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African american woman running under the rain – Harlem

African american woman running under the rain - Harlem Doing street photography requires some accurate skills. You are obviously all the timing looking for the great picture, and waiting for this decisive moment to happen, the one that will appear so strongly in your viewfinder that you will just know that you just took The good picture and you saved the day. Continue reading

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Three Women and a puddle – Meat Packing District

This picture was taken in the meat packing district back in September 2007. May be it’s not worth mentioning it was just taken after a rain shower.

I had spotted this large puddle and found it interesting because it was reflecting the building across the street, and also because the pavement was adding some interestingness, with the pronounced textures of the stones, as well as the multiple levels of reflections when wet. So I took the position, half crouched on the sidewalk in front of the puddle, and waited for interesting subjects to pass-by in front of my lens. Continue reading

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About a pair of green eyes…

Bored to take street shots of candids, buildings and walls, I put an ad on Craiglist New York in order to find people interested in playing the role of top model for the beginner photographer that I am. Much to my surprise, I had several answers, more or less serious at this time, and more or less interesting. Eventually Christy accepted my ad and we agreed upon an appointment in Soho to take street shots. I took a lot of pictures during the session, and eventually found this one very interesting. It was shot on a bench in Soho, the sun light was reflected from a building across the street, giving a soft and diffuse brightness on the face and in the eyes.
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Woman waiting for the metro

This image was taken in the NY subway after a long wait this past summer 2007. Platforms are perticularly hot in this season, and I was trying to capture this heat feeling in the subway. This shot is very opportunistic, which is not surprising for a street shot. The woman just stepped in front of me when I was trying to shoot the train coming from the right in the station. I did not ask for anything, the opportunity came by itself. Continue reading

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African American with a red dress – Harlem

This picture has been taken back in September 2007 on a rainy day. Well, it was a rainy day, and we had been wandering for a good shot all the afternoon long in Harlem, waiting most of the time the end of the multiple rain showers to output our gear. Suddenly, when all hopes to get a beautiful picture had disappeared, a bright sun pointed its rays and shed it’s light on 125th avenue in Harlem. And it was the golden hour, when the sun is low and light gets some warmer tones. It lasted only half an hour, during which we shot frenetically people in front of this red wall. Continue reading

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