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Martin .
{K:24957} 5/14/2006
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Rina,
Wonderful duotone indeed. I love the bokeh of this lens as well. Nice choice regarding the DOF.
Well done my friend,
Martin
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Kanwarpreet Singh
{K:1868} 5/10/2006
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Ah! ha!
This one is a masterpiece! A great spot & capture! Nice DOF & tones create such a lovely mood! Good one! :)
Regards.
kp
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Neven S.
{K:1642} 5/3/2006
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you have great sensitiveness.. quite a sweet gift..
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 4/14/2006
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What a cute picture. It is amazing that a picture taken from behind these two can have such emotion. I love the similar poses. Beautiful tones and lighting.
Kelly
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/13/2006
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Hi, Rina. Well, we had six kids, four boys two girls, so I can't say I haven't had my chances. They were lookers, too (one made more money than her old Dad while she was modeling as a teenager and my eldest now has his own regular TV program). But these days, when I'm enjoying photography so much more, is when I feel deprived! You've hit a photographic peak at a nice time, while they're still small!!
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/13/2006
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Cheers Roger, but I think you have learning thing back to front!  I can imagine your difficulty photographing children. You either have to be lucky enough to know some, or hope to come across relaxed sorts. Never hurts to ask first I guess, but don't stop trying!
Thanks for swinging by. Always appreciate your comments :)
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/13/2006
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Thank you Rashed! I'm flattered that you think you can learn from me :) I'll try my best to help if I can. You'll find my email address on my bio page. I'll only leave it there for a short time though, so that I avoid getting spammed. Cheers!
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/12/2006
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"A Walk To Paradise Garden"... Just finished reading his bio and the background to this image. I can see why it would move many so deeply and I'm profoundly humbled at your comparison of the similar elements to his most famous piece. What a truly courageous photographer and inspirational human being.
Andre, thank you again for your wonderful encouragement and for pointing me in this direction...
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 4/12/2006
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I like this image a lot my friend and I do respect your talent and your skill, this is a wonderful capture in b/w with very impresive contrast and wonderful composition, details and tone, wishing you all of the best my friend and will look forward to have your email so I can write and learn from your photographoc experinces, all of the best my again .
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/12/2006
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What a wonderful compliment Ace :) You make me blush... I am so very glad you like it that much my friend, thank you...
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/12/2006
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Hi again Rina,
One of the reasons that this image has that kind of long lasting appeal, is the pose of the children staring off or not facing their parents. I think it is a kind of separation / growing up emotion that comes across.
The last image in a famous photography exhibition "Family Of Man" 1954. is by W Eugene Smith. This image has many of the same elements. Look up W. Eugene Smith's images and you will find the instantly recognizable image.
It's one of my favourites. I'm sure it is ingrained in many people's minds and emulated in photography subconsiously and even intentionally as an homage.
A perfect image!
Andre
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 4/12/2006
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hi ya, good post-process work and i love the tone which i associate with horses/wood fencing...fine tonal values,too...smart to capture the kids from behind while they focus their attention on the horse...nice dof...would make a good stock photo for some commercial use
cheers,gayle
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 4/11/2006
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this is extraordinary! i am still looking at it and wondering ... should be photo of the day! extraordinary it is :) goes to my fav
keep up the good work Rina
all the best
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 4/11/2006
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wonderfull capture Rina! especially the tones you used here ... its like heavenly light :) so beautiful the composition is! thousand points for that!
good work
wish you all the best
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 4/11/2006
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Oh, Rina, this is just wonderful! What a beautiful series on child images! I love the sepia treatment - just stunning!
Cheers
Phil
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/11/2006
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..."the type of image that could be talked about for years by that family"...
...Is exactly how I tried to express my thoughts when discussing this with my husband earlier today!
Andre, once again thank you for taking the time out to share your thoughts with me. Invaluable with or without the Picasso quote :)
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/11/2006
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Hi Rina,
First of all thanks for the compliment on the comment. I can't take full credit for it because I had heard and quoted that Picasso quote years ago. I really do think it relates to photography very well.
Don't get me wrong about trying to be creative and wanting to make "something more" By all means go for it!
It's just that I believe a lot of people really underestimate the power of the "snapshot".
Family snaps can have an innocence, honesty, candidness about them that become priceless treasures. They quite often are "who" we are. whether we like it or not.
Sometimes the image taker might not be the most skilled and the image may be flawed because of that, but sometimes the flaws even add to the charm.
I would say that the above image is a good example of the type of image that could be talked about for years by that family. It is "something more" than a snapshot, and still retains a lot of the "snapshot" positive elements.
