michali Posted March 23, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) M8 & 35mm Summarit Visited a friend last Friday who has a cabinet making business downtown Johannesburg, I met Joseph and wanted to take his picture. He's never had his picture taken before, it took me about 10 minutes to convince him to relax and get on with his work. When I showed him the image on the camera screen he was incredulous. I've made and framed a print for him. There a re a number of characters working for my friend, I took a couple more pics of these guys and will post these over the next few days. Thanks for viewing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Hi michali, Take a look here Joseph- carpenter. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
alistair borland Posted March 23, 2009 Share #2 Posted March 23, 2009 Superb Mike, can't wait for the next.... Alistair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted March 23, 2009 Share #3 Posted March 23, 2009 Mike this is a fine portrait of this man. Hope you don't mind, but here's how I see him. [ATTACH]132996[/ATTACH] Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted March 23, 2009 Alostair- thank you for your comments, much appreciated. Mike this is a fine portrait of this man. Hope you don't mind, but here's how I see him. [ATTACH]132996[/ATTACH] Ben- Thank you. In this post I was trying to illustrate the man and his work. Funnily enough though the picture I've printed & framed for him is almost identical to your crop. Great minds think alike! Thanks for the feedback and effort you went to, really appreciated. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
india Posted March 23, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 23, 2009 Mike this is a super photo why, the subject is a humble man with a trade in his hand, I think that you have done a great job by giving a certain texture to this photo, which speaks for it self! I also like Bens version david Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted March 23, 2009 Share #6 Posted March 23, 2009 IMHO, all I would crop is a tiny bit from the left (the less we see of the cropped wrist the better) and a tiny bit from right to compensate. MIKE, It is an excellent moment captured. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 23, 2009 Share #7 Posted March 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mike - Delightful in every way. We too have had the wondrful experience of showing people (and giving copies to them) of the first photo of themselves they'd ever seen. You can read about one such individual - a 100-year-old basket weaver in Laos, in Barbara's trip notes from Laos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin T-M Posted March 23, 2009 Share #8 Posted March 23, 2009 Mike, excellent portrait. I prefer the first version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted March 24, 2009 Share #9 Posted March 24, 2009 Splendid portrait, and his comfort with you is evident. I agree with Ivan and prefer your version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLT Posted March 24, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 24, 2009 Mike, wonderful portrait. I prefer the first version as to me it tells a story about this man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted March 24, 2009 IMHO, all I would crop is a tiny bit from the left (the less we see of the cropped wrist the better) and a tiny bit from right to compensate. MIKE, It is an excellent moment captured. Ivan- Thank you! The cropped left wrist did bug me as well. I'll blame the framing lines on the M8 David, Stuart, Martin, Virgil & LLT- Thank you for taking the time to comment and for your comments, as always. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George James Posted March 24, 2009 Share #12 Posted March 24, 2009 Mike, Simply wonderful. George Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted March 25, 2009 George- Thank you, much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted March 25, 2009 Share #14 Posted March 25, 2009 " I'll blame the framing lines on the M8 " Compensate before and crop after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saloti Posted March 25, 2009 Share #15 Posted March 25, 2009 this man, who does not belong to the very privileged people of this world, exudes something positive. At times, in which very rich, privileged people have stolen billions of dollars from others and run the world economy into a deep crisis, while still collecting bonus payments... An excellent shot, I prefer the original one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share #16 Posted March 25, 2009 this man, who does not belong to the very privilegedpeople of this world, exudes something positive. At times, in which very rich, privileged people have stolen billions of dollars from others and run the world economy into a deep crisis, while still collecting bonus payments... An excellent shot, I prefer the original one... Lothar- Thank you! I echo your sentiments, it's what I love about some of the people I have been photographing recently. Their simplicity, almost timeless innocence, in the midst of this crazy, mad, greedy, frenzied world we've created. Theirs is a very simple life, yet dignified and in many cases these people live from day to day and yet are still appreciative of what little they have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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