August 13, 2010

BAPC Field Trip—Portraits #5


This is not a photo that I took during the field trip.  This photo was taken by Fred Cerkan, a fellow Bay Area Photo Club member.  Here is the message that Fred wrote me:

“Larry:
 I think this was one of my best images of the night. 
Thanks for the workshop.
Fred”

I do not think that I have ever seen a photo that Fred has taken of a person before he sent me this one.  As I looked at the image, I tried to figure out why Fred thought this was one of his best.  And then, it dawned on me—there is more than the likeness of two people in this photo.  There is some interaction.  There is some real emotion.  It is fun to look at the image.  So, is there a lesson here.  Yep, there is, but I will let you figure it out on your own. 

The only thing that I did to the image is to crop it into a 4x5 format (the one that I prefer for portraits).

Enjoy.

2 comments:

  1. You should let Fred do your blog.
    Charles M

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  2. You are a brave man, very brave. Catherine looks very happy...or maybe a little scared to have you switching places. The lighting is good, and y'all even managed to color coordinate your shirts. Nice job Fred!

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