Portraits
Taking portraits are probably the most difficult of all photos to take. I can see the shot I want, but when I get my camera pointed at the subject, that shot is gone. This week posed as a great challenge. Even with doing a research paper on Robert Frank who captured such great photos of people all around the country, I just couldn't get the right photo. In the readings it mentioned portraits don't have to be of people but objects. The two photos below are my attempt at portraits. One was taken at Field Days in Addison County and the other was taken on the way to Basin Harbor.
I call this one "Pops". I was sitting eating at the sausage stand. The gentleman grilling yells over, in his thick NYC accent, to the main relaxing on a folding chair, "Pops! Can you get some more peppers prepped?" The older man jumped up and eagerly helped. What intrigued me about this man was he was a bit older than the two gentleman grilling. Was Pops the one who started this stand, was it a father to one of the guys grilling, was he just along for the road? These were my thoughts as I quickly grabbed my camera. This ones for you Pops! Thanks for a great dinner.
Driving to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum with summer campers earlier this week I spotted this tree. It jumped at me. There was only the tree behind it and the way the clouds in the sky highlighted it was beautiful. I had to then go back and capture this image. Unfortunately it was in the evening and the sun was beginning to set. I did a few adjustments to nightlight the tree and reduce the brightness.
I LOVE that picture paired with your little story about how that picture found you. I love candid shots of strangers, and this one has so many fun and interesting colors. It's balanced and just overall really nice.
ReplyDeleteYour picture of Pops is great! I love the story that accompanies the picture and how you captured him in action
ReplyDeleteThese portraits are awesome! I am especially drawn to the tree, for I have been doing tree portraits recently. A portrait is typically thought of as a photo of a human or a pet, but this is not necessarily so a portrait is made to present a subject in high regard. The tricky part is that you, as the photographer, need to make this story obvious… That your subject is the most important thing. I think you have accomplished this very well in both of these images. The stories you have written accompanying these just adds more enjoyment.
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