Faces of Exit 270 Part 5

Not all-street photography is spontaneous, you sometimes have to position yourself and wait for the moment.  You might say that was the case of the person sitting with the wall of hands.  I simply waited for someone to come and sit on the bench.  The women with the buffalo head -took a couple of minutes and shots before the right moment when she looked up into my camera.  However, most of my shots are grabbed as the moment happens combined with a certain amount of luck.  You might say it requires a certain amount of street awareness or 360 degree eyes that sees the whole canvas.  In most cases I set the camera at aperture F8 and an ISO200 in advance and still have the ability to make quick changes that will cover any variants of light and shadows as I aim the camera. For these images I am using a Sony Nex7 camera with an 18-35 zoom lens and a 16mm 2.8 coupled with a fisheye attachment.

Urban Color

Living in the Southwest, I sometimes take for granted the wonderful rainbow of colors present in this urban environment that I live in.  For this entry in my blog, I present you with the colors and urban shapes of Exit 270.  Because of the cultural diversity of native Indian and Spanish cultures this urban environment is a bright canvas of vibrant colors in the building structures.  Here I present some of these shapes in stark black and white contrasted against the colors of La Placita.