RE: PAW

[frank theriault]

I more or less agree with Marnie WRT "Homeless at Rose Bay".  He could any 
old guy sleeping at any place.  Or, he could just have shut his eyes when 
you snapped.  To me there's no context here.  I'm not necessarily saying (as 
I think Marnie did) that there should be more visual cues of his 
surroundings.  But, if one's not going to do that, there should be something 
intrinsic to him to tell us something about his character.  In that regard 
it would be nice if we could see his eyes (not that it's necessary to see 
his eyes) or something about him to give us some small piece of insight to 
the man.

It's not that this is a bad shot, but for street photography, there's just 
something more that I'd want.  I don't know what it is, I just know I don't 
see it.

Now, "Cute 2".  I kind of like this one.  I disagree with those who say it 
could be construed as kiddy porn.  There's no more to be seen there than one 
could see on a family beach or at the swimming pool.  There's no lurid 
context whatsoever, about the girl, or the surroundings that would lead one 
to such a conclusion - although that being said, I understand what 
everyone's getting at, and why we must be careful in this regard.

So, about the photo.  I think you did a great job of capturing her beautiful 
smile!  The lifting of the dress is clearly an impish gesture, probably 
designed to get a reaction from the nearby parent.  Every little girl has 
done such a thing at least once, and this one is clearly looking to mom to 
see what's going to happen next!  I think it's cute, although she'll kill 
you when she gets older <vbg>.  A cute little slice o' life, IMHO.

cheers,
frank
ps:  thanks for the hyperlinks;  they're ever so much easier than doing the 
copy & paste thing of your previous posts.

-f

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PAW
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:17:55 +1100
Two different shots.I don't think the homeless man got up before so once
more.I cropped any reference spots because I was trying to focus on face 
and
body language.He was asleep in front of a local hotel.
The young girl was posing for her mother and I took the bit between the
teeth and ......................
http://www.pbase.com/image/25408669
http://www.pbase.com/image/26298462

All comment s welcome.
Regards Chris Kennedy

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