The photography blog of Dirty Boy
I know, I know, another kid. Come on, this little guy rocks. Plus, he's the quintessential dirty kid that I see all over the place in these parts, especially on the sides of the roads. Their clothes are the color of the soil and when it's cold they pull their shirts up over their heads. If I've seen it once, I've seen it three dozen times in the past two days.
This specific kid was watching me as I shot the coffee folks sorting beans. I saw him and the first thing that went through my head was, "Oh my! There it is again. Do you think I can get a shot of him without him running away or breaking his expression when I bring the camera to my face?" There's only one way to find that out so up came the camera but my strap ended up covering the eye piece. A critical window of opportunity was closing fast. I could hear laughing from others watching. They weren't laughing at me. They were laughing at the little boy, my intended subject. I adjusted the strap out of my way figuring by now the kid would have either fled or broken into an embarrassed smile. He came into focus and to my delight and surprise, he was just as I'd seen him.
Very quickly the issue was another kid who was angling to jump into the frame behind him. I had to step to the side and lost a little bit of symmetry to my composition but maintained the gaze. I'll call it a win for me.
Make pictures.
This specific kid was watching me as I shot the coffee folks sorting beans. I saw him and the first thing that went through my head was, "Oh my! There it is again. Do you think I can get a shot of him without him running away or breaking his expression when I bring the camera to my face?" There's only one way to find that out so up came the camera but my strap ended up covering the eye piece. A critical window of opportunity was closing fast. I could hear laughing from others watching. They weren't laughing at me. They were laughing at the little boy, my intended subject. I adjusted the strap out of my way figuring by now the kid would have either fled or broken into an embarrassed smile. He came into focus and to my delight and surprise, he was just as I'd seen him.
Very quickly the issue was another kid who was angling to jump into the frame behind him. I had to step to the side and lost a little bit of symmetry to my composition but maintained the gaze. I'll call it a win for me.
Make pictures.
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5 comments:
Do you offer a "special sauce" class? LOL Beautiful portriat!
dennis
Excellent image Clay, along with all your recent work my friend. It's me Daniel Diaz-www.danielsdiaz.com
You really have to come to Toronto one of these days, I'd love to take you to the clubs I work in and watch your magic. Any way bro keep up the excellent work!!!!
Please do not stop making pictures of the children. Your pictures speak.
okay. but to be honest, they're almost too easy. adult women are the trick in these parts. kids are everywhere. the women run and hide or simply pull something over their heads. while i completely respect that, it's a little tough on the photographer. a guy could get a complex!
And yet you manage to make amazing pictures of these women no matter where you are.
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