--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > You sometimes have a way of verbalizing what I can > only express through > photographs. Thanks so much for your comments. > > The woman, and her husband, were very kind in > allowing me to photograph > their child. I'd been watching them for quite a > while, observing their > interaction, and I knew that there was something > happening between them > that was worth recording. We'd separated a few > times, Steve and I going in > one direction, the family going in another, yet all > the while I knew that I > wanted to photograph them. Steve and I were in the > aviary, and Steve was > busy photographing a couple of ducks, while i kept > thinking about these > people. In a while they came into the aviary, and I > grabbed a couple of > shots which I knew were just a warm up. At one > point the woman started > talking to the child, expressing a lot both verbally > and with body motion, > and i started shooting to a climax. I had their > permission to photograph. > And then, in one fraction \ of a second everything > came together: the child > was looking at me, the mother was looking at the > child, and the background > then created a perfect frame, almost like a crown, > or rays of light - I saw > something religious - and grabbed it. I knew I had > the shot, put the > camera down, got the family's address so i could > send 'em a photo. > > I then turned around and got a collateral shot of a > duck, the same one > Steve photographed. Of course, his was better. > > Sometimes I wish I had some good shots of ducks, or > bugs, or even of a rock > ... > > Shel
Shel, Reading your response to my post, and my original comment, I noticed that I didn't once even come close to talking of the technical merits of your photo. Of course, they are wonderful. Sharp; I love the wisps of mom's hair, as you said, halo-like around her head - the lighting is amazing. Lovely bokeh, beautiful framing. And, there's something irridescent about the almost silver-like about the light parts of that photo, almost like one of those expensive art-gallery prints - it's quite stunning, really. But, last night I didn't notice any of that. When photos strike an emotional chord one (or at least I) just soak them in. cheers, frank ===== "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
