During my trip to NYC, I decided to focus my attention back onto street photography–something that I’ve always been passionate about, but have had little time to pursue. And, what better place to rekindle the joy of capturing people than in NYC?
Joanne got me the super nifty spy lens from Photojojo, which lets me stealthily take photos of people on the street without them noticing. I’m much more confident when using this lens, and it lets me capture moments that would never take place if the subjects knew the camera was aimed at them.
My first adventure was shooting people in the MoMA. Using the lens takes some getting used to (more on that later), and shooting people who are stationary and staring at art is good practice.
On a funny note, one of the security guards, after watching me shoot for quite some time, noticed that I wasn’t using an ordinary straight lens. He came up to me immediately exclaimed that I was shooting “laterally”. I was stunned that he was such an astute observer, and shared with him some of the shots I made. He was genuinely amused, as he had never seen such a thing before.
I’m hoping to restart my photoblog sometime in the future, but, for now, here are some shots from the MoMA (all using the spy lens).
January 4th, 2009 at 3:23 am
James, that 4th shot is great!
January 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
James, I love these! (And as an aside: I’m a fan of Scrib as well!)
I’m thinking of adding some pics people are taking with the spy lens to our store page. Would you be okay with me possibly using one of yours?
Amit
Founder, Photojojo
January 4th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
well, you have a great shots!!!! i like it so much!!!!
hope you will go to spain to have some shots there
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January 5th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
thanks man, that means alot. i was wondering if anyone was still checking xanga.
i vote for you restarting your photoblog sooner rather than later. i still check your flickr page, but its just not the same.
pic #2 above is great. makes me want to get one of those spy lenses too.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
that is really cool!
January 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Such a great idea and great shots. I’m tempted to get one myself. I love candid shots and it’s difficult to stay under the radar. I noticed you caught two pairs with their eyes closed… they look like they were sleeping.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
[...] gems that end up with at the end of the night. I’ll only be posting those. Armed with my spy lens, I discretely took shots around the crowd. I particularly liked this photo of Ed, senior developer [...]
April 24th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Keep going with this, great job!
February 4th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Very interesting site! Thanks!