olympus!!!

I'm just going to go on believing that what i see in my 50 is actually the view from the 50...

[jeffkohn]

Originally Posted by jstpeter

cool video, the one issue I see is model release, I wish he would explain he stance there. In one case he says it will only take 8 seconds hardley enough time to sign and review a model release. He legally can't do anything with these photos can he, without a model release?

Model release is only required for commercial use (advertising, implied endorsement, etc). Editorial use does not require a release, and neither does artwork. So he could sell prints as art and not need a release.

[jstpeter]

thanks guys!

[Toronto111]

Two guys did a 1000 portraits shoot in London recently and didn't get arrested on terrorism charges once