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

Unlike many of the other street artists whom I met in San Francisco, Art does this for a living. He has been playing the saxophone for almost 35 years now. Originally from Chicago, Art has played his music in all the corners – from New Orleans to California.

Art on his saxophone @ photoduniya.com

Art plays a one man band – he carries a modern day battery powered boom box for the backup music to his tunes.

Photographed on Nikon D200 and Nikon F5 (Velvia 100) hand held. Yes, I have started to take my films back to the streets again. Although I haven’t used Velvia much for people photography I have not seen any remarkable difference apart from the slowness of the film.

I shall be uploading a few of Art’s images on Photoduniya.com over the next few weeks.

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

While following Chen Wei on late Saturday night, and experimenting with a few filters on my digital camera (yes, I use filters on my digital camera), I attempted to capture Chen Wei as he gracefully played the God father on his saxophone. Here is the image as it is originally taken.

Chen Wei in motion @ photoduniya.com

Taken with hand held Nikon D200 with 17 – 35mm f/2.8 with color balancing filter mounted on remote flash SB 600.

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

While San Francisco is all excited and warmed up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Summer of Love (1967 – 2007), I caught a glimpse of the mood on the streets of San Francisco near the Union Square.

Summer of Love @ Photoduniya.com

While Henry plays the 70′s music, the listeners caught a moment embracing the past days for a moment.

Photographed on hand held Nikon D200 and Nikon F5 with fill flash. A few of these images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.

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

Most of the time it is fun lugging the 10 lbs camera and a 10 lbs bag in the streets. Its funnier when a bunch of guys make it a point that you give them the best shot!

Street candid @ photoduniya.com

They were skaters, young and enthusiastic. I could not change the settings on my camera quick enough to take a mono chrome, and had to change it in Adobe Photoshop. It is a plain desaturation without any specific changes to RGB channels.

Taken on Nikon D200 with an effective focal length of 600 mm f/8.0 on Lexar CF media.