Some pics jump from the photostream and demand to be chosen, as is the case with today’s selection. Simon Evans shot self-titled “Street Lads” on Sept. 20, 2014—around the time that he started blogging—using Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon XF 27mm F2.8 lens. Vitals: f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/450 sec, 27mm.
The pancake lens makes the Fuji mirrorless camera a relatively smaller shooter—well, compared to bulky dSLRs—while offering dramatic benefits of hybrid optical and digital viewfinder. Motion more typically describes Simon’s street shots. The Day Maker is rare exception. “This is what happens when you give in and ‘spare a bit of change'”, he jokes.
Simon explains about his photographic pursuits:
Born in Cardiff, I’ve been taking photo’s around Wales since I was a little lad and found a new enthusiasm with the advent of digital. I don’t specialize in any one kind of photography, I’ll take what it occurs to me to take, I react to what’s around me. I suppose recently I have drifted more towards people, and the streets of Aberystwyth, but I think I’ve had a go at most subjects over the years.
If you would like to learn more about Simon, or the Evans clan, check out his second Flickr. Yeah, he has two! What a smashing idea, too. There, he posts archival photos, which is a sensible way of separating them from what he shoots now. For some things, albums/sets just aren’t enough. His dad was a scientist and grandfather owned an Austin 1100. This is what the Internet should be for: Preserving the past as illumination to the future. Simon joined Flickr in May 2007 and added the second in February 2012.
Photo Credit: Simon Evans