Well, I'll bet you were still warm on the inside well after getting off the subway. Enjoyed your remarks.
Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: PESO - Subway Smiles > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 8:16 AM > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Jack Davis > <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > A real 'feel good' shot. Such delightfully > warm relationships are rare and it takes a keen photog to > catch one. > > > > You know, Jack, I watched this pair for about 5 subway > stops before > they rushed to get off. They were sitting there playing a > spelling > game. The mother would point to an advertisement and the > boy would > read it, or she would spell a word on a sign and he'd > have to find the > sign and point to it. They were laughing and hugging and I > kept > "missing them". > > It was wonderful to see, but I was getting frustrated! > > ;-) > > I got one lame shot of them that really didn't convey > the warmth and > love between this mother and son. Then just as we pulled > into a > station they lept up and ran for the door and I managed to > get the > shot you see here. I was glad to have captured those > smiles. > > They really made my day - not the photograph, it was just > heartwarming > (on a dark, cold, rainy day) to see such loving interaction > between > two people in public. > > BTW, when I got off the subway, this is what I saw: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/03/sunday-morning-rain.html > > ...so those smiles were needed! > > Thanks to you and Cotty for your kind words. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
