Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Keith,
Paul's right in that there can be a little more depth in some areas. See my note to him if you care to look. There are ways to add depth without compromising the skin tones.
That's interesting. Seems to me, fussin' around with the dark end of the scale, with a number of black people as the main characters being portrayed, requires great developed skill, to make a faithful recording of what the eye sees...
I'm interested in your comment below. Why wouldn't you have made the
photo?
Shel
I would not have approached a "superior number" of ANY race of people, on a street corner, with bottles "concealed" in paper, just "hanging around..." in a rather seedy area of town. I'm intruding. Getting in their space/place/time. Many folks don't LIKE that sort of interference...
One of the elements/protocols of street photography I see discussed from time to time.
One way of saying it might be...a ticklish situation.
I have no wish to interfere with their day, just make an image or two of what I see.
Would they misunderstand and think I'm being critical of them? Would they care? When I ask them if they mind if I take the shot, and they say, "Why do you want a picture of US, white boy?" what do I say that they wouldn't take umbrage at?
Your big question... my very simple answer...
keith
[Original Message] From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
P.S. & BTW, I like the shot. Don't know if *I* would have taken that shot back in '69... <g>
