Street Photography, People
October 17, 2012

Five Women, Subway

http://www.jamesmaherphotography.com/images/0000/4211/five_women.jpg

1/200th at F2.8, ISO 1600 (28mm).

New York is a city of women. To be more exact, it is a city of professional and fashionable working women.  In fact, according to the 2010 census, there are over 410,000 more women in the city than men.

 


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7 Comments for "Five Women, Subway"
Cheri says:
October 17, 2012 15:31
Great for men, what a bummer for women!
James Maher says:
October 17, 2012 18:20
Seriously, from the stories I've read it can be pretty hard on a lot of people.
Dana says:
October 18, 2012 12:21
Curious to know how you got this shot without them noticing. Being a novice photographer I seem to take to long to set up the shot and then I'm spotted. sometimes takes from the moment
Bret Farris says:
October 25, 2012 12:24
I have the same question as Dana. I've got your ebook and have read your articles on DPS but, I still have a fear of taking shots like this. Did you do this from the "hip?"
James Maher says:
October 25, 2012 14:46
Dana sorry for missing this comment. Bret as you can imagine this was a tough one to take, especially with a big and pretty loud canon SLR. It's easier to take a shot Iike this when the train is entering the station. The camera was on my chest and I just fiddled and got the shot ready and focused by using the meter on my chest and I waited until nobody was paying attention. Trains are probably the toughest place to take a candid shot.
Tom Napier says:
December 11, 2012 05:07
I love the expresion on the face of the lady on the platform in the background It givs the capture a lot of depth. IT presents us with a story in a story.
James Maher says:
December 12, 2012 10:00
Thanks Tom :)