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How do I shoot hipshots

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 21, 2009, 5:01 AM

Hipshot shooting



I'll try to describe the way I shot my recent street uploads taken at an open market. Maybe some will find this information useful. :)

First, I adjust my camera, so no further adjustments will be in need while photoshooting. This is very essential, because if people see you fiddling with your camera they become cautious and tent to avoid you. The secret is to never look at your camera! You have NO camera with you! Make your camera invisible! I use a black Nikon with a plain black strap with no fancy yellow nikon logos on it and when I hang it around my neck I wear dark clothes.

As for the adjustments: I use a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 prime which makes for a superb 42mm lens. Mode set to aperture priotity, manual focus set to hyperfocal distance, ISO to 200, battery full, card empty, camera hanging from the neck and off we go!






Walking along the street, my right hand rests on the camera with my thumb (not the index finger) on the shutter release button and the rest four fingers under the camera's body. I keep my left arm away from the camera, either inside my pocket or simply hanging. My eyes look straight, never at the camera. Wandering around, mixing among people, I become one of them, sometimes asking them for information, sometimes commenting on their products.




All that time, I become observant waiting for the scene that will catch my eye. Then I stop and shoot, or even shoot while walking if light allows me to use a high speed. I try to aim at my target as if the lens is a gun. Sometimes at the very moment of the click I turn my head to the left or to the right as if someone calls my name. This way, my target becomes totally unaware that I'm shooting him. I don't even look at him! (but my lens does!)




With some practice you will avoid many cut off heads and very crooked frames. I use to shoot a LOT of pictures. The ratio between shots and good shots is very low. Almost 1:20 maybe less. But that's totally insignificant in digital photography :D
And then comes the edit time....but this is another chapter....:D





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`davincipoppalag Jan 21, 2009, 5:06:06 AM
Crafty devil =D I've done similar sometimes..

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=Ditze Jan 21, 2009, 5:06:12 AM
good to know :D

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=Ditze Jan 21, 2009, 5:08:08 AM
and thanks a lot for the feature :handshake:

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no names, no places - only faces... *monotheism
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=matt-h-mitchell Jan 21, 2009, 5:08:26 AM
Those shoot-from-the-hip tips are brilliant mate, and your clandestine photography could actually inspire me to risk my Nikon in Plymouth (assuming you're ok with shots of Big Issue sellers!).

A couple more ideas could be to set your shooting mode to "burst" - then you'd have a selection of exposures to choose from; and keep both hands in your pockets and shoot using a remote. I don't know if it'd work but could be fun ;)

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*RanD0m-aRT Jan 21, 2009, 5:09:14 AM
I found this journal extremely interesting. I always thought people who shoot street photography just shoot normally, without the whole disguising thing. It`s pretty interesting. I think like this you get a lot more reality compared to shooting when people see you.

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=Nat-ty Jan 21, 2009, 5:10:10 AM
information useful and Journal perfect! :heart:

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=yamiyalo Jan 21, 2009, 5:11:50 AM
very interesting concept I think I am going to look up wide angle prime lens I also do not have the nikon neck strap draws to much attention and I like to the comfy strap nice and wide so it does not hurt my neck love the pictures also
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~Ironiada Jan 21, 2009, 5:14:02 AM
That " never look at the camera" tip is quite good :D

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~CrvenaBestija Jan 21, 2009, 5:16:41 AM
Good advices! People really do have some strange fear of cameras :D Like it's gonna steal theirs souls like old Indians use to think :D (hope I speld everything write :) )

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*shadowless911 Jan 21, 2009, 5:17:14 AM
Thanks for the feature :), much appreciated. :heart:
And great work by others too!
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