Happy
Image by Ed Yourdon
This was taken at 73rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue, as I was walking north.
I'm not sure whether the mother noticed me or not, though the woman in the background did seem to notice me in a disapproving way. Of course, I had no interest in either of the two mothers; I was far more interested in the little girl with the "happy" t-shirt and the rose, which she carried so carefully as she navigated up the curb to the next street...
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, homeless people, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Flower power
Image by Kraftwerck
Taken with a 18-135 mm zoom, no macro shot here. Remind me of some Warhol paintings.
I love this picture
Image by twentysixcats
Look what I picked
Image by Andreas-photography
she was so proud of herself for picking the flowers, then of course decided nanny was going to have them
(excuse all the family pictures but after my Mac and backup crashed I have no faith so using flickr as on line hosting so I can do the Grandparents book for Christmas 2010)
Holy Cristina of the Plush Toys
Image by xharekx33
Picture taken at Cristina's place, just for fun, it was all improvised, the "halo" is a coat hanger, the robe is a towel (we had spent the afternoon in the swimming pool) and the plushie was laying around...
Strobist info:
My gf marta held a lamp behind Cristina's head for the glowing effect and I used my Nikon sb600 on a tripod at camera right with a piece of paper attached to it to minimize the light spill on the wall. Triggered using Nikon CLS
I wish i could have used a reflector to get rid of the shadow on the wall and specially of the one caused by her nose (which I hate)... but we didnt have anything lying around that could be used (and no way to hold it in place either...)
It was fun to shoot anyway :)
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