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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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I read today an interesting photography pamphlet by Chris Weeks, titled "Street Photography for the Purist". It was sharp, opionated, and provoking. I liked the writing, and I liked the photos. Especially the photos. The rangefinder-style of film-based street photography reminded me of the time I was using my Minolta XG-1 with aperture-priority/manual mode, with manual focusing. It takes a certain kind of skill to estimate distances, depth of field and lighting. But you learn it by doing. But I never used the camera for street photography. Instead, I shot animals, family, objects floating past on the river. Those were full thoughtful days, before starting studying physics and slowly forgetting about photography.
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