Nature Travel & Street Photography

Update: San Francisco Street Artists (0507-001) on Photoduniya.com

Chelsea & Whitney were playing the violin and the guitar, charming up probably Celtic tunes for a christian charity. They formed a nice pair, not only on the instruments, but together with their youthful innocence and cheerful naivety.

More of their images will be uploaded on photoduniya.com shortly.

Update: Faces from San Francisco (0607-001) on Photoduniya.com

The Faces from San Francisco is well underway. This gentleman walked up to me to snap a few pictures of his that he could share with his family. He was vending some flowers and some local artifacts to the tourists close to China town.

I went back several times with small prints hoping to find him again and give him those copies. He had been very patient all the while I was taking the shots.

Tip: The most difficult part of a street portrait is not other than having the right background. Unless you are carry a 2.8 or faster lens, the distraction of the background is usually too high. You cannot do much about it other than changing the perspective or shooting effectively with flash. In this case, the background was muted by a glass wall. However, if you are an expert in digital photo tools like Adobe Photoshop ™ you could improve the bokeh through layer manipulations.

Update: Faces from San Francisco (0607-001) on Photoduniya.com

It’s not easy making a living in this century being a shoe shine person. Definitely not when the names like Nike, Adidas and Reebok and changed the way we slip-n-slide in and out of the sports footwear. You just cannot ask anyone walking by to stop a moment and get their shoes shined! You have to look hard, make the kind of shoe and then probably make your pitch. And thats not easy in the busy streets of San Francisco.

So when the moment comes, you cannot leave anything to chances. You get down to work and in matter of minutes it’s over. Making an honest living is tough, putting a shine onto it, is something very few people are seen to do these days.

The images are shot on Nikon D200 at 100 ASA on a monopod. A few of them will be updated on the photoduniya project Faces from San Francisco (0607-001).

Update: San Francisco Street Artists (0507-001) on Photoduniya.com

Today’s image is of Mr Jonathan R. Dyer. I met him playing the Saxophone on Market Street. Slightly different in both tune and approach, Jonathan plays very smooth, sliding effortlessly from between the octaves. His hand movement symbolizes he is trying to compose and visualize the tunes flowing out of his instrument.

Jonathan R Dyer @ photoduniya.com

You could visit the artist on myspace.com/dyerhornesf or write to him at dyerhornesf@aol.com. He performs in the city and also sells his music on CDs.