Saturday afternoon fun (56k warning)

John E. · Feb 6, 2005

Here I was on a beach trying to fiqure out how to get a good angle on a piece of driftwood that somehow righted itself on a beach :scratch:

When along came a woman and a whole bunch of youngin's. The kids took a shining to the tree and started playing on it.Well I am a firm believer in going with the flow so I asked the woman if it was O.K. to take pictures of the children and if it was O.K if I could post them on the internet. She said " yes"

The girl on the right is a real natural in front of a camera. The girl on the left has an amazing complexion and such mysterious eyes

And finally I asked the woman if I could take her picture also:

She gave me her e-mail address and I sent the colour version pictures to her. I may give her the url to this thread so she can view the B&W's also.

Hope she likes them, after all the price was right. Plus I had a blast taking the pictures. :mrgreen:

iphoto · Feb 6, 2005

I love first and last shot. fantastic! may be best on full size print

AIRIC · Feb 6, 2005

Love the last two. Excellent captures. So, exactly how cold was it on the beach? Not sure if you are having a blast of the same warm air we are having in Southern Ontario.

Eric

John E. · Feb 6, 2005

Thankyou Iphoto and Airic

We have had a warm blast of air here for the last week, it was actually above freezing but a very strong wind from Lake Superior. Warm weather and a Saturday afternoon to kill in Feburary = Photo taking time.

Nytmair · Feb 6, 2005

AIRIC said:
Love the last two. Excellent captures. So, exactly how cold was it on the beach? Not sure if you are having a blast of the same warm air we are having in Southern Ontario.

Eric

it's 52 right now here in B-lo

nice shots! looks like you all had a great time... i'm sure she'll love the pics :thumbup:

JonMikal · Feb 6, 2005

excellent impromptu work Cruzin! i love the treatment and angles you gave this series and yes, you did have some great subjects to with with. very mysterious eyes! :thumbup:

John E. · Feb 7, 2005

Thanks Nytmair and JonMikal , I enjoy doing things off the cuff, makes life more exciting.

Glad you noticed the treatment I gave them, I spent an inordant amount of time converting the last Pic to B&W. The orginal came out pretty fair to but most of the time I prefere people in B&W.

Here's is the orginal straight out of the camera.

Alison · Feb 7, 2005

I'm sure they will love the photos! Sounds like the perfect afternoon and you got some wonderful shots. Great b/w conversions as well!

Canon Fan · Feb 7, 2005

Good series. I really like the tone for the BW conversions it's quite dramatic

Lucky timing having such willing participants come along!

photo gal · Feb 7, 2005

Excellent job....They will love the pics!

John E. · Feb 8, 2005

Canon Fan said:
Good series. I really like the tone for the BW conversions it's quite dramatic Lucky timing having such willing participants come along!

I think people in small communites are more open and relaxed when it comes to strangers. I took the pictures about 45 minutes from home in a community of app. 500 people. I am going to start asking more people, the worst that can happen is they will say no.

Thanks all for you vote of confidence and comments

hobbes28 · Feb 8, 2005

That's a great series! It looks like the entire family was very photogenic. They all looked very happy to be there. I love the B&W in all of these shots. :thumbsup: