Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This weeks PAW is at http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=279877 It is from a pro-bono shoot that I did for the owner of a day-care who was closing down. This was the final farewell party. She had seen me taking pictures for the elementary school and talked me into this gig. I found myself at a local park as the weather turned from merely gray and depressing to hard rain. The light fell fast, till we were looking at the ghosts of departed quantities. Underneath the picnic shelter there was hardly any light at all. I, of course, had confidently loaded 400 speed color print film, which was giving me exposures of f2 @ 1/2 sec. Out came the twinky flash (SF20 at -.7 compensation). Back to bending down to the level of the children. This little guy saw me bending down to take his portrait. He thought it was a game, so he bent down too. I bent down further, he bent down further. I moved sideways to get a better angle. He moved sideways with me. Bent down as low as I could go, I took this snap as we sidled sideways. The blur from his hair made a halo. It was a kitsch Kodak moment. It was a Kyle Cassidy twinky flash moment. The day-care owner loved it. It was a blow for directorial photography, but the kid was directing me. Mark Davison P.S. I shot the whole evening with M6 and 50 Summicron. No time to change lenses as I stalked for picture opportunities of the kinetic kids. With kids you can get close with a 50. There's no noses to foreshorten!