Black and White Street Photography In Edinburgh (On a Decade Old Camera)

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7 ай бұрын

In this POV video I shoot black and white street photography in Edinburgh during Christmas season when the streets are busy and vibrant with tourists and festivities. I show which scenes catch my eye and how I shoot them using my decade old Sony RX1R full frame camera.
I love shooting busy places like Edinburgh, especially around the Royal Mile and on Princes Street during festive times like Edinburgh, New Year and the Fringe Festival. There's always so much to see and capture and I love feeling immersed in everything with my camera.
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@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

IT'S NOT A RIG -- hey folks, just to answer some questions on the ball head setup shown here, this is just a bracket I used to allow me to film the camera while out and about. It's not a rig or a stabiliser and sadly offered nothing beneficial to my shooting. I was effectively just hand holding the camera, so please don't think you need any extra gear for these sorts of shots. Just a camera and a steady hand!

@MicaelWidell 6 ай бұрын

I found that the way you filmed this, with the camera and back screen always in view, made it a lot more engaging to watch the video (compared to other street pov videos) Also very nice photos!

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Micael, I really appreciate that, especially as I know it's not your usual genre! Take care mate!

@davidgeorge1281 Ай бұрын

I have some great pictures of the piper in the green waist coat too, he must be one of the most photographed people in Edinburgh...😂👍

@josevandersluijs9044 6 ай бұрын

Love it very much, the sounds of the street making the photo's speak for themselves. I think this is the best street photography film I have ever seen. Thank you.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that's quite the compliment, thank you!

@braulic20 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing your amazing work while also showing that you can shoot great photos with older less expensive cameras as well.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@HoLeeChit11 3 ай бұрын

Less expensive 😂. That’s a 2.5K camera

@photochop9657 6 ай бұрын

Simply stunning, street photography with street sounds at it's best, well worth a second look.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@sajjadal-lawati3133 7 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable walk through... Images resemble film days.. Thanks for sharing... One day I also was there.... You brought back memories

@rkbmntry 7 ай бұрын

What a way to document a fun day! Also, I miss Edinburgh.

@mirceagavan7046 7 ай бұрын

Excellent pictures, thanks for sharing!

@TimChilders 6 ай бұрын

Love the SmallRig setup for video. Gotta try that soon! Great shots. Loved the ones from the bus!

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim, much appreciated!

@judilecompte9377 7 ай бұрын

Loved so many of the shots!

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@dannymacamaturephotographe6352 6 ай бұрын

fantastic video Andrew really enjoyed it with some great images Danny

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Danny, very kind!

@B_a_c_k 7 ай бұрын

Славная фото прогулка!

@rogerwalton8160 6 ай бұрын

Great stuff - thank you for sharing them.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tonysphotography9425 6 ай бұрын

Omg what a skillset you got 😮

@jakoat 7 ай бұрын

A must watch for those who aspire to very good street photography.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

A very kind comment, thank you!

@darenaubiephotography8570 7 ай бұрын

What? You don't need the latest greatest most expensive gear to make great images and have a great day? KZfaq has been lieing to me 🤣. Great video, looks like you had a great day. And just for the record, I think the cop was in trouble, not the two girls LOL

@stephencopland1053 7 ай бұрын

Looked like a great day ✨👌✨

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

It was! Thanks for watching!

@alanneilson6811 6 ай бұрын

Nice video and set of images one of my favourites was the three dogs waiting the front one looked very board 🤣 Nice set up for the POV

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I loved finding those guys. They were very patient with me!

@wongkenneth4005 7 ай бұрын

Wow! such a wonderful black and white photos. B/W gives a different feelings. Look at the photos the tonal range is perfect, do you do much editing?

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Very little needed. Quite a few are straight out of camera jpegs, in fact. I often find the jpegs from this camera look better than what I can achieve with raw processing.

@peterc2248 7 ай бұрын

Great stuff. I often find when I start on a street photography day out, it takes me a while to 'see' potential photos, to get my eye in. Edinburgh is a joy for street though :-)

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more, I always need to get into the right mindset. And I think it's very clearly the case here as I think the last third of the photos are much stronger than the first two thirds.

@peterc2248 6 ай бұрын

@@AndrewLanxonPhotography I often pop into central London for a few hours of urban/street walkabout. My favourite 'style' is contrasty black and white shots of people, either interacting or just being quirky. Keep the vids coming 👍

@frantisekvojtek3159 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful photography, greetings from Prague 🙂

@youphototube 7 ай бұрын

Great subject matter, especially liked the photos shooting from the close to the street. What were your camera settings? What was the small rig setup? Was it essentially a monopod yousing your hip to steady the camera? I sometimes use a small tripod off my chest.

@kenhenley7599 6 ай бұрын

Great video. What camera support were you using, please?

@svenyss 6 ай бұрын

nice that's real street photography

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bennielaars 6 ай бұрын

Great video. I would love to do more street photography but I have a combination of too little talent and too much shyness. Your video encourage me as it almost seems like you’re invisible or the people don’t feel threatened by your funny little camera (not realizing what a beast it is).

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

I totally get it, I've been really too shy for it for a long time and I really hate the idea of having to interact with strangers out and about. But then the kind of street photography I like doesn't involve interaction, it's about capturing candid moments, not stopping and asking someone for a picture. So it means I need to stay quite hidden and just hope I'm not seen. I've not yet had anyone question me about it, but then I stay to busy, popular areas where people expect to see people with cameras so you just blend in as a tourist.

