Street Photography in the Rain with the RICOH GR III

Join Lukasz Palka from @EYExplore as he ventures into the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo in the rain. He describes how to take advantage of these weather conditions for Street Photography whilst using the GR III.
He goes on to explain how to shoot one-handed whilst holding an umbrella - not only to protect the camera from the weather, but also himself! Taking advantage of reflective surfaces such as drain covers and he also gets some great silhouette shots by being in the right place at the right time.
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[@sebastianklasenmusic]

Lukasz is the real GR master. Talking and explaining so damn calm while shooting masterpieces. ❤️

[@EYExplore]

I really appreciate the kind words! :)

[@davidpy7546]

Ricoh GR for ever !

[@simon90sba67]

I think he should become Ricoh GR ambassador at this point. Good job!

[@EYExplore]

:)

[@bill3117]

I love your use of various angles for reflections as well as the opaque glass. Mine is arriving today. I never thought I would want it to rain while I was shooting, but you've changed that mindset for me ;) Then again we had tornadoes where I live last night!

[@EYExplore]

Thank you!! Hope you're alright and enjoying the camera! :)

[@gristframes]

Always love it when Lukasz makes an appearance!

[@ChritsianBucic]

Creative and narrative like Lukaz, it make sense with his GRIII !

[@abchappell01]

Your photos are beautiful!

[@EYExplore]

Thank you so much! :)

[@e.alvarez]

Another entertaining and informative video, Lukasz. I really like the way you show the streets and your approach to photography. My favourite of this video is the photo at 12:53 with the contrast of both sides: the restaurant and smiley on the left side, the locker room and shadow on the right side. Great job!

[@EYExplore]

Thank you! Yeah, that was a nice moment. I only with I shot it at a lower ISO, but aw well. :)

[@GiustizierePacifico]

Good job. I’m learning a lot by watching you! Great city to shoot, Tokyo is awesome.

[@EYExplore]

Glad you enjoyed the content and the city! It was really gorgeous that evening. :)

[@alhOOO2O]

1:34 this is such a casually taken shot but the composition is so awesome, and it’s such a great capture of the scene

[@EYExplore]

Thanks!! It worked out nicely. :)

[@theslowwalkers]

So many cool shots in one video and I really like the way you show and tell the way you capture them. While I'm deciding on whether to make the leap and buy a GR, at least I can justify the price of an umbrella.

[@EYExplore]

Thank you very much!! :)

[@theslowwalkers]

@@EYExplore Turns out I didn't get the umberella but got a good deal on a GR lll, so just waiting on that to arrive and then off down the rabbit hole.

[@EYExplore]

@@theslowwalkers Nice! :)

[@odemata87]

Snow or rain, love shooting in the elements with my GR

[@EYExplore]

Snow is especially great! :)

[@anils.rkumar6551]

LOVE The Video----- Rainy days r Best for Street PhotographY

[@EYExplore]

Thanks! :)

[@gainde1137]

Compact cameras are a real option for rainy days as you can shoot one-handed. Great inspiration 👍

[@-grey]

Lukasz has a great eye. Super inspiring work. If Ricoh could make a Flip up screen for waist-level shooting, I'd finally drop my Fujifilm X-70 and convert.

[@EYExplore]

Thanks! A flip screen would be cool but only if the camera kept its slim profile and solid build. The flip screen on my other camera is already a bit bent after heavy use, though it still works fine.

[@TheValoup22]

Awesome !!! This gr3 is crazy! Thx for your work 🙏🙏 i'll receive my first ricoh... I can't wait! 🤩

[@trischulte]

Tokyo+rain= candy store 😍. Great vid. Thanks Lukas!

[@EYExplore]

Totally! :)

[@gjwhite]

Nice one! I love the image at the 4:00 mark. Awesome capture. The GR is just so handy.

