La siesta
by Maggye

Comment by tnun:
!! Amazing. Nice uniform tones on the sleeping trio. Can hardly get over the dog and his place on the air mattress. And beyond another world from which they are retired. Enjoyed a lot.

friends meeting
by Maggye

Comment by tnun:
Well shown assemblage of the boys, each so different. Makes me think of military vets - buddies. (Friends meeting connotes something else where I come from (Quakers), or maybe you intended just that).

friends meeting
by Maggye

Comment by Germaine:
Nice capture and processing.

Stop taking my picture
by Maggye

Comment by crik:
It doesn't look blurry to me. I like the selective colors and I think the girl is just noticing you.
Nice energy. The one nit - I'd like it if you'd been able to get her feet in the shot. Not always possible I know with this type of photography.

The musician
by Maggye

Comment by crik:
I like the action and the b&w processing.

Curious
by Maggye

Comment by crik:
The little fellow seems lost in the wonderment of the moment.
I like the way you cropped this with the mom's hand holding his in the corner. Cross-processing looks good too. Nice job.

Stop taking my picture
by Maggye

Comment by bvy:
The desat gives this an artistic touch. A tad soft, but I wouldn't have thought anything of it had you not mentioned it.

Day 1
by Maggye

Comment by yanko:
Beautiful light. This is a very nice photo from a technical stand point but it doesn't penatrate the surface enough to pull us into her world. pawdrix mention earlier about capturing something deeper and that is the key to good candid photography. What makes Steve's candid work very good is you always learn something about who he shoots even if it's just on a basic level that we can all relate to such as a moment of laughter, being down in the dumps, etc. Now he often shows us more and his subjects are often captured in greater context which allows for his images to pull us into the city he lives in and feel it's heart beat so to speak.

shalrath made an interesting comment about the young/old aspect to this. While I can see that on the surface it's too incidental to have a real impact. Here is an example where there is a real impact because although the subjects themselves are unaware of it there is a strong connection between the two:



Just something to think about when you're out shooting.

Message edited by author 2008-10-12 16:01:31.

Curious
by Maggye

Comment by Melethia:
I like just the adult's hand here, as others have mentioned. I think I would have liked a bit more of the child (his feet) in the frame, but you get what you get in this game! I LOVE cross processing - lots of fun. I tend to overdo it but hey, I like it so I do it anyway. Glad you're picking up a few things here!

The musician
by Maggye

Comment by bassbone:
i actually like the blurred hand and guitar - it provides it a nice kinetic quality - and it is subtle enough to contrast calm smoothness of his face