Analogue Street Photography in Hong Kong

[@PingLingUpInHere]

Huge fan of Ian and Anne's Digital Darkroom! so cool to see you collab with them!

[@bigheadtaco]

More collaborations to come in the near future :-)

[@acidsnow5915]

yeah havent seen a video of you in a while and glad to be back on your channel thanks for sharing this great content with us! really enjoyed watching this

[@GigiScorcia]

"OMG point&shoot cameras! Let's buy them all"

[@IanWong]

haha good memories - love the parts when Vish zeroes in ..

[@bigheadtaco]

He's a madman.... but a gentle one..

[@lesliedude721]

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[@andrewphillips2520]

great video Take :) and with all this talk of the XT3's amazing video, I found your footage with the XE3 to be really clean and AF pretty spot on!

[@DirkMenker]

I like it. I like it a lot (Moby). The video was very interesting and dynamic. Great to listen to the conversations. Two cameras are a win for the video. 👍🏻

[@bigheadtaco]

Thanks for watching!

[@Classic-747]

I love it years ago that I have in my favorites this superb report that I find very successful the photos are beautiful good luck 👍

[@greysuit17]

Hey it’s Ian! He’s the one who inspired me to get a C330.

[@bigheadtaco]

That's great. I've played with the C330. It's a tank!

[@greysuit17]

bigheadtaco it is for sure.

[@tanjunhao91]

Any review for Fujifilm Klass S p&s film camera?

[@Traveljournalist]

great video, thanks! I love shooting in HK as well. when are you coming again ?

[@bigheadtaco]

I'll be in HK at least once more this year, and might be passing through on another project

[@Traveljournalist]

great! I hope you will shoot many more videos like this one, and maybe attend a Shutter Alliance meeting :)

[@bigheadtaco]

TravelJournalist.com yup, on my last trip I attended 3 Shutter Alliance events. I have an upcoming video featuring those events :-)

[@JasonHarper5150]

I think taking photos of people in the street can be a bit awkward, but firing a flash right in people's faces is borderline disrespectful

[@ralphcedricbasco278]

I don't really find that using a flash is disrespectful. As long as you know that you are just taking a image and not using it for some weird dark reasons. Also, shooting in daylight the flash isn't really that noticeable at all. Using a flash gets a bad rep because of Paparazzi's way of using flash. ( Full power and continuous shutter)

[@JasonHarper5150]

@@ralphcedricbasco278 the flash is definitely noticeable in this video. Have you ever had a light flashed on your face at a 1 foot distance? It's also a cultural difference. In most Asian countries it's disrespectful. Illegal in Korea, but I don't know about HK.

[@ralphcedricbasco278]

@@JasonHarper5150 I have been flashed in the face once by a street photographer and yes it can be blinding if you choose to shoot it in Full power. I also shoot Street aswell and from time to time I shoot with a flash, but not in full power. 80% of the time they don't notice me because I don't blind my subjects. Instead, I just fill the shadows a bit.

[@JasonHarper5150]

@@ralphcedricbasco278 I don't think vish blinded anyone but the video clearly shows his subjects reacting to the flash bouncing off of their face. I don't mind if people would say that they don't care about annoying other people, but don't say people can't notice a flash shot 6 inches to a foot from their face. That's just disingenuous

[@Monkey_D_Cluffy]

i don't find it disrespectful as Ralph said it here already. a large majority of the time people never even notice. My experiences in HK shooting street feel exactly like shooting street in NYC people are too busy to even notice. I know its not for everyone but to call it disrespectful is laughable considering taking someone's picture without their approval is still also considered disrespectful for most people.

[@justincasejustgosk8]

Shooting with flash is ballsy, major props for that. I still haven't worked up to that point yet. But I love the images Vish got! It really calls back to Daido Moriyama's work. I enjoyed everyone's work actually! Awesome to see Ian and Anne cause I love digital darkroom.

