Are you a camper or a run and gunner? I stole the terms from Call of Duty. Campers settle in and wait for the scene. Run and gunners keep moving. I do both, but I like my camping shots better. There is something about the patience. It feels like an accomplishment.
I shot this one on the Fujifilm X-Pro2, the greatest camera Fujifilm has ever made, with the 16mm, which is 24mm in crop terms, on the Velvia film sim.
My rules, for what they are worth. I do not shoot people on their phones. Fish in a barrel. I do not shoot homeless people candidly. I do not shoot children without permission. I engage. I ask permission. I do portraits.
Some examples from the day. The mailman, run and gun. The Cruise Farm Dairy workers, and I wished I had been closer, I wanted a longer lens for that one. Trash workers doing their thing. A bad violinist who sounded like a donkey dying. A daredevil on ropes way up high. Downtown Knoxville then and now displays. The bar scene, where I waved and explained myself. A woman in a wheelchair in the street. I did not shoot that. I asked if she needed help.
And I will say this about New York style street photography. Too much of it is a sport where the goal is getting it in focus, not finding a worthy subject. Focus is the easy part.
The overcast East Tennessee light did not give me a good patch of light to camp in today, so I showed some past camping style shots instead. You have got to be patient. Wait for the right moment.
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