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Finally I have had a little time to take the streets of Newcastle to capture life throughout the city with my Fujifilm X-T2.
A simple publication with the approach directly in my street photography.
One thing that I have definitely lost in recent years is to wander through a city with my camera in my hand. With nothing to concentrate but to capture the heart and soul of a place, it is something that I find very therapy. I have felt very Recently inspired to maintain photography, keep writing on the blog, so I couldn’t wait to return to Newcastle streets to perfect my street photography skills.
When you think about street photography, you immediately think about capturing images of people who have just followed with their daily lives. If I am honest, I have always been nervous to incorporate random people in my photograph. It is one of my greatest regrets while I travel, since it is undoubtedly the people who give life to the streets of the cities, whether from Bangkok to London to Prague. That said, at least I can recognize where my photograph sometimes falls short. I have no trouble exploring new cities that have no idea where I am and I am quite sure that my photographs will capture the feeling of a place, but more people in my shots will surely take things to another level.
Anyway, having a work free time and having filed my documents for the launch of the day (of course Brome!), I recently spent one day in the streets of Newcastle obtaining more than 20,000 steps and 10 miles. Newcastle is a super direct city for me to visit, since Durham’s train literally takes about 12 minutes.
This will be a relatively simple publication with the focus on my street photography, but I will give some short details about my camera/lens options for photographers.
Street photography in Newcastle
The details
In terms of camera / lens options, I have been using the combination of 16 mm / 35 mm in two X-T2 for a while and I love the versality it offers. I know that the 23 mm focal distance is firmly in the middle, but wanted to see if that combination (I use for travel photography) also works when I mix a little and try more classical street photography. The way I had the configured things was:
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Fujifilm X-T2 + 16 mm F/1.4
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Fujifilm X-T2 + 35 mm F/1.4
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Fujifilm X100F
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Samyang 12 mm f/2 and Fujifilm 56 mm f/1.2
The reason behind the two additional lenses was, in the first place, in terms of 12 mm, there was a specific shot that I wanted for a time of the Lit & Phil library that definitely needed a large angle and, with respect to 56 mm, I like a longer lens in the streets, although I am never sure if I can escape this lens for anything except portraits and Wednesday. The Fujifilm X100F is always in my bag after replacing the 23 mm f/2 primary lens. I love X100F; I have already said that it is the best that I have held in my hands.
In terms of colors, as always, it is the recipes of Fujifilm JPEG. For this day, I marked in Fujixweekly Ektar 100 Simulation What I have been loving recently and for any black and white photo is an acros blow.
The findings
Apart from the blisters that appeared on my feet, in general, I would say that the day was quite successful. I obtained some photos that I had wanted to capture for a while and will probably go to this blog in one or two guides in the future. I was also in the photography area; I did not feel nervous when my camera turned off even when I pointed it directly to someone. Sometimes they caught me and the shot no longer existed, but with a rapid nod (a kind of apology), I was fast on my way to never see again.
As with most photographers, every day with my camera it becomes a discussion ‘in the head’ on which lens I should use at any time and what lens I must add to my collection. Of course, this happened while wandering through the streets of Newcastle. I discovered that I am lying towards the focal length of 23 mm for only a general exploratory photograph, including classical street photography. As I said before, it really is the best of both worlds, not too wide, not too long. The X100F is also small and silent, so it is practically the perfect camera for street photography. I discovered that I definitely like a longer lens in the streets to isolate subjects; In that way, incorporating people into the scenes can be much easier: 56 mm is fine, large and slow but with incredible image quality, however, now I am almost convinced that there is a space in my camera bag for 50 mm f/2 (even without selling 56 mm).
Finally, although this is mainly a photography publication, for those who want to know, they will find some of the best coffee in Newcastle in Pumphreys and in flat tapas. It was the first time I visited flat caps and God was good; I went with the flat bread of Celeriac Shawarma that I could eat every day!
I loved focusing on street photography on Newcastle. I have definitely surprised to have days like this and it has excited me even more to visit new places. Traveling and photography will always make me happy and I can’t wait to show Little Evelyn the world.
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