street photography with the tamron 24-135mm

picked up the tamron 24-135mm AF (IF) 50th anniversary edition the other day and was very keen to give it a test run with my pentax k-x. brought it with me to work the next day and snapped some pics during the morning commute, again during my lunch break, and a couple on my way home from work. verdict - love it!

just another drive by shootin...

quy and i were bored last saturday evening, so we decided to head out for a random shooting session around sydney. i've always found night photography to really test my skills (and patience) and tonight wasn't to be any different. after 2-3 hours and 3 separate locations, i managed to snap 9 'passable' shots - a rather low percentage if you ask me!

9.30pm - quy and i head off to our first destination. we decide on a location relatively close to home, an unnamed bridge that runs over parramatta river along silverwater road - i remember seeing a factory there that might be worth checking out.

i don't think quy took a single shot of the factory, it was rather unimpressive i must say. the traffic behind us was a tad bit more interesting.

in total we spent 20-30 minutes at this location. i pulled out my flash for a couple of shots but achieved nothing other than perhaps convincing a few drivers that i was a speed camera. it was time to move on to our next stop - the technology park in redfern.

on our way through, we decide to take a quick detour through concord west. i had been meaning to re-visit this 'underpass' tunnel there that i had come across several months back. we manage to navigate there without too much detouring - it's a block away from concord west train station if any sydney dwellers are wondering.

apart from getting devoured by swarms of mozzies and being harassed by drunk kids, we manage to come away with several shots - probably worth the itch.

we continue on our way to redfern tech park (near carriageworks) this will be our final location for the night. the place is deserted except for a lone security doing the graveyard shift - and no, i didn't take any photos of him.

before wrapping up the nights session - the moon peeped out from behind the cloud cover. wish i had a better zoom lens!

and this last shot - caught my eye just before i literally jumped in the car to head off. probably not for everyone but i quite like the result.

all in all - a great way to kill boredom on a saturday night. the only thing i came away with that night was that night photography isn't really my thing. will i do it again in future? yeh i'm always down for a shoot :)