Welcome to Miami: Street Photography (13/12/2012)

Some more photos of Miami taken on my recent work trip.

All shots were taken on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Panasonic/Leica 25mm f1.4,  Olympus 12mm f2.0 and 45mm f1.8 lenses:

Welcome to Miami: Street Photography (10/12/2012)

During a recent work trip to Miami, Florida, I was able to spend a well deserved couple of days shooting the streets of Miami Beach (and of course the beaches). It was a real treat going from 5°C in London to 27°C in Miami. The streets, beaches, bars, and shopping malls were a feast for the eyes (or lens as the case may be).

From a photography point of view though, my problem was that I'd never shot the streets in the States before and was weary of waving a camera in someones face, especially on the beach. It normally takes me a few days to get acclimatised to shooting in a new city or country, unfortunately those were a few days that I did not have. Nevertheless I did try and shoot as much as possible and was exhausted by the end of my trip (Who was it that said a street photographers most important toll apart from his camera are his shoes?).

I don't think this series of photos will do Miami justice, as there's so much going on at all times and I was not as comfortable on the streets as I'd like to have been. But they're a start of hopefully a new project in this fine city.

All shots were on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Panny/Leica 25mm f1.4, my newly acquired Oly 12mm f2.0 and 45mm f1.8 lenses:

London Street Daily (08/12/2012)

Three shots from various places in London that I've been sitting on for a while. I may as well share them with you now.

Shot on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 + 14mm and 25mm lenses:

London on Film - Kodak Portra 400 (06/12/2012)

Portraits on Kodak Portra 400... You can see why they call it Portra. Lovely skin-tone rendition, even with flash.

Most of these were shot when I was drunk, so I have little to no recollection of the events, but it's always fun when checking your developed negatives and scanning them, bringing back fragments of memories.

The one event that I do have a recollection of is the last photo in this post. I noticed a bloke with an Olympus XA, quietly observing people on the corner of Oxford Street and Regent Street and firing off the odd shutter. Naturally I was drawn to the scene which was reminiscent of watching back a video of yourself, so I sneaked up to him, aimed the camera, and waited for him to turn to face me before pressing the shutter button.
I then chatted to him briefly before continuing down Oxford Street. Does anyone know him?

Edit: The guy in the photo is Alistair Redding (Hi Alistair), I realised he actually emailed me a while ago. Here's a link to his work on tumblr:
http://alistairredding.tumblr.com/

London on Film - Kodak Portra 400 @ ISO800 (03/12/2012)

Apologies for the lack of updates during the past few days. I was away and out of the country on a work trip so I didn't have time to post anything.

Here are some more Kodak Portra 400 photos shot on the GR1v, but keep checking back to see some photos from a more exotic location (coming soon to a photoblog near you):