Brookline Village

sara505

Today the Coolidge Corner post office was closed for repairs, which necessitated my walking to the Brookline Village branch - no problem, gorgeous day here - and besides, if my post office had not been closed, I would not have met Mr. Brendan J. Donovan down in the village, sitting on Harvard Street and looking like a photograph that was just begging to be taken. And being a photographer himself (I noticed right away that he held a small camera in his hand, with a mini-pod attached as a handle, same as I do), he was more than glad to oblige.

Mr. Donovan was born eighty years ago in Brookline, on Kent Street - a stone's throw from where he was sitting - and knows Brookline "like the back of my hand." He's a realtor and an inventor and is chock full of stories.

He said I made his day - and he certainly made mine, as this was one of my favorite kinds of days: you know, the weather is just right, people are out and about town, in a good mood and happy to greet one another - and Mr. Donovan was charming, to say the least.

Here are my favorites from today:

1. As I first met Mr. Donovan:


2. A posed shot:


3. Tit-for-tat:


4. Mr. Donovan seemed to know this woman who was passing by and joined into our conversation.



Thanks for looking (be nice, it's my birthday). :barb

adbsgicom

Very nice shots of an interesting-looking fellow. He looks like you made his day!! I think that first one really has his essence. MakeMeShutter needs to come up there to get a friendly street exercise...

Happy Birthday :bday :eat :bday

sara505

adbsgicom wrote:

Very nice shots of an interesting-looking fellow. He looks like you made his day!! I think that first one really has his essence. MakeMeShutter needs to come up there to get a friendly street exercise...

Happy Birthday :bday :eat :bday

Thank you, Andrew. Yes - I often find that it's the first couple of shots that capture the personality, for some reason.

I think it takes a long time and a lot of experience to get comfortable photographing people - I still have times when it throws me for a loop.
Thanks for the birthday wishes (which I fairly *begged* for )

adbsgicom

sara505 wrote:

Thank you, Andrew. Yes - I often find that it's the first couple of shots that capture the personality, for some reason.

Proabably because they haven't thought about how they want to be captured yet....

sara505

adbsgicom wrote:

Proabably because they haven't thought about how they want to be captured yet....

That must be it. Sometimes, after a real shoot, I'll discover we only really needed the first image - the rest can get tossed.

Angelo

wonderful shots