[Leica] PAW 22 dlridings

[daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)]

Thanks!

I'll think about that the next time I'm in a situation like that (and I
will be).

I was just plain lazy :(

Best,
Daniel


On Sun, 30 May 2004, Ted Grant wrote:

> Daniel Ridings showed:
> Subject: [Leica] PAW 22 dlridings
>
>
> > Emmanuel Meki is a professional, a teacher, from Halina in the Honde
> > Valley in Zimbabwe. It's a poor rural area in the eastern highlands. He
> > took up making trinklets out of galvanized steel wire in an attempt to
> > help others find a means of income.<<<
>
> > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004/22.html<<<<<
>
> Hi Daniel,
> Interesting photo, but it cries out for a lower angle and a stronger
> composition using his hands.  Even bending your knees slightly rather than
> looking down on his head would be an improvement.
>
> Actually a tight shot of his hands working would've been more story telling
> given your words. Or hands and tools strongly in foreground and his face in
> background may have been better. Even if his face were slightly out of focus
> it wouldn't matter, or at least it wouldn't have been a big deal.
>
> As your description caption reads, it's about what he's making to raise
> funds and that makes the hands with bits and pieces the important part of
> the photograph anyway.
>
> ted
>
>
>
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