{"id":478,"date":"2016-02-27T07:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/real-people-are-more-interesting\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T13:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:57:22","slug":"real-people-are-more-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/27\/real-people-are-more-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Real People are More Interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paparazzi, Paparazzi&#8230;the taunts seemed almost to be sung as I grabbed a shot of two women walking across the street. They don&#8217;t bother me, besides I&#8217;m far from a paparazzi photographer, these two women are not famous nor am I going to be selling these photos. Besides I can barely hear the voices over the History Extra Podcast about Richard I and the Third Crusade.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25128576180\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1605\/25128576180_b7e0f6482e_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25056610079\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1469\/25056610079_d64d1d0ae8_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Having just come from a beautiful photowalk in the High Park Area I had some time to kill before meeting up with my buddy James at Trinity-Bellwood Park to head up to the Dakota Tavern to catch the Silver Hearts playing live so I popped down to Downtown Camera and picked up another roll of film to load up and do some street photography as I walked along Queen Street.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25305842382\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1542\/25305842382_52724c61c0_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25056608179\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1475\/25056608179_4e6742742a_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t practice Street Photography that often, I have to feel in the right mood, the camera I have has to sit right and the film has to suit the light. The film I ended up grabbing was Rollei Retro 400s a film I hadn&#8217;t ever used but my gut was telling me this would be a good film to use in the slowly dying light of downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/24797469633\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1491\/24797469633_0b484a828a_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25424177635\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1625\/25424177635_3667ea564c_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the people whom I caught on film noticed me, well with the gear I was using there really wasn&#8217;t any surprise, there&#8217;s a reason many street photographers prefer the smaller silent cameras to the bulk of a professional SLR. I flashed a quick smile which was returned and then I was gone, carried on west by my quick pace the camera settled back into my arm waiting to be used again.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/25128580990\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1546\/25128580990_1b5183745f_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/24793606984\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1487\/24793606984_d3dd3f314a_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" alt=\"TFSM Winter &#x27;16 - Real People are More Interesting\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And it just goes to show&#8230;that in the long run, I&#8217;ll leave the stars to the paparazzi, for me, real people are more interesting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nikon F5 &#8211; AF DC-Nikkor 105mm 1:2D &#8211; Rollei Retro 400s<br \/>\nKodak TMax Developer (1+4) 9:30 @ 20C<br \/>\nEpson V700<br \/>\nAdobe Photoshop CC (2015)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paparazzi, Paparazzi&#8230;the taunts seemed almost to be sung as I grabbed a shot of two women walking across the street. They don&#8217;t bother me, besides I&#8217;m far from a paparazzi photographer, these two women are not famous nor am I going to be selling these photos. Besides I can barely hear the voices over the History Extra Podcast about Richard I and the Third Crusade. 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