[@EYExplore]

Extremely handy! :)

[@harpersisland]

I loved this walk. So I’m a year late watching this, shooting in the rain is nothing like shooting in the not rain! Have you never thought why are the streets wet in so many movies when every day is sunny? Because it’s beautiful and magical and DPs insist that the SFX department do a full wet-down for night shoots, so much so that Script Assistants have stopped questioning its lack of continuity.

[@ERNReed]

Lovely images. I think I have some ideas to try with my Ricoh (WG-4) next time I have a rainy opportunity.

[@BritishRacingGreen]

Great ideas and vid. Thanks for sharing!

[@EYExplore]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@technoalah]

Awesome pics.

[@EYExplore]

:)

[@briangrogan1622]

Great video! So many lovely photos... Do you use the GRiii very much in the country, for landscapes?

[@The4syyth]

GR iii X is not newest version, it's just the same camera with different perspective. GR iii is supposedly tell a story behind a photo and GR iii X is more focused on the subject. I love both camera, now i'm having a tough decision which one to buy. I wanna buy both T_T

[@zweiche]

what did you end up with

[@larrysalaets7088]

Definitely nice shooting Tokyo in the rain! I have only shot it with the Fuji X100 series, but next time will use my GR IIIx. Was hoping that you would head over to the east side, as I have spent a lot of time there and it also is nice in the rain (especially Sunshine-Dori, but also Meiji-Dori). Shibuya is another one of my favorite rainy photography locations.

[@EYExplore]

Yeah, the city is endless! It would be a super long video if we also did the east side haha. But we do have a video on our channel about the east side, posted in 2020. :)

[@brianbanez7773]

Hi. So cool shots during rainy night. Are you using any recipe? Any settings for night photography. Cheers!

[@RobertDijkstra]

Great pictures Lukasz! Nice seeing take captures decisions on the spot. One question: what tool do you use to get the camera settings of the GR in post production so nicely in video?

[@EYExplore]

Thank you! The graphic itself is from a motion graphic pack, but I forget what the pack is called. It's just a generic title/text pop up animation, so I have to type up the settings manually for each shot.

[@TheSnake825]

I’m also learning a lot from you, a big Thank you!

[@EYExplore]

Thank you for saying so! :)

[@StewartChambers]

great work Lukasz, what settings do you use to achieve a good white balance in such mixed artificial lighting situations?

[@EYExplore]

I always shoot in raw and edit in post. There are no perfect settings. Using Adobe Camera Raw, I just tweak the temperature, tint, and camera calibration tab (shadow tint and RGB balances.

[@MarkPuke13]

I love this

[@EYExplore]

Thanks! :)

[@AfroCornrow]

Thanks for the Nice Video, Lukasz. Any advise about yr hand strip style?

[@EYExplore]

Thanks!! I just put my hand through the included strap, as normal, and then wrap it one time around my wrist, to make it tight. It happens to be just the right length so that it's taught but I can still hold the GR comfortably in a natural grip. :)

[@airstream16]

Am I overly worried about getting water on my lens? Is an umbrella enough?

[@adiljain1]

Hi. Any issues with dust? Do you use snap focus more often or regular AF?

[@EYExplore]

No issues with dust so far and I've had the camera over 1 year. I usually use pin-point AF but have snap set up too. :)

[@gungfuriceboy]

i've heard....there is an accessory....to 'protect lens in the RAIN. also,..will Ricoh GR iii ..improve their 4k Video 'Feature'? ...also, Improve Battery 'Life' please!!!.. ...i do LIKE the Compact...1 hand 'USE' though!!!!....Cheers from Canada!

[@alejandroalcantara7739]

Hello are these pictures edited?

[@EYExplore]

Yes, I shoot in raw and edit them in post. I don't do very intensive editing though. I just make pretty basic changes: contrast, white balance, etc.

[@skylor3772]

Lmao only 22 views within 24 hours, and within the first 10 minutes already producing better photos than all of the new "Street Photography POV" videos getting thousands of views nowadays. Anyways keep it up!

[@EYExplore]

So it is with the algorithm.

