Shooting with Antoine was fun. Of course you can’t avoid some chating, but I can stay alert to some opportunities. We stayed in the same place but we were never on the same spot. Antoine has posted some pictures he made during this photo walk and if you look at them on his instagram, you can see that we were attracted by different stuff ! So in the end, really different pictures. Besides this, he shoots in color ;). What I liked about this was to see how he was acting in the streets. What caught his attention. I found this more interesting than the photos. I love this. Just seeing how people operate in the streets. I can learn a lot by looking at other streettogs.
Regarding the focal lenght, we share the same love for the 28mm (18mm on my Fuji or 6mm on my Ricoh GRD IV). I started street with this focal and I’ve shot so many times with it that as you said, your eye get use to this focal lenght.
Thanks for sharing your meaningful thought on this topic Vasco !
Best regards

Yes that right John ! Vasco ended up with the same conclusion. You can try different focal length but you’ll come back to the one you really love even if you did have fun with the other focals. Speaking for me, the 18mm (28 mm FF) has my preference. I’ve been shooting with it for a little more than one year. I thought that buying the 27mm (41 mm FF) that I would get excited trying something different, but in the end I’m thinking of shooting more with the Fuji XE2 but with the 18mm again (better buffer, iso compared to the Ricoh GRD IV).

Do you know the story off Goldilocks & The Three Bears? “This Porridge is too hot, this porridge is too cold, but this porridge is just right and she ate it all up..”. Swap the porridge for Lenses. 41mm too narrow, 24mm too wide, so he tried a 35mm and it was just right!! Funny how things come back to 35mm!

Yesterday I went shooting with my old Nikon FM2 and I ran into Roberto again ! I really enjoyed shooting film again. But don’t know if the photographs will be any good. I made one shot of Roberto with my old Nikon. We’ll see soon ;). After trying the 41 mm (Ful frame), I shot with the 24 mm (full frame). Well if the 41 was a bit narrow for me, the 24 is a bit too wide. Guess I’m so used to the 28 mm …It was cool to shoot with Antoine and we are planning to shoot again some other time.
Thanks for reading John !
Best regards

Hey Lin, all the photographs were taken by me ;). I just went shooting with another streettog (Antoine) during an afternoon. Quite fun even if I still prefer being alone when I’m shooting Street Photography. The thing is that unconsciously we push ourselves and that’s a good thing.
Cheers mate

Cheers Lin

Warmest Regards
John