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Just How Much Is Luck, And How Much Is The Work ?

 We want to get our work “ out there “ weather it be a gallery or a web site an we go about trying t make it happen. It’s a long process and get rich quick dos not live here for us. Along with al the work there is an element we cannot control, LUCK .

  Being at the right place at the right time with the pictures a person just has to have, it happened t me once. It was just being at the right place with my camera and a business owner with a distinctive look who wanted a street portrait. I wish I was that consistent every day. I believe in meeting people and not being so dependent on technology to get my work seen but we live in a world of web sites and menus, its almost impossible to get a human on the phone at some places.

 All we can do is keep working, keep shooting, keep putting out our best work, and never give up on ourselves and along with the work have a little luck .

 My work can be seen on www.gswstudios.com

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Prayers to the Orlando Shooting Victims

The artist and photographers at gswstudios.com send our prayers and blessings to all those affected by the shooting at pulse Orlando.

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Not Seeing Well Days

No matter what you do for work or a hobby we all have off days. For a street photographer that means I didn't see anything or I just was not paying attention. There is always something happening I just didn't see it. The one thing about photography is that there is no one to blame if you screw up except yourself.

  I have only been shooting for about three years and have really got into it in the past year, I have no formal training I just taught my self. Trust me most of my early stuff and even some of the current stuff is never seen I only show the best of my worst stuff.  You can see it on wwwgswstudios.com

THE POINT IS GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK, GO SHOOT HAVE FUN

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When Not To Take The Shot

  As a photographer, and by that I mean anyone who takes a photo, its hard to separate sometimes. When I see a homeless person I don't automatically see a photo. Homeless people are not animals in a zoo, they are people and need to be treated with respect. There have been many books done with great effect on the plight of the homeless and they were needed, but lets not make these people something to be the object just another photo. 

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Full size DSLR vs. Micro Four- Thirds My Own Observations

  Well I took the Canon t5 with the 85mm 1.8  to the marsh walk in Murrells Inlet for  an evening of street shooting here are my observations. The 4/3 camera is much better for the street than the full size. I had people cover their face when I lifted the DSLR to my eye and they were not the subject of the shot. My Olympus is much easier to carry than the Canon as my sore elbow can attest to. My physical condition demands a different approach, and to my eye the photos were just as good if not a little better with the Olympus.

  It is all subjective and some people would never consider giving up a full size DSLR for the small body of the micro 4/3 camera, but for me the jury is in. The Canon as good a camera as it is lacks some of the features of the Olympus that for me make it a better choice. The small size, the build quality( more metal and less plastic), the electronic view finder, image quality is subjective but to my eyes the color was more vivid out of camera.

  Some may ask why I used the 85mm 1.8 to compare to the 25mm 1.8 on the Olympus, the answer is this , the 85mm 1.8 is the fastest glass I have for the t5 and lets in more light than the 50mm 1.8 . Pictures from both cameras can be seen at www.gswstudios.com

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Shooting the Canon 85mm 1.8 on the street

 I posted on my enjoyment of the micro four thirds 25mm 1.8 Olympus lens in low light on the marsh walk in Murrells Inlet S.C. . I am going back out tonight and shoot my Canon t5 with my 85mm 1.8 . It feels like going from a mini cooper to a bus, the 25mm fits inside the opening of the 85mm obviously and will let in a huge amount of light . I enjoyed the four thirds for weight saving and the low light performance the photos were amazing as far as the color of the sky.

  The focal length if the 25mm shoots like a 50, the 85 will look like a  136 mm and should give me some fine shots of the landscape , I am curious to see how it does on the boardwalk with people. The fishing boat shots should be good if I do it right, but I am not a professional so I want to try some face shots, It is after all a portrait length lens so I am excited to see if I can get some good street shots. I will post the photos here and if I get a gem I will put it up on www.gswstudios.com . Until next time ,

                 Happy Hunting Street Shooters

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Shooting with a micro four thirds camera

I have always used a full sized DSLR until just within the past month, I started with a Fuji x20 fixed lens camera and it worked fine , I just missed having lens choices. A friend of mine surprised me with a micro four thirds camera the Olympus OM-D 10 , I prefer fast glass and paired it up with the 25mm 1.8 M. Zuiko, with the cameras 2 x crop factor it is a 50mm equivalent . We went to the marsh walk in Murrells Inlet S.C. last night and I have to admit I took some of the best low light/ night shots I have ever taken. The sky had that lovely deep blue right out of the camera, I am not a master of light room and I  do not have photo shop, I do not do a lot of post processing.

  This is not a review of the camera but as a person who is disabled having a camera, two lenses and spare batteries than weigh less than my Canon t5 with a 50 mm 1.8 attached is a blessing. Everyone has a favorite something, I never really considered micro four thirds before I used one I guess because I always thought a camera with interchangeable lenses had to be big and have a mirror, all can say is you learn something new every day. Photos of my shots with the camera can be seen on www.gswstudios,com . Have a great day and happy hunting.

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Life Greetings Photo Fiends,      A well known photographer said life happens in fractions of seconds, as many of you know I am a street photographer, my style does not appeal to everyone, and that's fine by me. My photojournalism instructor kept telling us how vital a clean background in a photograph is, and to an extent he was correct. A well known photographer said life happens in fractions of a second, he was  correct, and tis applies to street photography in a big way.  Consider this, if you were shooting a model you could tell him or her where to stand, where to look or not look, how to look, and most of all what emotion to present. Trust me a street shooter has none of those luxuries, we get what we get, when the moment takes us, one frame maybe two, we don't get do overs, a perfect world would be a place where a trash can or an ash tray, or a car was never in the frame of one of my shots.  I admit I will crop one out as long as it doesn't ruin the photograph, how could taking out something as un attractive as a trash can ruin a photograph ?  If the main subject struck me so hard that I had to take the photograph because the scene took me I probably did not see the trash can in that 250th of a second, and if I had I would not have cared. I like what I shoot even if no one else ever does I shoot a frame because it took me before I took it, life is full of beauty, it is also full of trash cans, don't be ashamed to have either one I your photograph, Go on you tube and look up talks at google , Vincent Versace you will not be disappointed.                                 Happy Shooting,                                                   Michael Has Trash Cans

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Caught this on Christmas day in Myrtle Beach, it was 75 deg. and the temperature dropped, and the fog rolled in at Noon. It was gone 5 minutes later. I got 2 frames.

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Hello All

I just wanted to start my Tumblr journey off on a good note. I am probably the most computer use challenged person you will ever meet. I can use a camera , digital or film and even develop the film, I know enough about light room to get me in trouble. I can read and respond to messages but if things get to technical with a computer I am toast.

  As my user name implies I am wheel chair bound due to an accident and the resulting back operations. It was not a good time in my life but it did open my eyes to the beauty of the world and the uniqueness of the people in it. I was watching one of those home shopping channels on TV and saw a DSLR package and took the plunge. It got me out of the house, gave me a hobby, and then an addiction to taking pictures of ordinary people doing ordinary things.

   It wound up being contagious because my room mate who is an amazing digital artist, and my closest friend in all the world who lives in B.C. takes the prettiest landscapes decided to put our work on our own site for viewing and for sale. Our site will be up on June 1 , www.gswstudios.com , please feel free to have a look and post a comment.