Havana people with the Nikon Df and an old Nikkor 28mm manual lens by Julien Hautcoeur (Web | Instagram | Facebook | Tumblr | Flickr | see also his previous guest post): Getting closer Famous Magnum photographer Robert Capa once said: « If Your Photos Aren’t Good Enough, You’re Not Close Enough ». Here is the challenge I wanted to achieve when I went Havana in Cuba: getting closer. I always have been a huge fan of street photography but I felt like after these past years I never did master that style. I wanted to go a step forward and reach a point where I had never been before. Havana seemed to be the right place to do that. To be able to get closer and take the pictures I would be happy about, I found inspiration from three street photographers: F.D Walker, The Real Sir Robin and Juan Suarez who help me to get the right technique. Camera settings and lens The best way to do street photography is to be fast, fast enough to catch a moment before it disappears. Because of that, you don’t have time to think about the setting of your camera: chose the focal length, set the ISO, focus… and click. The moment is already gone. From F.D Walker I took the idea to set the camera with auto ISO (max of 6400 on my Nikon Df) and use it in manual mode with a speed of 1/500 to 1/1000 of a second. With that shutter speed you can...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Saturday, 26 May, 2018