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[Photojournoguy]

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I’ve been a Leica M owner for just shy of four years now, and have learned tons reading this forum (and beyond) and capturing images. Though, I realized, I really haven’t yet immersed myself actively in the community here (just very sporadic posts), and maybe am looking to change that. Starting with sharing some of my work.

With three young kids, my focus is entirely on documenting their childhood with a photojournalistic approach, so figure this ‘People’ section would be a natural home. And exclusively black & white.

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[grahamc]

really cool, thanks for sharing and checked your website too - what are you using to capture these? great work 

[rogxwhit]

Heartening work!  Good to see it.  :-)

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10 hours ago, grahamc said:

really cool, thanks for sharing and checked your website too - what are you using to capture these? great work 

Thank you, Graham! Since moving to Leica (and selling prior gear), all I own/use is my M10M + 35 APO. After these years, I’m still enamored by it.

While close focus isn’t ideal through the LV, the capability allows it to be highly versatile. Not even close to the only benefit of the lens, but a big one as a single lens solution.

With the exception of maybe a single image, everything on my site has been captured using this combo.

3 hours ago, rogxwhit said:

Heartening work!  Good to see it.  🙂

Thank you very kindly!

[stuny]

Adam -

I'm glad you've started posting your images.  Based on this first one, I look forward to seeing many more.  In this one we see a delightfully original, amusing and well-structured photo, suggesting you have a fine sense of humor.  Keep them coming.

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2 hours ago, stuny said:

Adam -

I'm glad you've started posting your images.  Based on this first one, I look forward to seeing many more.  In this one we see a delightfully original, amusing and well-structured photo, suggesting you have a fine sense of humor.  Keep them coming.

Thank you very much for the kind words, Stu!

[Olaf_ZG]

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On 10/19/2024 at 1:58 AM, Photojournoguy said:

I’ve been a Leica M owner for just shy of four years now, and have learned tons reading this forum (and beyond) and capturing images. Though, I realized, I really haven’t yet immersed myself actively in the community here (just very sporadic posts), and maybe am looking to change that. Starting with sharing some of my work.

With three young kids, my focus is entirely on documenting their childhood with a photojournalistic approach, so figure this ‘People’ section would be a natural home. And exclusively black & white.

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Earlier this week I visited your site (after reading some discussions in the m10 thread) and I really enjoyed the way how you capture your family. Well done and great that you start showing here.

This image is extraordinary and honestly, I am curious about the story behind, as I assume it is not posed.

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8 hours ago, Olaf_ZG said:

Earlier this week I visited your site (after reading some discussions in the m10 thread) and I really enjoyed the way how you capture your family. Well done and great that you start showing here.

This image is extraordinary and honestly, I am curious about the story behind, as I assume it is not posed.

Thank you, Olaf, for the generous words and time checking out my work!

You’re right that it’s not posed, nothing I capture ever is. Even environmental portraits are just them pausing to look into my direction on their own volition.

My thought is asking for anything or even asking a kid to ‘do it again’ is not in their or my best interest. It makes whatever moment about the photograph rather than their experience. I don’t ever want my kids (or any subject) to feel they’re serving any need I have and, if a moment I’m hoping for doesn’t materialize (or I was too slow or in the wrong position to capture), then that’s okay and just life. Maybe I’ll keep it in mind to anticipate whatever moment better and more intentionally the next time.

I want nothing more than for them to just ‘be’ and my interest is if I can make something worth capturing out of the present moment. I’m sure this is influenced by my own upbringing in which no picture was shot without a ‘1, 2, 3’ countdown for us to look at the camera.

For this image in particular, I already had my camera out sitting and watching them play and focused on them entering a patch of light. When my kids took a (quick) break from running and took to sprawling on the floor, I saw this orientation of their limbs against the floor backdrop and quickly snapped from directly above. They knew I was there but were left fully uninterrupted as I snapped a handful of shots with this in mind. The facial expression and orientation worked in my favor but would’ve been thrown out altogether if I felt it didn’t come together at all.