Run! Bucharest, Romania, 2016. Get a print!
I took this photo in Bucharest in October 2016. I met there a local group of street photographers, and we decided to go for a photowalk at night. We went by Piata Unirii (Union Square), known for its large shops with loads of lights. A perfect place to play at night! There, we found this renewed underground exit, that became our main shooting spot for the evening. Reflective marble, bright lights, strong contrast with the night, what to ask more?
I know what to ask more! An interesting subject, to fill these stairs! For this poor man in hurry, it was not just a matter of fighting these stairs between him and the outside, he also had to go through a herd of crazy photographers 🙂
Anyway, it was a fun night, and I hope I’ll be back soon to meet again with this awesome group!
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EXIFs:
- Camera:Fujifilm X100T
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Focale: 23mm
- Shutter speed: 1/125s
- ISO: 6400
- Copyright: Pierre Pichot 2016, all rights reserved
Shampoo, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2016. Get a print!
Lately I’ve been chasing the lights and interesting subjects through shops’ windows. As the weather is going to be greyer and the sky covered in clouds, the light is going to get much softer than it still is. While soft light is great for street portraits, it’s far from being ideal when you want to play with the contrasts, using the sun rays to light you subject just where you want.
This is just what I did with this lady, waiting for her shampoo at the hairdresser parlour. They have this large vitrine where you can see absolutely everything that is going on. It is situated in a little, narrow street of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where the sun doesn’t really have the chance to shine. However, a tiny ray of light manage to find a path between the narrow buildings, to fall just on this woman’s face.
Last, but not least, this photo has just been published on 1x.com!
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EXIFs:
- Camera:Fujifilm X100T
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Focale: 23mm
- Shutter speed: 1/125s
- ISO: 400
- Copyright: Pierre Pichot 2016, all rights reserved
Reflection. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2016. Get a print.
Autumn has now come over Cluj-Napoca. The sky is grey, the temperature is dropping, everyone’s mood (mine included) is less than stellar. It’s time for challenging myself with a new approach in street photography: getting more abstract. I must admit that the way I’ve photographed the streets until now has been relatively orthodox in a composition point of view: classic rule of thirds, natural frames, etc. Of course, using lower shutter speed or lines has helped spicing things a bit. The dutch angle, too.
A good way to change the composition style is to search for reflections. It forces you to find a different angle, to frame in an original way. You often have to break the rules. Of courses, the rules of composition must be known before being broken… but that’s were the fun lies, am I right?
I found a car with black tinted windows and windshield in a small street of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Tinted windows usually enhance the mirror effect of the reflection, here nothing from the interior of the car is visible, while with standard windows the interior may be partially visible. It’s a matter of preferences. For this photo, it was a perfect setup, as I wanted to get the very contrasty facade of the restaurant in front of me. Then, I just waited for someone to pass by. It took a few tries to obtain the framing I wanted, beheading the passer-by and have the reflection of his head and bust in the car’s windshield, but in the end, it worked, pretty well!
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EXIFs:
- Camera:Fujifilm X100T
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Focale: 23mm
- Shutter speed: 1/125s
- ISO: 400
- Copyright: Pierre Pichot 2016, all rights reserved