The shiny streets of Valencia come alive when the sun is low in the sky and it also creates some lovely long shadows if you happen to be in the right place. This couple take on an alien like appearance when viewing only their shadows on the blocks of the sidewalk. This was shot in September of 2022 near Plaça del Tossal.
Digging into some of my earliest street photos here with this shot from Salamanca, Spain. This was taken during our Viking cruise in Portugal, which also included a day in Salamanca. Visiting this city not only offered some inspiring views, but it also was the point where Carmen and I decided we wanted to look into moving to Spain. I only have a handful of street images from this trip, but you can see the rest of them by clicking here.
The Artist Market in downtown Marietta, Georgia apparently isn’t just for people. While the dog on the left seems ready to move on, the french bulldog on the right isn’t quite finished evaluating the impressionistic piece he’s viewing. I didn’t stick around long enough to discover if he eventually approved of the painting or not, but I hope the artist was pleased with the final judgement of the furry critic.
Sony A7rIII | Samyang 45mm 1.8 lens | 1/250th | f 2.0 | iso 3200
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
On this November evening is 2022, the Plaça de l’Ajuntament was full of activity and the street performers were out in force, including this Big Bunny. We have several regulars in this area including Panda, Golden, and Polar “bears” along with a Bumblebee transformer, and several others. This interaction between boy and bunny caught my eye and was lucky enough to grab this moment before it got away.
Sony A7rIII | Sony 35mm 1.8 lens | 1/160th | f 1.8 | iso 3200
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
This shot should look familiar as it’s the photo one sees when you land here at this site. I really have fallen in love with this shot for reasons which I fell are obvious :). This is one of the few times I have shot an image of a shop window and found the subjects taking their own photos (and making paintings!). It was about 11:00 pm as we were walking around the streets and this shop, while closed, had its window illuminated, highlighting the figures inside.
Shot with a Sony A7rIII and the Sony 35mm 1.8 lens.
1/100th | f 1.8 | iso 3200 | Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
Captured in May of 2021, “Guitar Guy” is one of my favorite images from the streets of Santa Fe. This was a quick grab shot from “below the hip” as I had my A7rII held at the end of a relaxed right arm. The guitar carrying subject and his female companion (you can see her hand at the extreme right) were crossing the street up on to the sidewalk in front of me.
I didn’t see them until they were just about in front of me, so I quickly twisted the camera in their direction and clicked off a few shots. I wasn’t expecting to get much in frame, or in focus for that matter, but I really like this shot. The focus is pretty much correct but a shutter speed of 1/100 is blurring our musician here in a way that just works for me.
Sony A7rII | Samyang 45mm 1.8 lens | 1/100th | F 2.5 | iso 100 | B&W conversion in Camera Raw
Welcome to this space for sharing my street photography. The galleries link in the main menu will take you to where you can view street images from various cities. Scrolling down into the blog posts below, you’ll find posts with more details about some of my favorite images.
