Hello
My name is A Habis and I live in London, UK
first of all, I’m a big fan of this website and I really enjoy visit it everyday, so thank you steve for your effort. I have been shooting street photography with Leica for three years now and I really enjoy it. Rangefinder is really the camera to use for street, it’s small, compact, it doesn’t get attention and it keeps you shooting for longer time!!
What does that mean? well, imagine you are carrying a DSLR around your nick for 5 hours, you will get bored and tired then it will be in the bag, so you more likely loss moments.
I will leave you with the photos, I hope you enjoy it:
Secondly , cameras and lenses used in the following shots:
1. Leica M9 and 50 f1.4 ASPH (Emotions)
2. Leica M9 and 28mm f2 ASPH (Winter days)
3.Leica X1 (classic London)
here is my website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaih88/
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All nice shots, especially the first one. Well done!
Ernesto
Very nice! I really like your style.
Could you perhaps elaborate on your B&W conversion technique?
Jan Martijn
Nice shots. Great to see the X1 being used for street photography alongside such an awesome kit.
nice captures. I’m not sure I’m brave enough to take photos of people necking in the street. My M9 does blend in well but even so, I would feel like a bit of a pervert if they saw me taking photos of them.
first 2 shots are great, especially with the woman looking at the couple from the bus shelter. Third one is ok, I don’t think vignetting helps it. Nice work.
hi im a beginner with photography in general. but how do u focus on one side with a range finder?
Dear John
In rangefinders, you have to move the focus point to the subject you want to focus on, then move it back to the right composition ( it sounds slow but, don’t worry you will get fast by time) This is an example (see the photo[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaih88/4996227312/in/set-72157625633447266/[/img]
stupid question. never tried thats all hahah im sorry
Hi Ahmed
I like your style very much and the pix on your flickr are great!
I used to live in London for about ten years and what a great city it is for street photography!
These are nice images. From my point of view, the contrast looks a bit hard giving that “charcoal” look which can look quite good but not what I try and go for. The details get lost as the shadows blacken and the highlights get too white for me. Nice captures though for sure.
Thanks for your comments, about the techniques (there are more than one), I use lightroom to do them, however I made them as presets so, if you want them send me an email.
thanks
Very nice images Ahmed. I really like the second one.
Keep up the good work.
Dear John.
In rangefinders, you have to move the focus point to the subject you want to focus on, then move it back to the right composition ( it sounds slow but, don’t worry you will get fast by time) This is an example (see the photo) [img]http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/aaih88/4996227312/[/img][img]http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/aaih88/4996227312/[/img]
love the first shot.
Ahmed, these are great street shots. Especially the first, as others have commented. Very well done, glad you shared them here.
Hello Ahmed, I like these shots very much. I also checked out the flickr link, a lot of very good images there too. Thank you very much for sharing!
Would you tell us a bit more about your b&w workflow?
Best greetings,
Eric.
Hey Ahmed,
Excellent images, 1 and 2 are my favorites, but I do love how the English sport their cars.
Keep it up! Do you find the English to be weary of being photographed? I keep hearing that more and more, but not sure if it is true.
Best-Adam
Dear EricWN
I shoot both digital and film rangefinders, when I shoot digital, I do both B&W and colour but with film I shoot only B&W. I use lightroom for street photography, and I did a preset for the colour and the B&W editing (I also edit film after scanning)
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Dear Adam Marelli
Well, they are not that weary of being photographed, you only have to be careful not to upset the people take the shoot but don’t follow, wait until you see the bast picture then photograph, no eye contact and take the photo and leave.
thanks
The first shot is an absolute brilliant capture of the human condition (both the couple and the on-looker). Great work!
Really good work, thanks for sharing
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