This is a street photography retrospective. A selection of what I deemed my best shots of 2021.
All images taken with the SONY a7R I and these vintage lenses:
KONICA HEXANON AR 50mm f/1.4
MC CARL ZEISS JENA DDR 135mm f/3.5
INDUSTAR 22 50mm f/3.5
INDUSTAR 50-2 50mm f/3.5
HELIOS 44-2 58mm f/2
AUTO REVUENON 50mm f1.9
MC PRESENTA 80-200mm f/4
SIGMA SUPER WIDE II 24mm f/2.8
PORST WEITWINKEL 35mm f/2.8
MINOLTA MD III 35-70mm f/3.5
All images were processed with RawTherapee and GIMP on Manjaro Linux.
I’m a big fan of very wide focal lengths for street photography. It just feels more intimate to me. Much more like actually being there than seeing a scene from further away (generally).
While most of them are indeed taken in the town I live in, Arad of Romania, some of them, some of your favourites even, were taken elsewhere, like in Timișoara, or Cruceni, the little village where my mum and my grandpa live.
Good eye. That is indeed me reflected in that store window.
I just recently started shooting wide focal lengths and while difficult at first, having been accustomed for years to focal ranges between 50-135, with time, I also found it more and more enjoyable. And I am of the same opinion that shooting 24mm or even 35mm make your images feel more intimate. As is your street photography experience, since you need to be physically a lot closer to your subjects to get decent shots.
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