Your Photos FTH (from the hip)

[anerjee]

nice... 🙂 at iluma?

haha, on the way to the library.

 

[Muggins]

Shooting from the hip is pointless. It takes absolutely no skill to do it and I believe that you've actually removed yourself from the photographing process by doing it.

Thank goodness no-one told George Eastman that when he decided to sell the first (viewfinderless) Kodak - just imagine where photography would be now!

Adrian

 

[ulysses.o]

Thank goodness no-one told George Eastman that when he decided to sell the first (viewfinderless) Kodak - just imagine where photography would be now!

Adrian

hahaha, "like an extension of my eyes" i always say.

 

[RedLion]

Some from the hip shots:

 

[axiom]

21mm C Biogon

 

[woodphoto]

Thank goodness no-one told George Eastman that when he decided to sell the first (viewfinderless) Kodak - just imagine where photography would be now!

Adrian

If you want to chuck grenades thats fine, I would rather aim down sights. And I don't see how Eastman figuring out how to save money has to do with taking a picture!

 

[Sparrow]

Hmmm ... I see a goat and a sheep ... but no pigs!

Incidentally the goat's name is Jaffa and the sheep is called Minty ... I thought you needed to know this. 😀

I'd posted some police officers directly before Jaffa and Minty, and Minty looked a bit sheepish to me ... btw is minty to be served rare? like they do on e-bay

 

[ulysses.o]

If you want to chuck grenades thats fine, I would rather aim down sights. And I don't see how Eastman figuring out how to save money has to do with taking a picture!

it's more about acquiring a different skill, with lots of practice and feedback.
this can be the venue for help.
it's rather difficult to take 25 out of 36 hip shots and only get 4 to 5 near the perfect.

 

[Jack Conrad]

A couple from the chest using a 1950's Konica III.

 

[shadowfox]

Here are two of mine


by Ulysses from.the.sidewalk

by Ulysses from.the.sidewalk

(also posted on the GR1)

I like these shots.
By using a different technique, you have made a potentially mundane subject/scene (photographically speaking, I'm not saying the people in the pictures are mundane 😀 ) into something that has interest.

 

[shadowfox]

Shooting from the hip is pointless. It takes absolutely no skill to do it and I believe that you've actually removed yourself from the photographing process by doing it.

It's a technique (among many others).
Therefore just like any other techniques, how much skill you want to develop in using it, is up to you.

 

[a10101100]

i used to shoot FTH literally.. quite a lot when i got reacquainted with film some time back..

please forgive the oversaturated following pic with the green tinge.. but this is one of my first few FTH pics and my fav one too (less the colors)

 

[ulysses.o]

i used to shoot FTH literally.. quite a lot when i got reacquainted with film some time back..

please forgive the oversaturated following pic with the green tinge.. but this is one of my first few FTH pics and my fav one too (less the colors)

is this X Processed?
i like it. nice SS choice.

 

[a10101100]

is this X Processed?
i like it. nice SS choice.

yes this is x pro - thank you for the kind words! 😀

 

[iBay]

I find 50mm is bit too long for the hip shot. Sometimes it does not cover whole picture I envisioned to capture. I believe it is a necessary technique when 'intrusion' may disturb the scene.

M2 with 50 Cron

 

[coelacanth]

I personally prefer 50mm with FTH shots. I guess my brain remembers the FOV.

A few more.


Apple & Ring by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr
This was more like From the Chest.


San Francisco Today by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr


I'll take care of you. by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

 

[ulysses.o]

I personally prefer 50mm with FTH shots. I guess my brain remembers the FOV.

A few more.


Apple & Ring by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

Wow, with a 50!?!

 

[tunalegs]

Possibly silly question, but have any of you considered putting a bubble level on your cameras to facilitate composing without use of a viewfinder?

 

[ulysses.o]

Possibly silly question, but have any of you considered putting a bubble level on your cameras to facilitate composing without use of a viewfinder?

never though of that! great idea.
gonna give it a shot.

 

[rbsinto]