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Re: [OM] My kid's street photography shot

Subject: Re: [OM] My kid's street photography shot
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 21:09:11 -0600
At 10:00 PM 4/6/00 -0400, Denton Taylor wrote:

[snip]

>My daughter is 16 now, and she definitely has the artistic temperament.
>
>A few weeks ago I took her on a NYC street photography  tour from 16th Street 
>and 8th Avenue to 34th Street and 6th Avenue. I did the shooting, she did the 
>watching, but she has admitted my speaking to her as I was shooting (and 
>seeing the work later) had some influence (altho at the time she seemed too 
>embarrassed for words!)
>
>She's always been pretty good with what she does best, taking casual portraits 
>of her circle of friends, but recently she had a chance to go out alone with 
>my OM1 and 50 1/4. She was asked by her school as part of some extra credit 
>assignment to document Lincoln Center and its environs. She came up with a 
>shot that I really thought was good, certainly has the SP spirit, even if it 
>could be a bit closer in... anyway there's a lot happening in the image and if 
>anyone wants to take a look and comment I'll be sure to pass it along to the 
>kid...


Denton:

Actually, I kinda disagree with you.  I think the shot works *because* of the 
relative isolation of the two figures, and going closer in might ruin it.  I 
like it.

Garth


"No, this is the Great Theatre of Life.  Admission is free, but the taxation is 
mortal.  You come when you can, and leave when you must.  The show is 
continuous.  Good-night."

    -- Robertson Davies
       1913 - 1995


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