[Leica] Game Day - some additional images

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

All 4 great portraits. And I think that the technique that you use - 
first chat a bit to make them feel relaxed, and then shoot them as  
they really are- is the most succesful one to do good portraiture. It  
clearly shows in this series.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 4-mei-06, om 19:38 heeft Adam Bridge het volgende geschreven:

> Here are a few more images from my Game Day sequence taken before
> minor league and spring training baseball games.
>
> These young fellows were hankering for some serious street cred:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0612-bw.jpg>
>
> While, a row over, this guy was perched and cooly chatting up three  
> girls:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0603-bw.jpg>
>
> I think there's a place in hell, probably near the center, for the
> person who invented "thunder sticks" but for these kids they were one
> of the planet's great delights. Their mom, however, probably agrees
> more with me.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0614-bw.jpg>
>
> And this family came to enjoy the open air and the hot dogs:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0592-bw.jpg>
>
> All shot with the 1Ds MkII and 24-70 f2.8L Canon glass. When I know
> I'm going to be making black and white images I almost always shoot at
> high ISO to get the texture I like in the images. These were shot at
> ISO 1600 and most are shot wide open.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Adam
>
> ps: a note - this isn't "street photography". I talk to all of these
> people, usually for a while before I make these images. They appear as
> they desire appear with no coaching for me. The kids in the first
> image where alive and spontaneous and then, as the camera was lifted,
> they slipped into this personna that I just found fascinating. I do
> believe the work stands by itself but I did want to be up front about
> how I work while I shoot these.
>
> ab
>
>
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