Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What Ted said. Typed with big fingers on tiny keys -----Original Message----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:38:57 To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ms Shirley's Kiddie Kollege - Gene D. Jean-Michel Mertz SHOWED: >>> > > > It was 10am and the kids were playing outside the daycare building > ... A camera is a powerful magnet!Jean-Michel< > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/SAVANNAH+2012/The+Kiddie+Kollege.html<<< Hi Jean-Michel, I very much like this photograph and I think it will stand the challenges of time as a classic children photograph of 2012 and longer. Even though they're looking into the camera there appears a complete "comfort level with it happening!" Not like those constantly shown news photos of kids dying, dead, starving and or whatever ravages of their lives they try to live through! Each one is smiling. A touch of shyness note: The little girl second top left . Look at her eyes and how her face is kind of turned away from the camera, but she is using her peripheral vision to see "the camera-man and his camera." Still wanting to make sure she is in the picture! A rather interesting kind of intimacy... she kind of doesn't want to be full face beaming into the lens, but she still wants to see what's happening. Kind of cute really. :-) These are the little things we as photographers rarely see at the "click moment" simply because of all the beaming smiling faces of the others. This is my kind of children picture... as they should be! Happy and un-afraid of strangers and bad guys with guns who kill so many indiscriminately in so many countries about the world! Put this in an exhibition in a 30" X 40" inch size and it will draw crowds of people smiling and enjoying it as an award winning photograph. It's a clean feel good photo of happy smiling kids! Just got to love it!. :-) Good on you Jean-Michel as it's an award winning kids photo! And yes, sure as heck one I wish I could say I shot it! cheers, Dr. ted :-) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information