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At the Tidal Basin during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.
A father watching his daughter's wedding.
A father and his daughter examining a flower.
On a street in Guangzhou, China.
A chilly day in Xiamen, China.
I generally never take pictures of people. I find that the vast majority come out either staged or less-than-acceptable (in terms of photographic value). However, every once in a while, I catch a moment that is unexpected... where the picture portrays the person at the moment as they are, not necessarily as they want to be.
So, for this week's Foto-Friday, I submit a few non-portrait portraits that I have captured over the past few years.
Fufu, you did a really great job of capturing the essence of these people. Very nice indeed!
#1 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:52 AM EDTThe unposed (therefore "natural") portrait is almost always more revealing and insightful regarding the subject's character. It takes an adept photographer to recognize the perfect moment to press the shutter release.
Very well done!
A. Mac
#2 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:58 AM EDTVery nice Fufu. I like the last one best -- I wonder what she's thinking about?
#3 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:25 AM EDTA wonderful set of photos that seems almost to tell a story fufu.
#4 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:30 AM EDTGreat photos, Fufu. Moments & emotions captured beautifully.
#5 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:59 PM EDTI prefer portraits myself, and i do a lot of large format, black and white portraits. Faces fascinate me.
These are outstanding, fufu. Each one is a statement.
#6 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:46 PM EDTGreat pictures fufu - thanks for sharing them with foto-Friday. I seldom see portraits that express such emotion.
#8 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:44 PM EDTThese are wonderful, dear Fufu! Thanks so much for sharing them!
#9 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:36 PM EDTThe second photo is very appealing. You can see the anticipation in his face.
I'd crop out the other head in the bottom foreground so as to not distract. JMHO. Nevertheless, it's a great image.
jobs
#11 - Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:17 PM EDTActually, cropping won't make look it "obviously photoshopped." You are not doing anything else to the rest of the photo at all. It's simply cutting off the bottom part of the photo. Even the most basic of photo software will support cropping. Photoshop, Picasa, Gimp. Or even the software that came with your camera.
jobs
Great photographs, I agree with your sentiments, it's much preferable for the subjects to ignore the camera.
I'm sure you probably already know this but you'll want to be careful about posting images of people, most times it will require them to sign a model release, except in certain instances (like journalism, etc).
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