I'll bet he's smiling. Nice moment! Jack
--- On Sun, 5/16/10, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: PESO - New Toy Truck > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 4:35 AM > I sat on this one for a while, not > really knowing what to do with it - > for several reasons. > > First of all, there's that silly "no cropping film > especially from my > rangefinder" rule. I've since realized that while > it's not my > preference, sometimes it just has to be done. > > Second of all, that background, especially the ads in the > window of > the used/discount computer place was pissing me off. > > But there's just something about the look in the kid's > eyes, the way > he's hiding his face behind the truck, his whole body > language that I > find very compelling. > > Then I realized that those signs are part of this story in > some way. > Distracting they may be, but they say something about the > neighbourhood where this was taken. > > I'm walking down Parliament Street in Toronto's Cabbagetown > late in > the winter when I see this kid with his father. He's > playing with > this truck. I start chatting and compliment him on > the toy. He tells > me that his dad just gave it to him that day. I ask > him and his dad > if they'd like me to take a photo of the boy and his new > toy and both > agree. > > Hope you enjoy: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-toy-truck.html > > Comments welcome. > > 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.
