Street Photographer In His Element

I rarely shoot digital/color, but yesterday at Leica Store Miami event I tried the new Leica M-E with 28mm lens and liked it since it has the same feeling and in many ways similar to my Leica M2 circa 1962. Unfortunately, the new camera died after few clicks; I put the lens on my M2 and continued shooting B&W film. I figured Buddha does not want me to shoot either digital or color. So be it.

"Streets of Downtown", pictures

The yesterday's event turned out great; the weather was nice, not too hot and it was windy which I like very much; I enjoyed shooting with you guys for good 3 hours. I brought my Pentax K200D with 20-30mm Tokina zoom, very unusual to me: I now shoot only B/W film and forgot when I used digital in the streets. That was a challenge! Colors jumped out of shadows, distracting my visual thinking -- I used not to think color and suddenly I should! Anyway, somehow I survived this and at the end switched to my trusted B/W setups with sigh of relief. Here is few more street pictures and then few more of you all, shooting and talking...enjoy:

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FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!

Took this hilarious shot at the bus stop near Flagler and SE 1st Avenue. She was actually asking me to change the $5. Olympus Stylus+Kodak Ektar in Unicolor kit developer

One more rooster

Calle Ocho again...taken with Olympus Stylus Epic on Kodak Ektar film and developed in Unicolor C41 kit

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Color matrix 2011.
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Another Woman

This image had been taken during the 2011 Miami Photo Walk on Lincoln Road in South Beach. The street scene is a reflection in "Victoria's Secret" store's window. This is digital, captured on Olympus Digital Pen EP1 camera with 17mm lens and processed in Photoshop to imitate a cross-type film development.

Beware of the DOG

...taken in July 2011 in Little Haiti on NW 79th street; 35mm Voigtlander Bessa L camera fitted with 21mm Scopar lens; Kodak Ektar 100 film developed in Unicolor C41 kit.

General Maximo Gomez and his men

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Taken in Little Havana with Olympus digital Pen E-P1 camera, 17mm f/2.8 lens.

East Flagler Street

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Taken with Olympus digital Pen E-P1 camera, 17mm f/2.8 lens.

From Light to Shadow...

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Downtown Miami yesterday, taken with venerable Sony F717

Russian trip

This is about the last photograph I took when leaving Russia in 2002. Now I am flying back for the first time since then, to see my parents -- they are very old -- and my other relatives and friends. I am planning to be in Moscow (couple of days), in Kazan (may be a week or so) and in Yelabuga (at least 2 weeks). I am very exited; do not know if I'll be taking pictures there but I am bringing my gear and film just in case. So hopefully I will resume this blog in 3 weeks with the Russian theme.

A man with coke

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Taken at NW 34th street in North Miami Beach in June 2009

Breeze

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This summer, on board of "Discovery Sun" cruse ship en route Ft. Lauderdale->Grand Bahama Island.

LOFT: Walking Downtown

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This picture is a pure piece of luck. I wanted to shoot it, walking behind this guy with my Sony F717, but had little hope for a success. Fortunately, the stars were graceful to me that hot muggy September day on SE 2nd Avenue in Downtown Miami.

Morning in Little Haiti

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From the car window while driving from the beach through blocks of Little Haiti. She was floating in a slow motion along the wall and our car was floating slowly in the traffic. I've gotten a split second for the click.

The Vortex

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Again, downtown Miami, SW 1st street. This is digital (finally; yes, I shoot digital, too); I also have the B/W square medium format film variant, it is different but stands on its own:

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Mexican Gulf

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Short vacation in 2006; this is evening light at Treasure Island in St. Petersburg, FL.

Theft of Europe

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I found this statue at the Ringling's Estate in Sarasota, Florida, in the garden. Nice place to visit, they have very good collection of old paintings inside and funny statues outside.