Great tips. Thank you

The 50 is actually a very difficult focal length to master. Great photographs.

I just got myself the original M Monochrom. I was wondering if you shoot in manual or aperture priority mode? Also, how are you metering? I have been metering under to where I have the arrow and the dot just appears. Seems to give me the most consistent results. As far as focal length, I am about 50/50 between the 35mm and 50mm on my M11, M9M, and M5. My focal length choice usually falls upon two factors -- where I am shooting and my mood. Always love your vids!

I'm *just* getting a 17-70mm lens and haven't taken it out yet. Around 4:30, you mention having to see things from further back. THAT was a key detail. Worth the whole video.

Great video! I haven’t done a lot of street photography in the last few years, as I haven’t been close to a city to do the work. But several years ago I lived in San Francisco, which is an ideal city to do this kind of work. My technique was very similar, walking through the city and moving towards the action rather than wait for people to come to me. After a while , you can develop lighting reflexes and capture things that only come together for a fraction of a second. Again, great video and great work!

The guvnor. Always great! Get in!

Great video. Love the 50mm look. My most used lens. If crowds too dense, use reluctantly, the 35mm. Bravo.

⁠I’ve just stumbled across this video (thank you algorithm). Have liked and subscribed. I really appreciated both your style and the practicality of your advice, and also loved your work (will seek out more). I’m not confident or competent from the hip. Actually, I’m still working on my equivalent of your earlier, more static style, and enjoying that. But really interesting tips, and will be trying again with more consistent-depth field-focusing. For me, the key attraction to this technique is wrt your comment about being non-confrontational. I don’t like pointing a camera at people going about their private lives. I do like the art that can result. Squaring that circle in an authentic and considered way is really interesting.

Photographing people in public can be a big challenge for some photographers and there's no right or wrong method. The only thing that matters is enjoying what you do and ofcourse, the final image. Shooting from the hip is a great technique that with practice can be just as precise as if you look through the viewfinder. Great video.

A few good ones!

Wonderful images as always... I embarked on a project that started on the 1st of June to only shoot with the M10 & CV 50mm/1.5 Nokton II. If this goes as well as I think it will I may extend that to a year with 1 camera, 1 lens... I'll have to wait and see...

Sensational photography. Love the girl surrounded by the her brothers/family and the three girls and the mural. I noticed you mentioned that shooting into the sun simplified scenes. I always thought if you have the sun behind it would illuminate and bring out features in your subject/faces more?

A couple months ago I was visiting a bookstore with my son and DiL. It was an interesting palce and I decided to carry the X100V at my side and surreptitiously capture other customers in the place. I came away with a few nice captures. I've been shooting the X100V so much that it will take an adjustment to take out the X-E4 with a 35mm lens on it and make it work. Ha! Nice work.

You've got some good ones there, the one with the three women in the shade and the mural was my favourite.

I like the 50mm lens( I love the 50-55-60 range of macro lenses more). Really good video. A couple shots could be considered for a future photo book.

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Some really nice captures there Jeff. Zone focusing with the 50mm particularly well handled and judged. What happened to the film Leica? I thought you were moving back to film only. I have a missed a few videos, so I maybe you addressed this. I’ve just purchased a Yashica Electro 35 to get back into film a bit more.

Another awesome photo walk.

Thing I like about the 50 it’s usually pretty inexpensive

Awesome video. I own a lux 50mm and a m10r. How are you setting your 50 to catch focus. I see you’re shooting at f8. What’s your distance scale set to?

It’s so nice to see you haven’t cropped his tail or ears👍

Just as I purchased Voigtlander 50 Apo switching from 35mm. Timely video. Thank you so much!

WHATS A FEET MAN

lol exactly. Drunks, kids and that sort of thing.

Just out of interest- the majority of images appear to have been taken while you were walking / passing a scene. Is that intentional as in your approach or driven by the circumstances? Brilliant vid- thx.

Love seeing the natural workflow and inspiration behind the shots!

I am just beginning to start my journey into street photography. I'm learning so much from your channel, thank you! Oh, and I might be in love with your dog.

A pleasure to watch, enjoyed hearing what you were thinking about various images. Will be street shooting tomorrow, always good to take on other perspectives. There's a section there where the beat of the music exactly matches Sarah's walking stride: happy accident or genius? :)

One question, if you were to use an autofocus you would be so quick in the shooting phase ?

Some suggest 28+50 is a good combination but I am still struggling which to use when I only want to bring one camera with a lens on it, which makes me keep watching the street photography of the two focal lengths, and btw, I like your style very much!

I like your videos very much, they have been (and are) very useful for me as a new photographer. My comfort zone is with the 35 mm. Focusing with the 50 is SO hard 😅.

Thanks Jeff - still use your Photoshop action set II today.....still love them for a quick edit.

Loved the video and looking forward to checking out some of these recommendations. I guess you could consider Bresson the father of street photography, a real genius. Two huge influences for me were Garry Winogrand, and Robert Frank. His The Americans is a masterpiece.

I’ve always loved the 28mm. I’ve gravitated between that and the 35mm and have gotten interesting work with both, but I love the unique look a 28mm brings to street photography. Just discovered your channel, and have now subscribed. Love the reference to Salgado, a god of photography in my book

Blend in 9:50

Gatekeepers are bizarre and sad. You can shoot from your ass if you want to, a photo is a photo. Art is all subjective as we should all know by now

Worth watching for the speeding up manual focusing tip alone. Subscribed. Thank you.

The most tedious thing about photography discourse is blockheads who think they have the right to define what is and isn't street photography/photography in general.

thank you for the advice, i normally shot from the eye, i will start a new topic and shoot from the hip. normally i use either 24mm or 35mm lens. great vlog by the way 👍

Quality advice, I’m relatively new to street photography and do have similar fears of being to noticed, doesn’t help at the minute as I’m using walking still whilst waiting on a hip replacement. I tend to find a good spot I can wait or sit and let subjects enter the scene 👍🏻

incredible photos mate!

In jazz (my day job) there is a thing called the 'jazz police.' Basically someone who tells you that no matter how good you sound or how adventurous you may be, you're doing it wrong. Clearly there is a version in photography too. Shooting from the hip requires far more skill and practice as this video attests. And if you can adjust your shooting to get the shot in different and changing situations, you are much more of a photographer. Not less.

I love your photos, very inspiring work and a solid case for shooting from the hip.

Great video!

you are right

Hi very helpful. Re exposure pre-sets, do you set ISO to Auto?

In science there is a whole school of thought that says the act of measuring something changes the nature of the thing itself. For me, the old falling-down house is a much more interesting subject than a new, pristine mansion. And when it comes to people, the ones who carry the mark of a lot of hard miles are MUCH more interesting to shoot. But I have always been aware that I have to be so careful to be respectful. That's not just virtue signalling - I have seen pain on the face of individuals who I've photographed. And I have moved on without snapping a shot so many times because I didn't think I could avoid that. But your point (I think) is that when people know that the camera is pointed at them, they automatically alter the behavior that reveals personality. I've been doing this a long time, and I have to admit that I never resorted to shooting from the hip. That seems kind of silly after watching this video, but that's life. Guess what I'll be doing next.

I like the semi randomness and seeing the result . Hoping it gives pleasant surprises . Cheers .

I shoot from the hip too.

Great video