@jaketuckey4650 7 ай бұрын

Love this stuff, great job! Definitely felt free flowing. Do you shoot on auto or manual?

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It's certainly more of a casual production style than I normally do but I can't really think of a better way of filming this type of thing when I'm in crowds of people. I shoot in aperture priority for this sort of thing. The RX1R has a manual aperture ring so it's easy to switch that up and I've got my ISO assigned to a custom button to change it up, but I usually leave it at 500 and let the auto SS do its thing.

@ste76539 6 ай бұрын

Not heard of this camera before. Decade old eh? They ought to be fairly decently priced second hand, think I'll pop onto eBay and see if I can bag a bargain....HOLY ****!!!

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Heh yeah it's not cheap, even used. It's aged well and because it was always super niche it's pretty rare, so it's held its value in a way that other cameras from that era haven't done.

@ste76539 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I have A Fujifilm X10, thought by now they'd be cheap as chips but having just had a gander apparently they're more expensive 2nd hand than when I bought it new. Not quite to the same degree as those Sony's mind. It's a bit crazy to be honest. I think I'd prefer your Sony though, the X10 was always a bit of a flawed beast.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Yeah the Sony isn't doing bad. I think it was just shy of 3k new and I've found it online for around 900 used. It's certainly held its value better than, say, a Canon 5D Mk III from the same era. It has its problems though, the auto focus is terrible, the manual focus ring doesn't work at all and there's no viewfinder so you can only use liveview like a tourist. But the actual image quality from its full frame sensor makes up for it.

@scotskinner4350 7 ай бұрын

There's a couple of events going on in town here next weekend, I'm going to try to find some images at both.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

It's a great time of year for this kind of thing. In the daytime you can get all the shots like this of festivities and whatnot then when the sun goes down you get all the christmas lights and you can whack the aperture open and shoot away. Good luck!

@edbradstreet3619 6 ай бұрын

One of the best POV shoots that I’ve ever seen. Do you have a preference of focusing when you shoot, back button, shutter-button or auto focus?

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

That's extremely high praise, thank you! I use auto focus with a central spot point using the shutter button for focus. Unfortunately there's no back button focus on this camera and the manual focus ring is broken.

@nickbustin737 6 ай бұрын

Great video Andrew. What was the stabiliser you were using? It seemed to really help in getting some sharp images. Cheers, Nick

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Hi Nick, it wasn't a stabiliser, it was just a way of filming the camera with my phone. The sharpness just came from using fast enough shutter speeds for hand held shooting. Thanks for watching!

@robertbosson5223 6 ай бұрын

Nice shots! The RX1R may be a decade old camera but still relatively big money to purchase today. The age of the camera is less important than its current value on the used market IMHO.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! It is still big money, though nowhere near what it was when it was new. It's a good example of buying good stuff new and it'll last longer and keep being useful over time. It's also quite a niche camera so it's become fairly rare over time and therefore when they do come on the used market they still attract bigger money.

@chrisg.4190 4 ай бұрын

Impressive shots and I really got inspired. Thank you so much. Love the idea of the small, compact and yet powerful camera for street photography. @@AndrewLanxonPhotography If you were to buy something comparable today, would you still go for the same camera, shop for the RX1R II, or some Fuji X100 generation? I was briefly thinking about getting an A7C as I have all Sony equipment, but it will still be bigger, more heavy and not getting down to F2.0. So in that case older=better it seems. Appreciate your thoughts.

@D6229 6 ай бұрын

@davidbowden2389 Wonderful Edinburgh, great place for street. Thanks for sharing your POV Andrew👍

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@erikmarrow3135 5 ай бұрын

One question I always have about street photography is how do you go about getting the right aperture and shutter speed while trying to be quick and inconspicuous?

@carlmcneill1139 6 ай бұрын

I like the lower perspective that rig gives you. It's not at eye level.

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Hi Carl, it's not actually a rig, it's just a bracket I built to let me film the back of camera for the video. I'm essentially just hand holding the camera and I try to shoot more at waist\chest level to seem less conspicuous. Thanks for watching!

@Vadim.vangog 6 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️📸👍👍👍👏👏👏

@babarfyi 6 ай бұрын

Very nice pics. Still an expensive camera, though

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Not as much as it used to be, but you get what you pay for!

@youphototube 7 ай бұрын

Appologies, just read through your replies to the other comments and the has answered my questions. Tangent, was removing spots on photos last night with Wacom pen, perhaps 5x faster than a mouse. My PC is fast, and as quick as I can hit a spot, they are gone. Mouse feels like I am using my left hand in comparason.

@snoogly 7 ай бұрын

What is the Smallrig gizmo?

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 7 ай бұрын

It's just a small ballhead attached to a rod that allowed me to also mount my phone to it in order to film the camera in this POV style. A bit awkward to shoot with but it didn't make any difference to the shots.

@snoogly 7 ай бұрын

@@AndrewLanxonPhotography Ah, I was also wondering how you did the POV ;-)

@Edwin1947D 4 ай бұрын

Were the images shown SOOC JPEGs, edited RAW files or a combo?

@svenyss 6 ай бұрын

In the UK where I also lived for some years it is so much easier to do street photography. In Germany most people think it is illegal or not allowed to photograph people on the street. What is not true it is just that there is a law misunderstanding repeated so many times that most people who have no clue about laws or photography believe it is true. :-)

@AndrewLanxonPhotography 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I think there is often a misunderstanding on the laws, especially when people travel to different countries. I'd always want to make sure I read up on what is allowed from a proper source before shooting in different places.