A mom's love and endurance.

jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
edited December 11, 2010 in People
When I saw this scene in front of me I had no choice but to immediately take a stolen shot of it. This nice lady kept her 2 boys in her arms the whole time the school program was on. I admire her for enduring the weight of the two kids and show her love to them in a very special way. A tribute to all moms out there. :thumb C&C would be most welcome.

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    Ah, this speaks volumes to me...as a long time single parent of two, I can relate and have compassion for such an act....
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    reyvee61 wrote: »
    Ah, this speaks volumes to me...as a long time single parent of two, I can relate and have compassion for such an act....

    Thanks reyvee61. I'm glad I was able to relate the idea through this image.
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • r3t1awr3ydr3t1awr3yd Registered Users Posts: 1,000 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    The blur of the other guy and the right side of the pic are done in post I assume?
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    Nice image, both in content, and the way the light is hitting her. thumb.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    r3t1awr3yd wrote: »
    The blur of the other guy and the right side of the pic are done in post I assume?

    You are right. The identity of the man on the left and the grandma on the right is not relevant to the image I have in my mind so I blurred them out. Tweaked the lighting on pp a bit to emphasize her face as the central focus. Lighting inside the school cafeteria was mixed fluorescent and halogens so I decided to do it in b&w to eliminate color conflict. Added some vignetting but not much.
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    adbsgicom wrote: »
    Nice image, both in content, and the way the light is hitting her. thumb.gif

    Thank you very much for the comment Andrew. :D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • CASowersCASowers Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    I'm not sure what it is, but for the posts from you that I've seen recently (boy on couch, student reading to young kids, this one here), your subjects, settings and compositions are ordinary , but somehow you capture them in an extraordinary way.
    Chris Sowers
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2010
    CASowers wrote: »
    I'm not sure what it is, but for the posts from you that I've seen recently (boy on couch, student reading to young kids, this one here), your subjects, settings and compositions are ordinary , but somehow you capture them in an extraordinary way.

    Well, thank you Chris. My honest guess as to what made it look different to you is the "emotion" factor. I just borrowed an old book about Robert Capa's photographs. I think I got influenced by it to try to show a certain emotion to my shots. If my guess was wrong I still would like to arrive at that point where I can let impart some "feeling" on my images. This is how I think I saw it... This is how it moved me and I tried to show this emotion to the image. Thanks for the nice comment. :D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • lilmommalilmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2010
    great shot!! yes definitely endurance here!
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2010
    lilmomma wrote: »
    great shot!! yes definitely endurance here!

    Thanks a lot for the compliment, Melissa. :D Your baby shots IMO are really awesome! thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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