Nick De Marco Posted June 27, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Recently back from my latest photographic trip to Cambodia where I took 3 rangefinders (Leica M6, Leica M4-P and the Minolta CLE) and a digital SLR (canon 5D), plus various lenses. Spending all my evenings putting galleries together now on my pbase site. One I wanted to mention here was my first attempt at a photo-essay - about a hospital for children in the area. Most photos are black & white film with the Leica M6 (50m summicrom lens and 25mm Zeiss lens), and a fair few are taken with the canon 5D. All photos are black & white. I had access to all the wards and patients to take these photos and hope to use them to publicise the work of the hospital. Please take a look and give me any of your comments or criticisms. Photo Essay: Angkor Hospital for Children Photo Gallery by Nick De Marco at pbase.com Thank you Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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charlesphoto99 Posted June 28, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 28, 2007 Hi Nick, Nice thing that you are doing. One thing though that I came away from the hospital series is the feeling that you seem to be "hovering" over everybody. An easy mistake to make in Asia where most everything happens close to the ground. But it gives it kind of a more impersonal, oppressive feeling to the photos than needs to be. The childrens home series seems much less so that way - a better mix of moments, close-ups and details. The hospital feels like it needs something more. Maybe you have it on your proof sheets and just need to dig a little deeper. Good luck with your travels and photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted June 28, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 28, 2007 Mark, interesting stuff. Thanks for the link. Heading back to the parent site. Charles, nice site. I had to chuckle, I asked her to walk down. ....[ATTACH]43441[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted June 28, 2007 Charles - thanks for that. I think you might be igt since I have had that feedback from a couple of other sources. I was using wide lenses mainly (my preference) and thinking I was getting close to the sbjects, but I expect that psychologically my hesittaion about sticking the camera in their faces meant I did not get as near, and on the same level, as with kids in a childrens' home etc - I went back to that same home and have some wonderful close shots there I shal put up soon. So I appreciate the feedback. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesphoto99 Posted June 28, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 28, 2007 Mark, interesting stuff. Thanks for the link. Heading back to the parent site.Charles, nice site. I had to chuckle, I asked her to walk down. ....[ATTACH]43441[/ATTACH] Hi Rob, It was a lucky moment on my part; no asking involved. I also have some fun pics of wedding photos being taken on those stairs. Been to the museum twice (Vietnam 5x) first in '99 and last in '05. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted June 29, 2007 Just had a quick look at your site Charles, especially the Vietnam gallery. Some really wonderful images there. Were they mostly taken with your Leica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesphoto99 Posted June 29, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Nick, Thanks. All of the 35 format was with a Leica, the square with a Rolleiflex TLR or Mamiya 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted June 30, 2007 Thanks Charles. I particularly like some of the shots I guessed were 6x6 in the gallery. I'm about to get a Rollei 6008 and look forward to experimenting more with that format. I was thinking about some of the general coments in this thread about my gallery. Having initially taken the useful criticism on board and deleted a couple of shots from the gallery, I thought again about the main points. In general it works better, I agree, to be on a similar level as the subject, in particular to be making eye contact (or lens contact) at eye level (unless you want to make a point). This works fine when someone is standing up. If they are shorter than you you go down to their level. Same as when they are sitting down. But when they are lying on a bed and looking upwards to go "down" to their level would probably not be the best perspective. I think the more importnat point is to have some fel of contact and connection. The photo below from the gallery is an example. I am looking down and have dropped my level somewhat. The child is looking at me and has his sorroundings there (bed, blanket, hands of mother). To me this works. Most of the other shots in the gallery where I am above a bed looking down are also, I think, the correct angle for those particular subjects. I found the criticism useful and hope I have learnt from it - I think there were too many shots in my gallery that were too wide and looking down. However, I hope I have also learnt from disagreeing with some of it, and I hope the gallery is better having done so. So thanks again Nick Photo Essay: Angkor Hospital for Children Photo Gallery by Nick De Marco at pbase.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3chrome Posted July 4, 2007 Share #9 Posted July 4, 2007 Thank you for sharing this photo essay. Quite powerful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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