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09-16-2003

I Didn't get out of the concert until after midnight, so I figured I'd take some pictures for the NEXT day and get the photo out of the way for Tuesday the 16th, especially considering that it's 2:15 AM while I'm posting these, and I have to get up in a few hours for work. :)

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Guest 30-Apr-2004 03:15
oh its a lovely shot, paul =)
Guest 23-Sep-2003 06:20
Ah, thank you much for the explanation Paul. Now I can sleep well =)
-Adi-
Paul Walters21-Sep-2003 19:50
Adi: With most of my pictures, I don't spend any time taking them. I see something, photograph it, then move on. I try not to be obvious with candid photos so that the people continue to act natural. The average person can NOT act natural when they KNOW a camera is aiming at them. The low angle is for two reasons here. I normally take fairly low angle shots because I'm paralyzed and forced to use a wheelchair which gives me a lower view point. This shot is even a lower angle because I use my lap for a tripod at night sometimes. I shove the camera into my lap real hard, guess the angle to the subject, and take the photo, which allows me pretty good clarity for up to a 2 second shot or so. This all happens so naturally and quickly, that the candid models seldom know they've been photographed. :)
Guest 21-Sep-2003 18:33
The two of you'd said it well, I am interested the story behind this though, it looks that the shot was taken from a low angle.... and the rather sharp background doesn't suggest much that it's at long tele.... how did you take this one?
beer commercial is good, but it may send a wrong message to kids =)p
Paul Walters19-Sep-2003 03:01
Thanks Larry! I liked it for that very reason. I thought it was like a couple out visiting Disneyland for some romantic reason, and sitting in the warm evening just talking about whatever.
Guest 19-Sep-2003 00:35
There's something romantic about this photo to me ... the glow of the sign ... the couple. Seems almost like a shot out of a beer commercial. I know .. I'm nuts. Nice shot.