On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:16:42 -0800, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few months ago some friends and I went into San Francisco to see the > Carnaval Festival (http://www.carnavalsf.com/), a mostly Latin American > but multi-cultural street party covering a large area of San Fancisco's > Mission District. There was the requisite parade, lot's of music and > dancing, food, and thousands of people. I like people watching, and love > to photograph people as they watched the parade or hung out. Recently I > scanned some pics from the day and here are a couple of snaps of a friendly > gentleman who was standing near his house a block or so away from the main > parade area. We struck up a brief conversation and he let me grab a few > snaps. Maybe you'll enjoy them .... > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/carnaval/ >
Like Bruce, I prefer the first one - the eye contact and friendly smile are nice. I've gotta say, I'm so used to seeing "photographs with a message" or "photos that make me think" from you, I don't know how to react to these. Maybe due to the title, I was expecting carnival pix with bright colours and dancers and the like. As a "street portrait" it works well. Nothing spectacular, just a friendly stranger who you bumped into on the street. I think the harsh sunlight/shadows bother me a bit, too (I find them distracting), but there's not much you could do about that, is there? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
