No, the text in the window isn't a reflection. It's the name of the establishment, painted on the window. Actually, it's the Stephen Bulger Gallery, probably the pre-eminent gallery showing photography in Toronto right now. I had only just come out of there a minute or two before I took the shot. Boring exhibit last month, someone 'painting with light" directly on photo paper. At least I thought it was boring. Or, if not boring, not photography. Or so I thought.
Then I thought, "hey, if photography means writing with light, then what she does really ~is~ photography!" And, she did it very well. I still didn't like it - just not my thing, I guess (I've said that a lot over the last few days "just not my thing" - must be my phrase of the week).
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Two Things That P***ed Me Off Today! Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:59:20 +1000
Nice shot Frank. Like Bob, I don't think it the eyes closed are too bad either. Reminds me (weird mental links) of a less lonely version of that image of James Dean walking down a New York street. Nice poses too. One thing though.. the text reflection in the shop window, shouldn't it be mirrored?
Cheers, Ryan
PS. Hey I just bought a bike the day before yesterday! I'll send you a pic once I get round to it :-)!
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: Two Things That P***ed Me Off Today!
> Hi,
>
> I've sort of been collecting photos of "people and their bikes" over the
> last while, and I've started to get them printed. My first large print
was
> of this lovely looking couple I saw walking down the street. I asked if I
> could take their photograph, we chatted a while, and I took three or four
> shots. From the contacts, this was the best one; I really like the way
> she's looking at him:
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2036662
>
> And, of course, when I get the 8x10 back today, I notice that her
expression
> is wonderful, alright, but he has his eyes closed!! Damn it!
> Unfortunately, the other shots of this couple aren't particularly
> interesting. Still, it aint' a horrible shot. Just not as nice as I'd
> hoped for. Sigh...
>
> Oh well, I've got a bunch more "people and their bikes" shots to get
blowed
> up. We'll see how they turn out. Could be the start of a project...
>
> And then, I get home, and think to myself, "I'll do my PUG Comments before
I
> go look at PDML and waste a couple of hours wading though 200 or so
posts."
> Which I did. But, after 1/2 hour and quite a few comments, I accidentally
> hit a wrong key (I still don't know which one it was, but I was really in
a
> groove, and my fingers were flying (but not accurate, apparently <g>), and
> deleted the draft. Damn it again! Oh well.
>
> Cold spell comes into town 2nite. Winds up to 70 km/h, and the temp drops
> down to around -20 or -25C (plus the windchill). High tomorrow of only
> about -15C. Hope the winds die down, or it's gonna be a cold day on the
> bike! <g>
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
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