Photographer's Note
leggevo qualche tempo fa un articolo sulla rivista della Leica, si parlava di street photography e di cio' che rende questo tipo di foto particolari o interessanti. l'elemento che metteva d'accordo i vari autori era la capacita' della fotografia "di strada" di cogliere quei momenti della vita di tutti giorni che di solito ci sfuggono, quegli attimi diversi, quasi dei fermo-immagine della vita quotidiana.
ricordo che la signora non si era mostrata molto contenta del mio scatto - in realta' la mia intenzione era di cogliere il gesto delle sue mani mentre preparava le crepes... dello sguardo sorpreso e forse un po' infastidito del signore dietro di lei mi sono accorta solo dopo, in albergo, mentre riguardavo le foto...
(mi sarebbe piaciuto chiamare la foto "nutella", visto che la crepe era alla nutella... poi ho pensato che per motivi di copyright avrei avuto problemi e allora mi sono limitata a divertirmi con il font bicolore...)
I was reading an article on street photography some time ago, it was published on the Leica magazine and in it a few photographers were sharing their views about this particular genre. what everybody seemed to agree upon was that what makes street photography so fascinating is the recording or the "freezing" of the fleeting moments in life, those special stops and interruptions of daily life that we often overlook because we're so busy with all the rest.
I remember that this lady was not amused when she saw me shoot - in reality my intention had been to close-up on her hands preparing the crepes; only, I had the 50mm lens on and could not go any closer. I had not noticed the surprised and maybe even less amused look of the man behind her - only later, reviewing the photos, I realized I had caught his face, too...
(I wanted to call this picture "nutella" because this is what she was filling the crepes with, but then I thought I might incur in copyright issues... so I restrained myself to playing with the two-coloured font...)
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rikko77
(10861) 2010-04-20 5:44
credo che tu abbia fatto centro, Cris...cogliere il momento che sfugge, quello a cui nessuno pensa perchθ θ quello che di solito, dopo pochi minuti, abbiamo giΰ rimosso...eppure θ visto centinaia di volte. La normalitΰ sotto la lente dΰ grandi soddisfazioni, si (RI)scopre il mondo...e si apprezza meglio la nutella. Simpatico il titolo in bi-colors, grande idea, ed ottimo l'effetto del fumo sulla ragazza, grana veramente perfetta in questo contesto.
un saluto da
Rikk
bebbetto
(122) 2010-04-20 6:19
Bella cattura di una naturale scena di strada.
Il tizio pelato ti guarda brutto. Ottima foto
pablominto
(53746) 2010-04-20 6:32
Hello Christina,
This is an authentic street scene, a great capture of the moment!
So many thing going on in different actions and interactions, everyday life frozen for our later enjoyment...
Possible improvement potential by cropping the half guy to the left in the background, but not that disturbing!
Greetings,
Pablo -
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BennyV
(34748) 2010-04-20 10:06
Lovely touch in the logo there, dear Cristina. I also like the note, it certainly strikes a chord. I once witnessed a waiter going ape because someone in the restaurant was taking pictures. It turned out he was working there illegally. Eventually the owner of the restaurant had to be at his diplomatic best to salvage the situation. Everybody got free deserts, or something.
Anyway, always great to see a post of yours on the session. Very humane stuff, even here: as a rule I very much believe that people who don't want to be photographed, should not be photographed, as a principle, but when it's done in good taste and (yes) dignity, a good photographer can get away with it.
There are rules, and then there are good photographers.
Take care.
Benny
sayeed_rahman
(6461) 2010-04-20 12:27
DONT read Cris..it will only act as impurity, there will be a temptation to follow a rule and you might get closer to being predictable..not that you have but there will always be a tendency to prefect things and follows..
i like you the way you are, you have a style of presenting daily life that catches the eye, come on give lieca articles a run for their money..write your own..let me read it ;)
btw i wouldnt want the mans head growing out of her back, some space would be nice..
sayeed
rbassin
(27472) 2010-04-20 12:47
Bonsoir Christina,
Une trθs belle prise de vue et de rue en N&B.
C'est bien captι, un bon rιflex.
Un arrκt sur image qui laisse apparaξtre des dιtails intιressants.
Bonne soirιe
Roland
nemesiss
(2979) 2010-04-20 13:25
Bonsoir Cristina,
Unne tres merveieux et delicious moment capture dans cette image. Mais j'ai preferre le crepes, avec confiture de fraises ou de baies, pas de chocolat :)
Ciao e grazie per tua amicitia d'Istanbul TE meet.
Iulian
federico
(6109) 2010-04-20 22:49
ciao cristina bello scatto rubato, secondo me questo tipo di fotografia ,la streetlife, e' uno dei piu' significativi e difficili, io lo faccio con la macchina al collo appoggiata sulla pancia per dissimulare, ovviamente molte foto sono da buttare ma a volte....
complimenti federico
jasmis
(58653) 2010-04-20 23:43
An intriguing photo in superb B&W tones.
Smart note, as well.
Regards my dear friend.
CLODO
(45116) 2010-04-21 1:38
Hi Cris!
LOL for the colors and wording of your postcard title! Looks like a famous brandname!!!! Good street picture, and I like the look of the customer; You belong to the humanist mood.
Ciao
CLODO
coco
(30439) 2010-04-21 12:59
Hola Cristina.
Mmmm.... Nutella... I like it.
The note is great and also I like the whole composition and the black and white. Even I like the noise of the photo.
Well done.
macjake
(98454) 2010-04-24 0:33
Hi Cristina
wow..after reading your note, i'm very impressed with the background story that goes along with this street shot.
and you're right, we often do not see the full effect of the photo until we take our eye out of the viewfinder, and then we see things such as that other man looking over his shoulder.
and the colour copy of the red and black 'don't - superb! LOVE IT!
excellent work
cheers
craig
Zanni
(6108) 2010-06-21 8:09
Le foto di strada sono le piω divertenti. La prima cosa da imparare secondo la mia esperienza θ quella di mimetizzarsi in mezzo alla gente; il che non significa scattare di nascosto ma far in modo che la tua presenza in mezzo agli altri sia naturale, accettata. Arrivare sul posto, non fotografare subito, far vedere che si θ interessati a quel che succede intorno, far capire che si vuol prendere parte e comprendere meglio; sorridere in modo da cercare un tacito consenso allo scatto. Tutto ciς vale fino se proprio non c'θ una situazione che θ necessario catturare al volo: allora si scatta e basta sempre che non ciς non significhi mettere a rischio la propria sicurezza.
Accattivante fotografia di strada: se non fosse per il marchio Nutella e per la bottiglia di plastica in primo piano sembrerebbe scattata negli anni 40/50.
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Copyright: cristina pacciarella (papera)
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- Genre: Άνθρωποι
- Medium: Μαύρο & Ασπρο
- Date Taken: 2009-11-22
- Categories: Καθημερινότητα, Αποφασιστική στιγμή
- Camera: Nikon D80, Nikkor 50mm/f1.4
- Έκθεση: f/5.0, 1/30 δευτερόλεπτα
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- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Date Submitted: 2010-04-20 4:43
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