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[stuny]

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In three different countries (China, Madagascar & India) I've had my watch battery go flat. Had this happened at home the watch repair people would have insisted on my leaving the watch for several hours, and charge me handsomely for the service. Here in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India, the watch repairman took care of me immediately and charged very little, which parallels my experience in China and Madagascar.

[stumac]

A nice study in concentration, not often seen a right hander with loupe in left eye, the joys of electronic watches.

 

Regards, Stuart.

[uulrich]

Hi Stu; :-)

 

Thanks for posting. Allow me some minor comments:- I would say the camera is a bit too much tilted. If you are going to make a portrait within the subject's environment try to include his surroundings such as his tools for watch repairs, magnifier and whatever they have around. Thus landscape format would do him nicely. Let your subject glance into your eyes so the audience of your photo(s) can make out some kind of relationship between them and your subject.

 

It is a bit sticky to photograph people w/ dark skin and white shirts. This gives a high contrast and makes it a difficult situation for any film..

 

The white shirt might hv. fooled your light meter a bit. The best is to use an incident light meter. To me it looks the white shirt is not entirely white and the color of the wall supports my conclusion a bit.

 

I understand from your shot that the light is coming from the left. In such a scenario let him look to the left and w/ Landscape you can record his tools too; which would allow the audience to understand that this is watchmaker.

 

Thanks for posting; I hope you get my lines and I trust these are a bit helpful for your next assignment.

[mhanke]

Let your subject glance into your eyes so the audience of your photo(s) can make out some kind of relationship between them and your subject. .

 

In that case I disagree. IMHO it is very important to show the watchmaker's tight concentration on the tiny parts he is working with.

 

Ulrich's other comments are valuable, especially the one about the camera viewpoint and using landscape format.However, here the clock in the background is enough to disclose the man's profession, and I assume that on most workbenches there are not that many interesting instruments, as we can find at watchmakers who really assemble mechanical watches:

 

 

Dear Stu, sorry for showing this picture, I did not intend to hijack your thread. I just wanted to illustrate how your picture could have been when following Ulrich's suggestions.

 

Finally, I should advise you to use a mechanical watch the next time, so you won't be stuck with an empty battery somewhere in the world .

 

Regards,

Marcus

[stuny]

Uwe - Thank you for the advice. BTW: It has been only since returning from India that I became sensitive to strait horizons, and should have caught that. especially since I'm now an auxiliary member of the horizon police.

 

Marcus - Thank you. No problem showing your photo (which I find most remarkable).