While Exit 270 is surrounded by
desert occupied by some colorful walls, architecture and various mean looking
plant life – it is the people that seems to draw my camera lens. You might say the face of Exit 270 is the
people. I generally try and photograph
people when they are not aware, which makes for a more natural image – and when someone does catch me photographing
them I ask them for their approval and to ignore me. It is surprising how many times they do
ignore me and go about their activities.
There are some however that ask not to be photographed and I respect
their wishes.
I think the key to shooting this
type of people images is to just stop, look around you and absorb the environment
you are standing in before you raise the camera to your eye. My camera of choice is the Sony Nex7 equipped
with the 18-55mm lens, changing the ISO and f stop according to lighting. This camera besides being much smaller than
my larger DSLR Nikon, allows me to move quickly in and around my subjects, and
attracts less attention. I think any
point and shoot camera is suited to this style of photography.
