I decided on a new project. I want to take more pictures of Santa Ana, mainly, its people. I feel this location is defined more than the buildings and streets, it is defined by those who roam around, sit around, and talk (a lot) around, basically, its people.
It is also an opportunity to explore outside Casco Viejo. So, I feel I'll be shooting some Casco, and some Santa Ana. I am also exploring into using the Yashica Mat 124g for those special portrait shots. Perhaps medium format would give some photographs a more vintage look, because there is a lot of that, vintage people.
The one thing about street portraits is that is forces you to make a personal connection, even brief, but it could be a start to get to know people, and to practice more manual exposure techniques. To be honest, today my eyes were betraying me when trying to manually focus in many of the 12 shots permitted by one roll of Kodak Tri-X (that Yashica is a tricky camera). Yes, I'll be shooting those film portraits in black and white.
If you haven't seen a Yashica Mat-124G, well, this one is mine.
And since we are talking about camera gear, let me tell you that the Fuji X-E2S with the 18/35mm lens combo is becoming more natural to use. What I figured out is that the best way to work them is by using one at a time for a specific purpose. For instance, I used the 35mm more in Santa Ana, since I was expecting some street portrait shots, and use more of the 18mm in Casco, since I was hoping to do more street. Zero problems.
In conclusion, I'll show you now a mix of pictures of two places: Casco Viejo and Santa Ana. I appreciate your comments below.
