Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] This weeks PAW, and a picture taking story.
From: "Mark Pope" <mark.teampope@ntlworld.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 08:10:18 +0100
References: <002301c10640$d15ea940$0300000a@marklaptop>

Smashing shot - I enjoyed it and the story behind it very much.

Mark Pope
Swindon, Wilts
UK

http://www.monomagic.co.uk
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark E Davison" <dmark8@qwest.net>
To: "Leica User Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 06 July 2001 18:26
Subject: [Leica] This weeks PAW, and a picture taking story.


> 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!
>
>
>
>
>

In reply to: Message from "Mark E Davison" <dmark8@qwest.net> ([Leica] This weeks PAW, and a picture taking story.)