[@caglartunca34]

Which of the shots can't be taken with an iphone se let alone the pro models..if we can,why to carry an extra cam costs 900$?

[@EYExplore]

It's subjective of course, but for me it's much more fun and comfortable to use a camera. I hate using my phone. Also, I don't have the latest phone. I use a Pixel 3 from a few years ago. It's image quality is basically crap by comparison. I'd rather use my old phone (which totally enough for my needs) and spend 900 bucks on something I love using than 900 bucks on the latest phone that has features I don't care about. But, to each his own! :) There is also a video on my channel where I go into this topic in-depth.

[@AdrianFilipiak]

Hello Lukas! I have a question about GR3 and manual flash. How to setup the camera to see a real image not affected by exposure settings during composing? If I set for example ISO100, f8, and 1/250s i see nothing on the screen in dark places because of the exposure settings. In my Sony camera there is an option to show a real view no matter how I expose the image (like in optical viewfinder).

[@EYExplore]

I don't think the GR has such a setting, at least I have not seen it. I know my other cameras that this is an option and you can show either the exposure preview or the high-gain view that approximates what your eye sees.

[@AdrianFilipiak]

@@EYExplore That's a little bit odd that camera with a hot shoe mount doesn't have this option. As long as you use flash as another source of light and expose image -1, -2 EV that's fine. Otherwise it's really hard to compose. Anyway. Dzięki za odpowiedź i pozdrawiam ✌️🇵🇱

[@EYExplore]

@@AdrianFilipiak Yeah, it makes total sense that it should have this ability. Nie ma za co! :)

[@kimchikidbear]

Great job! I guess he’s been watching Teemus videos haha because he photographs Seoul Korea with his Ricoh :-) great job and if you wanna stretch this video out you can repost it with Lo fi over it and I’ll watch it every night before 🛏

[@EYExplore]

Thanks! I'm not familiar with Teemu. :)

[@ouchoww900]

Can you explain when will you change M mode to AV mode, and when you will decide to increase the ISO from under 400 to 1600.

[@EYExplore]

I never decide to change the ISO because I'm always using Auto ISO. I let the camera decide. However, I do set a maximum ISO of 6400. When using Auto ISO you can also set a minimum shutter speed. For me it's 1/250. So, if i want to shoot slower than 1/250, then I have to switch to M. On M I can choose any shutter speed I want, but usually I'm setting slow shutter speeds at night, like in the situations in the video. Usually I got for between 1/20 and 1/50 in most situations at night. By using a slower/longer shutter speed on M, the ISO will automatically be lower. Hope that helps! :)

[@ouchoww900]

@@EYExplore I got it. Thanks a lot!

[@bamsemh1]

You would hate bornholm 🇩🇰 😂🤣 because we only have about 7% of all that Xmas lights you have 😉💪

[@EYExplore]

There are xmas lights in the video?

[@aloncohen87]

A little apprehensive about going out to take pictures in the rain with my gr iii after all it's not waterproof even with an umbrella its a risk

[@EYExplore]

I've been doing it since I got a GR II in 2017 and never had a problem. Sometimes I don't even have an umbrella. I'm not advising it, but just pointing out that it's not that risky.

[@streetphotographychats6538]

I do not reccommend shooting with the GR in the rain. I tried it with my GRIV and got some very funky images from it (missing every other line and such).

[@EYExplore]

I've been doing it for years and never had a problem with GR II, III, and IIIx. But I don't let it get soaked or anything and most of the time have an umbrella. :)

[@streetphotographychats6538]

@@EYExplore Trust me, it's not a waterproof camera.🙂As I said, I got a few cool shots from it where it only rendered every alternate horizontal line. But I won't be doing that again.😬

[@EYExplore]

@@streetphotographychats6538 I know it's not waterproof. I'm saying if you are careful you can shoot in the rain without issues. I've been doing so for 5 years. :)

[@daviddyephotography]

nice to find you here as weel. the store front at 14:05 surprised me that you didn't drop down a bit to see if yo could use the bike and rail as forground elements. just a thought