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Sure! Since we are two different people with different editing we answer separately.
Marta: I don't like editing my photos too much, and I work to obtain a natural and soft look that is not too far away from the original. I mainly work with curves and High Pass filter in soft light to better adjust the dark parts of the photo, but without giving too much contrast, that's why I always adjust their fill and opacity. In some cases, to add a dramatic mood to the photo (epecially with clouded skies) I add a High Pass filter in darkness, then again I adjust its fill and opacity.
Emma: Like Marta, I don't like my photographs to look too edited although some times it needs some time to get the perfect recipe. I always look for a "film" touch... because I want them to be real. Basically, when I edit a photograph I edit it in parts, like if it was a puzzle, playing with light to enhance some parts or hide others, that way the photograph has volume. Regarding the editing in black&white I only change brightness, contrast and a bit of curves, not always. I make sure blacks are not too black and that whites are not too white. Oh! and I edit in Lightroom from raw files ALWAYS! (Photoshop only for colour but sometimes... using it less and less now) -
We as photographers end being lonely individuals walking the streets looking for a photograph. It happens that the best way to get a shot it’s when you’re alone or when you can concentrate on your own feelings and sensations… walking alone and lonely, because each photograph we take is the result of our own self. It was also inspired by a book, “the lonely londoners” that I liked very much^^ and it has nothing to do with the blog, but the essence is the same one.
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Emma: I kind of had the same problem… I was shy about being noticed when taking a photograph and sometimes felt guilty about intruding in someone else’s life… (even when just walking on the street!) But the last months I learnt to care less about that and take the opportunity to get a good photograph instead of worrying, because probably that person will never see me again, nor will I, and I’m very respectful with how people look like so I never use a photograph where they look funny or with an embarrassing face/movement/action/whatever…. mainly because it’s not my style and I don’t want that for my photography. I’ve shared “field” with other street photographers who look for people’s reaction and sometimes the funny ones… and they didn’t care!! so if I’m making people part of a nice photograph, why should I worry? Where can I see some of your street photography?
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Emma normally shoots with her Canon 5D MarkII and Marta with her Nikon D700
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Both of us shoot digital although we have nothing against film! Emma sometimes shoots film with her medium format Yashica.
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Even if we live in different cities and countries, we work together thanks to the Internet, with emails, instant messaging, skype… whatever the web has to offer us (and yes, we occasionally meet each other in person too!). We also do have our separate blogs and websites (you can see the links on the “Personal Projects” menu on the right bar of this blog). The Lonely Walkers project began in 2010 as a photographic one aiming at portraying the cities we live in, show the differences but also the similarities. During time it has evolved into this blog, where we talk about photography on a more extended level, and giving voice to other photographers and occasional collaborators as well (just check out the “Project” page ).
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