Canon Image Challenge PM reply 04-Nov-2009 18:01
This is really interesting Traveller. I've never been bold enough to ask a stranger if I could take their picture. I would probably have done something with a telephoto lens and snapped when he was not looking. But, then I would have missed all impact of your picture. -dtallakson
Michael Kilpatrick PM reply 02-Nov-2009 23:08
Pretty good for a salvaged picture. Nice pose, composition and toning. Regards, Michael
Canon Image Challenge PM reply 02-Nov-2009 22:38
Trav, you really have a special gift for allowing people to be themselves with you, and and your photos are a testament to that. And as usual, your stories enrich not only your images but all of us who see/read what you have to say. Thank you for your generosity in sharing with us.
--Mary Anne
Canon Image Challenge PM reply 02-Nov-2009 00:44
I like the play of shadows and light going from let to right. jano
jnconradie PM reply 31-Oct-2009 12:39
Thanks, Traveller, for the lovely background story. Love it!
ctfchallenge PM reply 31-Oct-2009 05:37
"Still, people are almost always happy to let me shoot them...wherever I am."
Well gee. *sigh* This is such a great statement about who you are, Trav. I like this even more than your image here... which I like for this challenge very much. ~Lydia
Canon Image Challenge PM reply 31-Oct-2009 04:20
I love this take on the subject, both photographically and noted. Penny Street
Canon Image Challenge PM reply 31-Oct-2009 00:19
I am sitting on the floor in a full on suit and tie at 2:00am, asking him to sweep around me as he poses and as I shoot him. This was supposed to be color because of the yellow broom and blue shirt....complementary colors....but, it came off as garish.
Photographing the working poor....is a theme of mine, I suppose. There are lots of transitions here...the establishment from being open to being closed, from being dirty to being cleaned, from being an illegal alien with a wife and two children to hopefully becoming legal.
There is the transition from Dark to Light.
This was a salvaged picture....it was not at all what I intended, which, I suppose, is a problem of mine. sigh.
Still, people are almost always happy to let me shoot them...wherever I am.
Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon Image Challenge PM reply 31-Oct-2009 00:18
Great way to get the ball rolling with an image that it absolutely on topic in many ways. Good for you. -Doug
jnconradie PM reply 30-Oct-2009 20:19
Thanks, Mr Trav, for opening up the proceedings for us in this gallery. Where on earth did you capture this one? Lots of light, lots of shadow - and he is looking at the camera man rather curiously...? Regards Nico
