"Poppers"
I've come up for a name for the kids who jump into my shots, "Poppers." While as I said before this is usually a nuisance, this boy ended up making a nice portrait even though my intent was to shoot the door. A haunted door at that, at last according to the kids.
I've learned to wait a few seconds or longer until the smiles and laughter die down and the faces return to a more natural or curious state. If you just hold there, maybe making changes in focus and exposure without moving the camera from your eye, the transition happens fast. Most kids expect to jump in and out of a shot so when you sit there holding the camera to your face they seem to get a bit flummoxed.
Yesterday, in Jaipur, a particularly rowdy and vulgar bunch of poppers went so far as to push the shutter on my camera while I had it slung around my back. This shot, which is technically a self-portrait of the kid on the right, has a nice feel to it.
Question: Is a photograph yours even if you didn't actually push the shutter?
Take pictures if you can.
I've learned to wait a few seconds or longer until the smiles and laughter die down and the faces return to a more natural or curious state. If you just hold there, maybe making changes in focus and exposure without moving the camera from your eye, the transition happens fast. Most kids expect to jump in and out of a shot so when you sit there holding the camera to your face they seem to get a bit flummoxed.
Yesterday, in Jaipur, a particularly rowdy and vulgar bunch of poppers went so far as to push the shutter on my camera while I had it slung around my back. This shot, which is technically a self-portrait of the kid on the right, has a nice feel to it.
Question: Is a photograph yours even if you didn't actually push the shutter?
Take pictures if you can.
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