[@bigheadtaco]

Check out more of Vishal's work on his personal IG account @VSoniji. Ian and Anne are awesome. They don't pump out videos that often, but the ones they do are top quality. As for daylight flash, if you have a leaf shutter lens on your camera, it's hardly noticeable, unless you shoot like Vishal!!

[@ozbaz99]

Could you please tell us what Music you used especially around the 8 minute mark. Thanks. Great video as always by the way

[@ozbaz99]

Answered my own question by reading your notes more carefully!!! - Take That by Silent Partner

[@charlesmascari8197]

I've been a street photographer since 1977, but I'm still willing to learn.

[@bigheadtaco]

for sure. The moment anyone thinks they know it all, it's the end of their opportunity to truly master a craft. A true master never stops learning. Keep it up :-)

[@oscarfacundosantasusana1995]

I bought my contax t2 to Vishal he is a great guy & photographer!! I love shooting In Hk

[@bigheadtaco]

Awesome. Camera Film Photo doesn't have a lot of cameras, but the ones they do have are in top condition.

[@danijelk8246]

this episode is great, Taco when you talk a bit, then the episode is better, keep this in mind.

[@5nanometers]

This looks fun

[@bigheadtaco]

It was definitely fun shooting with the boys and with Anne. Look for more future collaborations

[@robiulahmed]

It looks like Ian has been working out!

[@crispin8888]

Was using a flash intrusive ?

[@bigheadtaco]

depends on the camera and the ambient light, but daylight fill is difficult to notice on a sunny day.

[@crispin8888]

@@bigheadtaco Ok thank you. Understood. 🤗

[@JasonHarper5150]

@@bigheadtaco i think a video on daylight flash might be an interesting idea. You could stand outside mid-day and have people fire flashes 6 inches to a foot from your face when you're not expecting it. Then tell us how noticeable or non-noticeable it is

[@bigheadtaco]

I've done videos and articles on this subject already.

[@JasonHarper5150]

@@bigheadtaco could you link one of them? This video shows subjects clearly reacting to the fill flash. I'm interested to see how you tested this

[@Photojouralist123]

Nice Take, didn't know you were in HK

[@bigheadtaco]

This was from April-May. I'm just catching up on my videos :-)

[@huibi]

Turn the damn flash off!!

[@gracielacantele4570]

In Argentina my country the law doesnt allowed to take photos of people in the street

[@st3vieuk]

Those Chinese guys at 6.26 haha ... 'Move it!!' that's what they said LOL typical Chinese in HK

[@PhotalkbyKJH]

👏Nice

[@bigheadtaco]

🙏🏼

[@pierrebouchard4289]

Vish is shooting Bruce Gilden style ...

[@bigheadtaco]

close, minus the bad attitude :-)

[@albertdl5795]

Vish got the best shots of the 3. Shooting with flash and slow shutter speed (could he have stuck an ND filter there?) give a really interesting effect, especially when up close to your subjects. It does look kinda disrespectful, but at the end of the day, they are just photographs. It's not like he did anything illegal.

[@ryclleery9443]

this flashman make the photography awful.

[@labalo5]

Ian Wong > *

[@Conversus]

I would totally confront anyone firing a flash right into my face. Very disrespectful.

[@bigheadtaco]

To each their own. Also remember that each culture is different. In Hong Kong, spitting on sidewalks and shoving people while walking is....tolerated.... Vishal travels the world, and he knows where and when he can get away with it. And as he said, he's a local. He grew up in Hong Kong, speaks the language. He knows what is culturally acceptable, or at least tolerated. Personally I don't get that close to people and shoot, or at least I position myself where I'm the least noticed. Daylight flash on a sunny day is not as confrontational as many might think.

[@JasonHarper5150]

@@bigheadtaco vish may know what he can get away with, but you're being very disingenuous to say that this is culturally acceptable. I really like most of what you put out, but I don't like how you expect us to believe things that make no sense

[@sugioh5977]

What’s the aim of this video?

[@Garubolas]

overpriced camera club