I was walking down the street and saw this old man sitting there, staring off down the street. His face was turned away from me and I really wanted his face in the frame so I walked past him, turned and snapped quickly before he could see that I was getting his picture. There is a real advantage behind knowing your camera well enough that you can simply turn and fire. For me, having started my photographic adventure in the days of film, that means having a camera that goes up to my eye. I also find having a zoom lens that I adjust manually, rather than with an electronic switch to be far faster. I carry a purse and my Fuji X10 is always in there. It is small, has lots of analogue controls, a manual zoom, and a viewfinder. For me these things are non-negotiable in a street camera. It is not always perfect, I screwed up the exposure here because I had been shooting in very bright sunlight and forgot that I had turned the exposure compensation way down. This is why his face is not well exposed. I really had to push the file hard in post to get what I got, still I really like it

-Russell Berg