Keeping my theme from the past few days I figured I would post a few more street shots I took while in Chicago.  Both of these shots were taken from “the hip”.  Meaning, I just set the camera to the proper exposure and started firing shots when I saw something interesting.  Both pics were taken while holding the camera near my waste (shooting from a low angle can give the viewer an interesting perspective).

In the first pic “Keeping it cool”, it’s a candid shot of a guy walking and waiving while holding his smoke.  Even though the subject is out of focus, it gives the viewer a feeling of movement (or at least it does me) and has a three dimensional feel to it.

The second shot “lets go out” is two people having a casual conversation.  In this shot, the sharpness is dead on.  If there was any lost of sharpness here, the shot would be ruined.

Repost August 2011