500 of a Second Street Photography Tips. John Free

John Fee has taught at USC UCLA PCC Newport Harbor Art Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Now with his 4 decade career experience conducts workshops, classes, and private lessons in New York Paris and Los Angeles. EMAIL johnnienikon@yahoo.com johnfreephotography.tumblr.com

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[jjualvare]

Interesting that you mentioned the lens in your video. I have one of the new DSLR cameras. Should I use a 35mm or 50mm non-zoom lens when taking street shots?

[JohnFreePhtography]

@jjualvare The greatest street photographer who ever lived, told us to use the 50mm lens. I use the 50mm F-2 Nikkor and the 55mm F-2.8 Micro. A "Normal" lens is said to be 57mm. Normal meaning what the eye see's. When you frame a shot in your mind and then look through the viewfinder, the scene looks exactly the same. No change. Why would anyone want the scene to change? This is only possible with a SLR. I do not know much about digital cameras. In my opinion you should use the 50mm non-zoom.

[drouleau]

@JulesZosia Do some research as well, my Nikon D3 has no crop factor as it uses a full frame (36x24) sensor. Not all DSLR's use crop frame sensors, just the non-professional ones.

[TheVjay86]

wtf is this guy saying? that is retarded..

[Exupery1976]

What kind of camera is that, John? What about the lens? Looks like a 50mm 1.4 or .8. Nikon film camera from 20 years back?

[beanfreeze]

@beanfreeze Has a crop factor so it makes for longer focal length which is better for sports.

[beanfreeze]

@uhohoverflow Full frame has its ups and downs. The 1D IV

[whatstheverdict]

thanks so much for your videos, they really help! i have a question though, why do you use an slr? i know a lot of street photographers use rangefinders

[uhohoverflow]

@drouleau a crop sensor isn't a feature of "non-professional" cameras as you put it. The Canon 1D IV has a crop sensor.

[BloatedSensations]

Re: Digital vs. film focal lengths: When shooting with a "full-frame" D-SLR, the focal length would be the same. I.e. - 57mm on a full-frame D-SLR is equal to 57mm on a 35mm film body. If shooting with the much more common APS-C format D-SLR, a 38mm lens would be equivalent to a 57mm on a 35mm film body.

[stephanmarsan1976]

Which iso do you suggest to shoot everytime at 500?

[ratslliw]

Nice videos. How can you always leave your shutter speed at 1/500?? I use Tri-x all the time, and i feel like i barely ever have enough light (to get the types of shots i want) to use 1/500.  for quick reacting street photoraphy, I prefer to use 1/60 or 1/125 and stop the lens down a little so I can have some DOF forgiveness for a sharp subject. I don't know, I just would like a little more elaboration on why 1/500?