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Street Photography in Palma

November 2, 2020 By James G. Leave a Comment

Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 | Exposure f2.8 @ 1/150 second | © James Gray

In the quiet backstreets of Palma on the island of Majorca in the Mediterranean, lie plenty of opportunities for street photographers. While on holiday a few years back, I came across a pensioner out walking her dog in the heat of the midday sun. Fortunately though, there are plenty of shadowed streets that offer some protection, including this one. This street was just off the old cathedral square and probably dates back to medieval times, and is full of streets that go this way and that. Most of the windows were shuttered in the Spanish style, and some had window boxes filled with plants and colourful flowers.

Since picking up a camera in my teens, the subject I photographed most was landscape, but I think street photography was probably a distant second. There’s something about photographing in the city. For a start, the city is always changing, buildings get built or knocked down and made way for something new.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and Lee Friedlander are photographers I studied when I did a City and Guild course many years ago. You always come across their photographs in magazines and books because they are original, timeless and their styles have been copied endlessly. But, they still help inspire me to pick up the camera and have a go.

Link to contact sheets: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/02/contact-sheets-magnum-photography-magic-chaos

Cruzcampo

May 2, 2020 By James G.

Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 Lens | ISO 200 | Exposure f1.4 @ 1/105 | © James Gray

A favourite image, probably because it was taken in a bar in the heat of the day and the cool beer looked more inviting than ever…Taken in a bar in the small town of Sóller on the west coast of Mallorca.

Lanzarote Tourists and Volcanoes

January 17, 2020 By James G.

Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 Lens | Exposure f16 @ 1/105 second | ISO 200 | © James Gray

On holiday in Lanzarote, taking some photographs of the volcanic landscape one evening, when some tourists walked into my view. The colours and light were so strong that these pictures, more or less, took themselves. The contrast between the billiard table smooth tarmac and the razor-sharp rocks in the landscape all around was incredible. I missed not having my tripod and found it challenging to balance my camera on the rocks, and there isn’t much in the way of soft grass or plants that I could use, so I just snapped away. I wasn’t the only one around taking photos, but then it was August and in the middle of the tourist season, so there were a few others around admiring the evening light. But the light on the night I went out seemed to bring out the incredible colour of the rocks and area about, and the cloud was a bonus and only added to the drama.

Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 Lens | Exposure f7.1 @ 1/350 second | ISO 800 | © James Gray
Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 Lens | Exposure f6.4 @ 1/400 second | ISO 400 | © James Gray

The colours in the rocks are incredible, especially at sunset.

Fuji X-E1 | XF35mm f1.4 Lens | Exposure f6.4 @ 1/350 second | ISO 800 | © James Gray

Smooth roads contrast with the rocky landscape.

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