Street Photography - Herald Square NYC

Here are three more shots from Herald Square last July with a Zeiss 28mm.

Street Photography - Street Vendor

I had a chance to test out a Zeiss 28mm manual focus lens and so I took off in the streets of midtown Manhattan and took this image of a vendor in his booth. I love it when a complete stranger allows me to take their picture and even more rewarding is the conversation we have as a result of sharing this moment. The gentleman above works hard to send his two daughters to college. He says that life here in the U.S. is 100% work but better than having no prospects back in his native country.  Now everytime I pass by his booth, we both waive at each other and smile.

Street Photography - Flute Man

Took my daughter to New York city the other day for lunch and afterwards a stroll down Bleecker street for some street photography. I approached this gentleman with a flute in his coat pocket and respectfully asked for permission to take a photograph of him. He was sort of  perplexed as to why I would want to take his photo and shrugging his shoulders responded " Yeah, sure. If you want to...." I snapped this image and respectfully thanked him and bid him a good day. I watched my daughter nod her head as we walked away and looked at me as if saying " hhhmmm... I didn't think it was possible to approach a complete stranger and ask him/her to pose for a picture." My daughter is the shy type and part of this exercise was to show her that you can step out of your comfort zone and try new things.

I have forgotten how wonderful street photography is. I used to walk around the city on the weekends and just get lost taking photographs. I also enjoy the challenge of approaching people and connecting with them thru photographs. I love the hunt for visual dialogue and reacting to what I see.