Goin' Downtown [17 imgs w/ K-5 + DA15, FA*24, FA31]

Eric O said:

Such great shots, fun to see.

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Thanks Eric

Eric O said:

When carrying three different primes around, how do you get over the inconvenience of swapping lenses multiple times a day? I just can't see it. Maybe it's a non-issue for prime owners. I just can't imagine opening the camera body to possible dust entry that often!

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It's much less time consuming or risky than you might think - it's something that just needs to be practiced and becomes very routine. I change lenses anywhere/everywhere that I need to (standing against a building, on a park bench, when I stop for a meal or drink, even while walking). The trick is to have your next lens 'ready' as you remove the first - the body is 'open' a very short amount of time. I use a sling bag which makes it even easier (rotate the bag around, grab my next lens, uncap it, remove my first lens from the body, put my second lens on the body, cap the first lens, swing my bag back around) - the process is maybe 10 seconds; even less if I use a camera strap, which I typically do not.

I would say I change lenses while street shooting about once or twice an hour. Dust is almost a non-issue with a sealed body, even with more numerous lens changes.

-Andy

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Thankya Mike - always good to hear from ya.

-Andy

mike703 said:

math guy said:

I like No Finer Place and Skip and Repeat. They both really capture the feelings of the subjects even though we can't see most of the faces.

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+1 for that; those two were my favourites too, for the same reason. Keep 'em coming!
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Hi Kyle

Kyle Logan said:

Andy,

• Very nice composition and exposure choice in "No Finer Place."

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Thanks Kyle - this may be my favorite of the group.

Kyle Logan said:

• Exceptional perpendicular layers in "Happy Again."

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Again, thank you.

-Andy

Kyle Logan said:

Best,
Kyle

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Andy, thanks for the informative response. I do look forward to having some primes some day for that, well, primal shooting experience.

biza43 said:

Nice series.
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Try removing the http://www

El Grosso said:

I get a invalid url on your website.

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Yup, got it
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Not bad to be able to catch up on your whereabouts, images are looking as good as always.

Really liked Demons nag, No finer place and Happy again, not that th others were bad, but these did it for me.

But what happended to NYC? Have you relocated?

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Petes said:

Andy,
Several excellent images there. The "foot massage" is especially well composed.
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Duplo said:

Not bad to be able to catch up on your whereabouts, images are looking as good as always.

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Thanks Thomas - it looks like both of us haven't been around lately; I'm not recognizing as many of the names and photographers as I once did.

Duplo said:

Really liked Demons nag, No finer place and Happy again, not that th others were bad, but these did it for me.

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Thanks bud!

Duplo said:

But what happended to NYC? Have you relocated?

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You might be thinking of someone else - I've done some street stuff in Chicago but never the Big Apple. I've been back and forth between the L.A. area and Missouri here lately; and in August I'll be relocating to Texas (permanently - at least that is the plan). Do you ever make it to the States?

-Andy

Duplo said:

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Pentax_Prime said:

Duplo said:

Not bad to be able to catch up on your whereabouts, images are looking as good as always.

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Thanks Thomas - it looks like both of us haven't been around lately; I'm not recognizing as many of the names and photographers as I once did.

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Yep, been way too busy working, still should be right now, actually all I need know is to upload and organise everything, forward images to the right people etc.

A lot of interesting new folks around here these days and a few old dogs as well

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Pentax_Prime said:

Really liked Demons nag, No finer place and Happy again, not that th others were bad, but these did it for me.

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Thanks bud!

Pentax_Prime said:

But what happended to NYC? Have you relocated?

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You might be thinking of someone else - I've done some street stuff in Chicago but never the Big Apple. I've been back and forth between the L.A. area and Missouri here lately; and in August I'll be relocating to Texas (permanently - at least that is the plan). Do you ever make it to the States?

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Not sure why, but i wanted you to be from NYC, I have been passing through the Airport in Chicago quite a lot.

I did travel a fair bit to the states before, like a couple of times a year, but it has been a little more difficult to find the time to go lately IIRC my last visit was Utah in 2009. I hope to go back either this year or next year, but time will tell.

I have had quite an extensive amount of travelling in Greenland, so not much time to go elsewhere.

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Nice series! The stand outs for me are; Little Places To Go, Demons Nag, Happy Again, Skip And Repeat but looking at your work a bit closer I think your stronger style leans more towards urban decay. And speaking of urban decay when you get a chance take a look at work by Sven Fennema, brilliant and inspirational.
Thanks for sharing.

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best wishes,
.bill

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fotografos said:

Nice series! The stand outs for me are; Little Places To Go, Demons Nag, Happy Again, Skip And Repeat but looking at your work a bit closer I think your stronger style leans more towards urban decay. And speaking of urban decay when you get a chance take a look at work by Sven Fennema, brilliant and inspirational.
Thanks for sharing.

http://1x.com/artist/boundlessmind/photos

best wishes,
.bill

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http://www.billgekas.com
http://billgekas.blogspot.com

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