Great work with Leica-M Digital Cameras — Sarah M. Lee

[Nowhereman]

In London, my hotel is around the corner from the Leica Store - Mayfair. I stopped in briefly and met Sarah M. Lee, who was buying her second M10, a camera about which she is very excited. A freelance photographer for the Guardian and the Observer — newspapers these days largely don't have staff photographers — she's a great talent, with originality, gutsiness and a great sense of color; her B&W work is also exciting. If you want inspiration for you work, I highly recommend you look at the projects on her excellent website. I believe all her work is with Leica digital-M cameras, the M-E, M240 and her latest work with the M10, which she has had since January.

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Alone in Bangkok essay on BURN Magazine

 

[leicapixie]

Sarah is a Press photographer. Sarah has to get good shots each time.
Ones easy to print in newspaper and share. Taking candids takes too much time, with too few successes! The result is good, not special. Her framing excellent and sizing of each person very accurate and similar.
The fact she uses the latest Leica or could have used a brown bagged old Olympus OM (Brown) using film, truly does not make a great difference. 😀

 

[icebear]

Her top 2 behind the curtain portfolios are the most appealing candid portraits. Getting a shot with just a tiny bit of light under crowded conditions, chapeau. But I guess if you are a pro, know how to move there then it's feast of opportunities for these kind of celebrity shots.
I am not too crazy about her staged portraits though, not bad of course but not as strong as the work I mentioned before.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

The result is good, not special...

I managed to do ten or so clicks. With special I usually go trough all.

 

[Nowhereman]

...The ONE that really caught my Eye
the Woman in the window on a bus/ train, just Beautiful !!

Yes, that one struck me as well — I like her work in progress (NIGHTHAWKS NIGHTBUS).

...The fact she uses the latest Leica or could have used a brown bagged old Olympus OM...

It certainly makes a difference to her: she particularly liked M9 color and the M10.
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Alone in Bangkok essay on BURN Magazine

 

[kbg32]

Most of the images I looked at do not seem or feel to be taken by a Leica. While some seem to be taken with a wide, the POV of many images seem too shallow to be taken by anything less than a 135mm lens. That is the feel I get when I look at the work. Some images just feel to be taken with a dSLR and a moderate to long zoom.

Some really nice images though.

 

[kbg32]

Ah, I see M240. Possible to use a zoom.

 

[bobbyrab]

Most of the images I looked at do not seem or feel to be taken by a Leica. While some seem to be taken with a wide, the POV of many images seem too shallow to be taken by anything less than a 135mm lens. That is the feel I get when I look at the work. Some images just feel to be taken with a dSLR and a moderate to long zoom.

Some really nice images though.

Lovely stuff, particularly the behind the scenes BAFTA gallery.
Maybe I've missed one or more of the galleries, but everything I've seen looks to be wide to normal, I'll look again though. Quite a few of the galleries have heavy fill flash, my guess would be those are with a dSLR, but who knows.

 

[cz23]

Great work. Thanks for sharing it. I like her Nighthawks-inspired gallery, too. I'm so taken with the painting, and feel it's a wonderful model for street photography.

John

 

[Nowhereman]

Most of the images I looked at do not seem or feel to be taken by a Leica. While some seem to be taken with a wide, the POV of many images seem too shallow to be taken by anything less than a 135mm lens. That is the feel I get when I look at the work. Some images just feel to be taken with a dSLR and a moderate to long zoom.

Some really nice images though.

I could be wrong, but I don't see that at all. As far as I know, the images on her website have all been shot with Leica digital-M cameras with the Summicron 35 ASPH, Summilux 50 ASPH and one of the Leica 75mm lenses; also Leica lent her a Noctilux at one point. She said that she's a Leica Ambassador, which I suppose facilitates trying out various Leica lenses, so there may be some other ones as well.

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Alone in Bangkok essay on BURN Magazine

 

[Fotobot]

I like her work very much. Very inspiring.

 

[mcfingon]

I thought it was really well shot, particularly the Behind the Curtain - the Baftas. Her photography and the M10 were looking brilliant.

 

[theblackbrick]

I like the color images. I dig that style on documentary-ish images. I wouldn't say that her work is awesome from a technical (exposure/composition) point of view but more of attractive from the "characters" on it point of view.

 

[victoriapio]

Quite good work in my opinion, especially some of the color street snaps.