DEFINITELY not what you're expecting...

bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
edited February 9, 2011 in Street and Documentary
:rofl - Four years ago I shot the parents' wedding. Last year I shot her first birthday party. Saturday I shot her second.



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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2011
    It's not working for me BD - the shadowy arm, the nose on the left, the purple gut...
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2011
    damonff wrote: »
    It's not working for me BD - the shadowy arm, the nose on the left, the purple gut...

    Fair enough.
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  • PrezwoodzPrezwoodz Registered Users Posts: 1,147 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2011
    I like what your going for here. Although I don't understand the connection of the title. I like how you are conveying movement which makes me feel like she is a happy youngster. Keep it up. :)
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    ... not the color, especially with the reds at the edges. Is it fair to assume that she has her daddy's tummy (behind her)?
  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    I love history and connections. I have a shoot scheduled, imminently, with a 5-gen family - love this stuff.

    I understand the sentiments, here - but BD, this shot definitely does not represent your best work.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    I appreciate the negative feedback - seriously. This is a classic example of being our own worst editors, and why we all benefit from sharing photos. To answer various questions and explain what I was seeing - Yes, that is her Dad behind her in purple. I liked the softness and motion, and thought it conveyed the fact that she's really on her two feet, constantly moving now, compared to last year. On the other hand, as Damon noted - pink and purple? What was I thinking? This is probably a case of my doing precisely what I warn my students not to do - I was thinking that things I saw, felt, heard, were captured in the pixels - when in fact all that was captured in the pixels is precisely what is on the screen.

    So thanks again.
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  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    Exactly what I was thinking, BD...and I see it here more often than not...and am guilty of the same, less now than before, I hope...letting emotional attachment to my work block out reality.

    Getting beyond the emotional attachment to my work was my biggest step forward in defining the quality of my work, who I am as a photographer, and where I am going as a photographer.

    I am often asked what the difference is between me, as a photographer, and someone else with a DSLR. My pat answer is that in most circumstances, I know what a good photograph is supposed to look like...when I'm taking it, and during and after post processing. It's the difference between, oh and oh boy.

    BD thanks for taking such an active roll as PJ''s Artist in Residence. I don't always agree with your commentary...but, then that's life.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    Ed911 wrote: »
    Exactly what I was thinking, BD...and I see it here more often than not...and am guilty of the same, less now than before, I hope...letting emotional attachment to my work block out reality.

    Getting beyond the emotional attachment to my work was my biggest step forward in defining the quality of my work, who I am as a photographer, and where I am going as a photographer.

    I am often asked what the difference is between me, as a photographer, and someone else with a DSLR. My pat answer is that in most circumstances, I know what a good photograph is supposed to look like...when I'm taking it, and during and after post processing. It's the difference between, oh and oh boy.

    BD thanks for taking such an active roll as PJ''s Artist in Residence. I don't always agree with your commentary...but, then that's life.

    Thanks for the 'thanks' Ed. And as to not always agreeing - things would be really dull if we all agreed all the time. mwink.gif
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2011
    Gonna be a contrarian. Perhaps its the grandmother in me, but I like the feel of this one. It would have been a better photograph if everything but the child had been more or less sharp, but it made me feel her energy and I'll bet her parents (and grandparents) like it. As for pink and purple, I thought they went together.

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2011
    Flyinggina wrote: »
    Gonna be a contrarian. Perhaps its the grandmother in me, but I like the feel of this one. It would have been a better photograph if everything but the child had been more or less sharp, but it made me feel her energy and I'll bet her parents (and grandparents) like it. As for pink and purple, I thought they went together.

    Va

    Well, I did too - think they went togetherrolleyes1.gif. But has my wife tells me, I have no 'color sense.'
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Well, I did too - think they went togetherrolleyes1.gif. But has my wife tells me, I have no 'color sense.'

    Which is why God gave us BW photography:D
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2011
    sara505 wrote: »
    Which is why God gave us BW photography:D

    Oh, sooooo true. rolleyes1.gif
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