street shooting...

While we were waiting to be seated at Grimaldi's in West Village, Tyler and I used it as an opportunity to head out to the street and shoot a few photos. I am still getting comfortable with the Hasselblad, but I figure that the only way to learn it is to shoot it. I definitely have not mastered how to shoot handheld at the lower shutter speeds (down to 1/15 sec), like I am accustomed to with my Leica. This one was shot at 1/60 and it was sharp as a tack...

vacancy - seats available...

This was outside the Starbucks in the West Village.  We stopped by there after we had Grimaldi's pizza a couple of weeks ago.  After everyone else started walking back to the car, I stayed behind to take one last picture.  I was using my Leica M8 that night, but it was on a high ISO setting (640).  I converted it to black and white to create the mood and remove the color cast.  Seeing the picture makes me crave coffee...

follower...

It doesn't always pay to be in the lead.  In this photo, we were in the Dallas West Village area.  Sherri and I was walking behind Sadi and Mikayla.  They were oblivious to us, but focused on each other's conversation.  Even with one earbud in place.  And I thought it was hard to walk and chew gum at the same time...