August 12, 2009

What I Did on My Vacation—Part 8

I love to watch people. No matter where JD and I go, I find it very interesting to sit someplace and watch the world pass-by. I believe that if you want to do street photography, there is no better training than just setting and watching how people act.

I notice this couple very early during the performances. I thought that they truly looked the part of a happy, married couple. As I was talking to Sandy, I suddenly noticed that they seemed to always be in synch with each other. Naturally, this made me watch the couple a little more carefully. After watching for a few minutes longer, I decided that their synchronization would make for an interesting photo. But, how do I show it? The solution was simple—more than one shot. I took about six shots in total and had good synchronization in all of them. I originally selected three photos to post, but after studying them, I decided using three would be a little overkill. These two photos seemed to be the ones that best illustrated my theme.

Earlier in the week, I said that all the photos would be finished only using Lightroom. I lied. After seeing this one, I thought that it needed to be a good black and white (thus nik Silver Efex) and also needed a little dating (thus onOne Photoframe to put a boarder on it). Sorry about the lie, but the quality of the image counts more than me trying to improve on what is left of my tattered character.

Enjoy.

6 comments:

  1. Well done Patrick!

    I get 100% of everything you wanted me to see in these photos because of your composition, presentation and post-processing! You had a good eye to spot the synchronization between the two and a great plan to present it!

    Cheers!
    Barry

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  2. Which person starts the routine? I noticed that both people have their arms or hands crossed or folded. Happiness is getting old together.

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  3. Outstanding. Great eye. Great capture. Great post processing. Did I forget to say I like this one?
    The Professor

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  4. Nice shots. Good eye. I think you must be very observant to get shots like this. Enjoyed.
    Debbie

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  5. I think if you had posted a series of these shots, without the story, we still would have picked up on what you were trying to portray. That tells me you accomplished what you or any other photographer would hope to do with these photos.

    You told a story, it holds my interest, it generates emotion, it's well composed, well processed and well exposed. Great job Larry.

    DHaass

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  6. Good job. You made your point with a lot of style.
    Ted

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