It is a perfect illustration of some of the things I talked about in the recent interview. It was taken with a small pocket camera (one of those which were as small as a 35mm camera could get, and fit in a breast pocket). And it was taken on a day when I was on an outing with my family.
There's no way of knowing beforehand that you will come across a picture like this. It only happens in walk-around photography. Or Street Photography as it is sometimes called. Well, it's synonymous at least.
And when I didn't see any subjects, or family demanded attention, I just put the camera in my pocket and forgot about it for a while. And yet it made exhibition-quality images if used right. Gotta love it.
We have digital cameras which are almost there. Only point is the autofocus has to get faster, I hope they fix this soon. (Actually, they should make them with manual focus or even fixed focus, because with the small sensors, depth of field is so great that focus hardly matters. The aforementioned camera had manual focus and that was totally useable despite having less DoF than small digital cameras.)
I think I've commented on this photo before but it's one of your best, I think. Fantastically calm and yet emotional at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI like your earlier work and later work for different reasons. I find your earlier pics to be more emotional. Your later work I find more inventive.
Oh, what I don't like here, though, is the title "3+1 ladies" ... yuck! :-)
ReplyDeleteHmm, well. The title was made by a 16-year-old Eolake. I thought it was very clever. :)
ReplyDeleteMind you, this was before it became mainstream (and overdone) to combine numbers and word in titles.
Thanks for the other comments.
I thought about today how I have no idea where I'm going with pictures, if anywhere.
"3+1 ladies"?
ReplyDeleteI've seen dumber titles, believe me. Lots of them. :-)))
Thank you very much. I did not think it is that bad. Only I have wondered why almost everybody tends to call it "Three Ladies".
ReplyDeleteEolake said: "Only I have wondered why almost everybody tends to call it "Three Ladies".
ReplyDeleteThere you have it. "Three Ladies" would have been an excellent title! :-)
Think about it.
Sounds like a Victorian Novel. (And not of the kinky kind.) :)
ReplyDeleteTastes can be so different.
ReplyDelete"3 + 1 ladies", in my eyes, is the only appropriate title for this image. It underlines the tension between the sitting 3 ladies and the one walking by.
I like the photograph.
Merci Monsieur.
ReplyDelete"Sounds like a Victorian Novel. (And not of the kinky kind.) :)"
ReplyDelete"Lost Girls" didn't sound like a kinky title either...