Tamara and I went to a recital at lunchtime – Three Concerti Grossi by Handel – played by twelve musicians on violin, viola, cello, double bass, and harpsichord.
Afterwards, while Tamara was in the shop at the Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden, I went out to work with my Ricoh GRIII with its 28mm lens. I was inspired by a Paulie B video I saw yesterday when he interviewed Kazu Nakajima as they walked about Central Park.
You can find the video by searching YouTube for
‘On his way to Greatness — Walkie Talkie episode 79 with Kazu Nakajima‘ .
Kazu is a non-stop photographer. He just keeps on photographing all the time. And he inspired me.
I am pretty sure he shoots with a 28mm lens on his film camera. And it pushed me to shoot with my 28mm full-frame equivalent focal length on my Ricoh GRIII.
And everyone was out photographing on a very pleasant afternoon.
Things Kazu Said
One little side note is that Kazu’s photos have a particularly flat look with everything in mid tones. He explained that is the look he wants, which he achieves by overexposing and under-developing his film to emphasise the mid tones at the expense of the highlights and shadows.
He also mentioned at one point that he found that when he is photographing he is looking for scenes that could be from movies.
Interesting, no?
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