I\'m serious about trying to take more people, and these two ladies at a church I was visiting for the first time agreed to be snapped. The \"panorama\" trim is just to cut out some ugly and distracting stuff and emphasize the two. Love the pose of the older woman! The younger one seems to be quite photogenic. Taking people could be fun (at the moment it\'s more like hard work). PS the foot is in the negative but not in the scan. Argh!
An excellent informal or candid portrait of thes ladies-- their expressions say it all-- and you've captured that nicely. Good use of the panorama camera too! Cheers. Craig
Roger, I know exactly what you mean about it being hard work taking photos of people, I have the same 'mental block'. I believe that it's my eye which can't see the opportunities, and I find 'things' much easier to visualise. I'm very interested in how you get on with forcing yourself through this. By watching your efforts and trying to make rational critiques is actually helping me too ;-) I find the crits as hard as you find the taking of the shots, whatever I write may be total rubbish, because I'm exploring this subject matter as we go !!
OK - what do I get from this shot? Well, I see two very nice ladies, semi-formally posed. I don't get a feeling of any context, why was the photo taken, what are you trying to say? what is the reason for the photo?
I think thats the problem, I need a reason for a photo, and something other than a record of the people. I need a story, or an event to give it life, even an implied story helps in this regard.
I realise that not everyone will have this 'block' and will accept a photo for what it is, in much the same way that lots of people like Disneyland (I also hate plastic theme parks - but don't let me go down that trail).
So - in summary, nice though it is I can't work out what your motivation for the phot was, except to explore this topic - doh ;-)
Keep on going, don't let the ramblings of a socially inept Yorkshireman stop your exploration of a very exciting topic.
Very nice capture of the ladies....great,as the matter of fact. Still I'm quite traditional and I have never used wide angles for people believing that they flatten the image. But,I must admit that tis is not my opinion and this photo you took shows that it's possible to go against the rules!!! Cheers! Antonella
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