Andre
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/11/2006
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I also feel under pressure to perform when I'm not ready Laurie. Which is why I tend to over-compensate in photoshop. I've looked at the photos I've taken and seen average, run-of-the-mill, kiddie snapshots... and have immediately disliked them for being so. But as you say, so long as the technical stuff is good, I should take satisfaction in that. And yes, it's what the parents want to see.
Thank you Laurie. Both yours and Andre's insightful comments have helped me to understand a little more about my own motivation.
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Laurie McIntosh
{K:958} 4/11/2006
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Rina, Andre's comments are so on the mark here. I suspect that what a parent really wants to see are basically "happy snaps", but properly composed, focussed, DoF-ed, shuttered, exposed and cropped.
To take the second and third photos in this series as examples, Mummy's camera probably told her to "flash", as there's not enough light to shoot this properly (thus destroying the shot). Daddy probly has absolutely no idea about grabbing the DoF required to get Morgan's name in the photo as well - okay, you stuffed this up, but next time you'll know about how to set the aperture to grab this element as well.
I think we take the arty-farty shots for ourselves and other photographers. But we should be taking good, straight-forward photos for our friends and families.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/10/2006
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Andre, that has to be the best comment I've ever read. It is through thoughtful and objective commentary like yours that I am able to look deeper. Thank you. You've nailed it and I think I need to sort myself out before rushing headlong into creative photography :)
Of course, while it's vitally important that I first grasp the technical/compositional concepts of photography, equally as important is the ability to understand artistic intent - particularly my own.
I have been asked to take more (paid for this time) candid family photos for friends. While that's all very flattering, I am not confident. But it's precisely because of the desire to do "something more". I don't want to be just another family portrait photographer. Ideally, if I had to go in this direction, I'd like to capture a single moment or expression, and in essence capturing "who" they are, not just what they were doing at the time.
What I *want* to do, could very well be what I'm *already* doing pre-photoshop...
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1301307 60
{K:44058} 4/10/2006
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I like this image Rina, very good capture of the two kids watching intensely. The highlights on the hair of the boy is very eye catching; beautiful tones. The sepia effects works very well with this wonderful composition, heart warming mood created. I really like the blendings on the blonde hair.
regards...
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/10/2006
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Nice PS work, Rina. I've got a lot to learn from you. Delightful subjects, too. We older men have a hard time photographing kids these days... In fact I've almost stopped trying to do it, there's so much suspicion around. Argh!
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 4/10/2006
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Nothing from you for what seems like ages and then a feast begins.
I guess these two little uns are comparing the betting forecasts at this meeting and debating where to place their pocket money:):)
Seriously my sweet and lovely Rina this is a delightful mono toned composition with excellent details and a superb dof. Andre is so right in what he has written and I totally concur with his hypothesis on creativity. What a lovely change to see a rear view 'portrait' so simple yet creatively effective and instantly eyecatching. A great big hug to my sexy Aussie Kiwi and my very extra special beautifully giftwrapped bestwishes sealed with a big kiss....Ray
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/10/2006
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Hi Rina,
I think when we first get into photography as an "art-form" we spend the first half of our creative life trying to do "something more" than the standard family snap-shot. Then, we all start struggling back to capture that innocence and appeal that we lost in that pursuit. There is a famous interview by Picasso where he talks about spending 80 years of painting trying to get back to painting like he did when he was a child. Maybe this is true to some extent in photography?
Andre
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Fatemeh Rahimi
{K:13523} 4/10/2006
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lovely shot and nice tone! you could transfer the feeling perfectly! the hands on the fence and the eyes above it! a seious try to see what can not be seen! what are they waiting for?
keep up the good work Rina!
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/10/2006
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Thanks Andre! Yeah, I know exactly what you mean about the tones. With some images though, colour just doesn't seem to cut it. Maybe I'm just trying to turn a family snap-shot into something more...??? Don't know....
BTW, these two are actually cousins, but they ARE very close and spend a lot of time together. Well spotted!
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/10/2006
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Hi Rina,
I've looked at all three in the series and I think this may be my favourite, at least for today. The expression on the little girl's face in the third one is priceless too.
I know there are a few purists around that will want to say that the use of toning like this is an over used process. But not for me. I really like this kind of toning and find myself doing it an awful lot these days too.
You caught these two in a perfect moment. It's nice the way their hand positions mimic eachother. I would guess this is a brother and sister because of that, but I could be wrong.
Andre
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Kambiz K
{K:37420} 4/10/2006
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very beautiful image with great composition and fantastic details
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