Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]is it out of focus or is it my computer? Mark E Davison wrote: > This weeks PAW is at > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=279877 > > It is from a pro-bono shoot that I did for the owner of a day-care who was > closing down. This was the final farewell party. She had seen me taking > pictures for the elementary school and talked me into this gig. > > I found myself at a local park as the weather turned from merely gray and > depressing to hard rain. The light fell fast, till we were looking at the > ghosts of departed quantities. Underneath the picnic shelter there was > hardly any light at all. I, of course, had confidently loaded 400 speed > color print film, which was giving me exposures of f2 @ 1/2 sec. Out came > the twinky flash (SF20 at -.7 compensation). Back to bending down to the > level of the children. > > This little guy saw me bending down to take his portrait. He thought it was > a game, so he bent down too. I bent down further, he bent down further. I > moved sideways to get a better angle. He moved sideways with me. Bent down > as low as I could go, I took this snap as we sidled sideways. The blur from > his hair made a halo. > > It was a kitsch Kodak moment. It was a Kyle Cassidy twinky flash moment. The > day-care owner loved it. It was a blow for directorial photography, but the > kid was directing me. > > Mark Davison > > P.S. > > I shot the whole evening with M6 and 50 Summicron. No time to change lenses > as I stalked for picture opportunities of the kinetic kids. With kids you > can get close with a 50. There's no noses to foreshorten!