Melbourne Candid Series #682 Lakeside, Albert Park

 

Donut truck as a street joint

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 439

Melbourne Candid Series #633 Carrington Rd, Box Hill

 

This is early morning. I was heading to eat wontons at the end of the street

Sony A7RV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Check out Candid 416

Melbourne Candid Series #630 Cha Time in Springvale

 

Balmoral Ave in Springvale is the bubble cup street in Melbourne. Vietnamese community love to sign up to the franchise from Taiwan

Sony A7RV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Candid 413

Melbourne Candid Series #612 Balmoral Ave Springvale

 

They are having a quick BBQ lunch 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 397

I just realise my street suburban shots in Springvale kind of give the region a bad look for Melbourne. Springvale is one of the worst 5 suburbs in Melbourne by Crime statistics. I don't normally carry a camera to shoot in the area. It was just one day I felt like carrying my camera doing classic black and white street shots. 

Melbourne Candid Series #584 Craigieburn Rd Craigieburn

 

Window shopping along the street for a nice cafe; this one has a good google review

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 346

Melbourne Candid Series #567 Fitzroy St

 

This couple has been kissing for ages. I walked up and down the street seeing the same posture the entire time

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 332

Melbourne Candid Series #565 Fitzroy St

 

The street is filled with bars. Silent in the day, bustling at night 

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 331

Melbourne Candid Series #563 Fitzroy St

 

Fun riding in an empty street

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Check out Candid 329 and Shadow Sunday

Melbourne Candid Series #552 Swanston St

 

I like taking street shots at night

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 317

Melbourne Candid Series #515 Hosier Lane

 

I love how people mindlessly walk the street

Panasonic G9

Leica 15mm f1.8

Check out Candid 280

Melbourne Candid Series #511 South Bank, Melbourne

 

I rarely ventured out in busiest time of the day. So I don't get street performer that much these days. 

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 380

Melbourne Candid Series #491St Kilda Rd

 

The casual atmosphere is refreshing 

I have been wondering whether I should restrict the posts to Melbourne only. However, I need to stick to the gun I guess. Posting city street shots away from Melbourne would only ruin the algorithm. 

An idea to post dedicate to 50mm focal length has been on my mind for a while. Maybe that would be a new challenge for me using 50mm only for street shots. 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Check out Candid 358

Melbourne Candid Series #489 Down the Flinders Lane

 

Walking down the street 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 356 and Face OFF

Melbourne Candid Series #472 Exhibition St

 

Walking down the street 

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 328

Melbourne Candid Series #430 Swanston St

 

Same intersection I go through again on this street

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Candid 267

Melbourne Candid Series #425 Elizabeth St

 

I need to walk this street more. Though very bustling. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 262

Melbourne Candid Series #419 Elizabeth St

 

After testing out most focal lengths for street photography, I still prefer 24mm the best. Ideally it would be 35mm that does the best in the past experiences. I just have not invested in a 35mm prime anymore. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Check out Candid 253

Melbourne Candid Series #407 Swanston St Melbourne

 

I just love walking through the busy street of Swanston St - easy to snap photos while walking

Watching people do whatever is sometimes addictive

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 248 and FACE OFF

Melbourne Candid Series #381 Elizabeth St Melbourne

 

All out on the street at crossing

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 223

Melbourne Candid Series #365 Lygon Street Carlton

 

Lygon Street pub corner 

Rather bustling atmosphere in this dying part of town 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

I come across this argument in a local street photography forum "Edit or no edit" 

"If you post process, it doesn't mean that you haven't learned the equipment or your style. In fact some who post process know their equipment intimately knowing very well the bounds of the tools available to them.

Also, post processing predates digital by a long way. Are those who dodged and burned in the darkroom not real photographers, or photographers with extra skill sets?

If you take what you can get out of in camera jpeg as a strict constraint, that means that you have accepted the choices your camera's engineers made for prioritising highlights, shadows, saturation etc. Even if you're a 100% manual shooter, you have accepted that you're going to let the camera make a lot of decisions on processing for you.

If you shoot raw and post process, you are no less of a photographer because of it. If you choose an in camera preset or film sim, again you have accepted someone else's choices for final processing.

If you have files from 2008 in low light, they look noisy because digital cameras sucked at low light in 2008. If you feed those old photos into software in 2023 that can recognise sensor noise and correct it with a high degree of accuracy, it doesn't mean that you didn't know how to use a camera in 2008. You may have just accepted noise as a trade-off for a reasonable exposure.

If you have a camera released this year and push iso in a difficult situation to get the shot rather than not, knowing that software in 2023 can correct sensor noise really well, it doesn't mean that you didn't learn your equipment. It could just mean that you know enough to get the shot rather than not."

Check out Candid 216 and FACE OFF