Comments on: Semana Santa in Cordoba – Rain Stops Play

By: Hola Valencia

Hola Valencia — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:42:33 +0000

We went to see the Cabalgata as well – honestly I have to say it’s creepy!

By: luke

luke — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:00:34 +0000

@Ben. I’ve done the same trick with that lens.
@HF. I believe you don’t need permission to photograph people in public spaces but not privately owned ‘public’ spaces like shopping malls. However, if you use the photo for advertising then you should try to pay them. If they are used in newspapers then you normally don’t have to pay anyone. But I guess the law varies in different countries.

By: frank

frank — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:38:20 +0000

“Normally people take pictures of people in public with an extreme telephoto so they can get candid shots and avoid embarrassment.”

Indeed, my favourite weapon of stealth is my 100-400, people don’t even know they have been shot! Not everyone likes having their photo taken. I imagine with a 10-22, you’d have to be in their face to get anything useful.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:26:47 +0000

HF and Luke – 2 factors here – first of all some of the photos are close crops of only a section of the image – for example I was a couple of metres from the guys at the bar and the camera wasn’t pointing directly at them, so they probably wouldn’t have know I was photographing them as such. That’s the beauty of the ultra wide angle approach – you can put people in the edge of the frame.

Secondly, having a couple of Fino’s every now and again during the afternoon wander around Cordoba helps one not feel so bad about pointing a camera at people Dutch courage I suppose!

And finally, I did get quite a lot of dirty/funny looks that I only noticed later when editing the pics! See if you can spot the moody looking people that have ‘caught’ me in each of these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spanishben/tags/caught/show/

By: HF

HF — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:31:52 +0000

Was wondering – Do the people mind being photographed by a stranger? Do you ask permission?

By: luke

luke — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:56:50 +0000

@Ben “A Canon 350D with 10-22 wide angle zoom lens.”
I’ve been using the EF-S 10-22 lens on my 400D for a while now and I know how close you must have got to some of those subjects; very brave! Normally people take pictures of people in public with an extreme telephoto so they can get candid shots and avoid embarrassment.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:19:56 +0000

Jill – Cordoba is just an hour and 40 mins on the AVE, it takes a lot longer to get to you I’m afraid!
MrMark – It was still early!
VS – Yes, you don’t often see grainy pics these days – it was very low light, so a high ISO led to a bit of noise, that comes out looking OK in black and white.
Brian – yes, B and W is great for rainy days!

By: ValenciaSon

ValenciaSon — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:38:29 +0000

@ Mrmark: cause they’re at Starbucks.
@Ben: Nice photos. I almost asked if you used TRI-X film.

By: Mrmark

Mrmark — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:23:19 +0000

I reckon that’s a fake photoshop job – look at the floor. It’s far too clean!

By: Jill (la vieja de la manga)

Jill (la vieja de la manga) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:14:41 +0000

The fotos are excellent Ben.