[Leica] 8x10 Street Photography

[Jim Nichols]

Great "environmental portrait", Richard.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/19/2019 4:12 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> With my upcoming interviews, I know I need to distract myself this weekend,
> so I decided to take the 8x10 to the coast for some quick snaps (it's a
> joke! :-) )
>
> Passing by Alice's Restaurant, I had always want to photography that iconic
> place, so may as well be today. I found a good vantage point, had my wife
> holding down the tripod to stabilize it and took a couple pics (which came
> out nicely too). Then a biker dude came out holding a camera so we chatted
> a bit while putting the camera away. He was with his brother and both are
> avid bikers. While I was putting the camera away, I remember my motto "you
> always regret not taking the photo you want to take", so I walked back to
> them and asked his biker if I may take his photo. After fussing around for
> a few minutes, I captured this:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/810-201909-CurtRelick.jpg.html
>
> At home, I did a web search on him, and he is locally famous biker,
> including judging racing events.
>
> Love the 8x10 tonality. It's really an order of magnitude better than 4x5.
>