To illustrate this my first picture was candid so as to get one in the can and the second was this spontaneous reaction to me and my camera. What do you think and what is your style and technique. Please comment and feel free to add the link to your favourite images.
Three decades ago I was a little shyer so I used a telephoto mostly , regretably blurred out old buildings and did more candid. My style has changed somewhat and I am finding I often get more pleasing results when I engage with my subject. It is the eye contact and animation that is the difference between a mediocre shot and a little gem.
To illustrate this my first picture was candid so as to get one in the can and the second was this spontaneous reaction to me and my camera. What do you think and what is your style and technique. Please comment and feel free to add the link to your favourite images.
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Valerie Jardin
7/23/2011 03:12:11 pm
Hi Chris,
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7/23/2011 04:38:06 pm
I like candids when the scene is intended to be a 3 person documentary...I find them somewhat sterile and usually lacking in intimacy. That being said, the first image seems to convey the emotion of a grumpy elder pair. The second image actually shows a different side of the male subject. I can imagine being there and seeing this guy clowning around for the camera. If the point was to showcase a pair of dreary older people, then the first one is spot on. If the point is to show that everyone has a youthful excitement for the camera, then the second shot works...even the shopkeeper on the left is interested in the second shot.
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Chris Porsz
7/24/2011 01:53:35 pm
Many thanks Valerie and Adam for taking the time to comment. What you both say makes alot of common sense. Good point about the amazing Vivian Maier.The man spontaneously reacted to me and my camera. His wife was so surprised by him that she nearly fell out of her buggy!
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