Hi Shel. Charlie does not seem to relax. I guess he is a bit suspicious about your intentions. The reason he accepts posing is most likely because he wants to please you, not because he really wants to be photographed. My next guess is that he wants to please you because you have helped him out earlier.
I believe you need to give him a bit more about yourself to make him relax. You say you have talked about his past, but nothing about your. You need to even out your relation. At this stage you are the master, and he is, not a subject but an object. Ok. This is my reactions towards what I see, and the stories told. I may be wrong, but this is what his body language tells me. There is a fat chance I am reading to much into what I see and read here. This said. The stories told are interesting. I'm looking forward to meet Charlie again. No, on second thought; it is the interaction between you, the photographer, and Charlie, that attracts my interest at this stage. But, you are onto something. To me, it is pretty obvious that Charlie wants to trust you. But he is not there, yet. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: 7. januar 2007 03:40 To: PDML Subject: PESO - Charley Charley sits in front of the El Cerrito Post Office almost every day. Over a period of months I've come to know a little about him, and have sometimes helped him out. Today I had my camera handy - it was in my hand rather than in the Domke case - and when he saw it he became quite interested, which led to a little more back story. We sat and talked a bit about his past, about photography in general, about Nikon and Canon in particular, and it seemed like today would be the perfect day to start working on his portrait. This is the first snap, but there will be more to come. He wasn't feeling well today - he has emphysema and he was suffering from a bad cold or flu as well. So, forgive the quick grab - I'm posting it here as an introduction to an interesting and well-liked local character. A lot of people who frequent the post office look out for him, and care enough to know a little (or a lot) about him. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/charley.html Tech Details: istDS, K30/2.0 @ f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/100 sec Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
