Mothers and Babies

dazftw

The 1st proper street photo I think I have ever taken...

Totally unposed and im amazed its in focus becuase bronicas have manual focus.

Keep looking to notice little things.

wasper

dazftw wrote: »

The 1st proper street photo I think I have ever taken...

Totally unposed and im amazed its in focus becuase bronicas have manual focus.

Keep looking to notice little things.

Excellent & did they mind you taking the photo?

dazftw

They didnt even know... had the camera at my waist becuase it has a "waist level viewfinder"

DaireQuinlan

dazftw wrote: »

They didnt even know... had the camera at my waist becuase it has a "waist level viewfinder"

By the looks of them you're lucky they didn't discover what you were doing Did the tremendously loud sound of the mirror not give the game away ? I've frightened away small animals with my bronnie

dazftw

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

By the looks of them you're lucky they didn't discover what you were doing Did the tremendously loud sound of the mirror not give the game away ? I've frightened away small animals with my bronnie

Im alive so I don't think they did I took this weeks ago and had forgot about it.

dudara

Love the facial expression on the "lady" to the left. Great capture. It would be even better if the woman on the right didn't have such a comical look about her.

sineadw

its posted to small to see any hidden messages. Any chance of a larger one?

dazftw

The messages aren't very hidden.. Ive noticed 3 things about this..
I won't say what they are..

sineadw

Nope - you've got me. I see two women with their children.

dazftw

Maybe its cause im going through college and they make you pick up on the more "real life" sort of stuff..

I noticed the woman in the background whos older maybe is looking at these women as bad mothers(by there look) maybe shes a mother herself?

The two kids arent looking forward but away as if to say we dont care or have no interest

The womens facial expressions says alot as well

I dunno... :rolleyes:

DaireQuinlan

dazftw wrote: »

I noticed the woman in the background whos older maybe is looking at these women as bad mothers(by there look) maybe shes a mother herself?

Or maybe you're allowing your preconceptions about the two women to colour YOUR reading of the shot, Hmmmmmm ??

Blazer

..she looks as if she'd beat the crap out of you

dazftw

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Or maybe you're allowing your preconceptions about the two women to colour YOUR reading of the shot, Hmmmmmm ??

Im speaking on behalf of the woman in the background.. im sure there lovely young ladies

chevron

little boy's attention is diverted so little girl turned her head in a humf kinda way.

thats what i see lol.

sineadw

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Or maybe you're allowing your preconceptions about the two women to colour YOUR reading of the shot, Hmmmmmm ??

Absolutely

Anouilh

dazftw wrote: »

Maybe its cause im going through college and they make you pick up on the more "real life" sort of stuff..

I noticed the woman in the background whos older maybe is looking at these women as bad mothers(by there look) maybe shes a mother herself?

The two kids arent looking forward but away as if to say we dont care or have no interest

The womens facial expressions says alot as well

I dunno... :rolleyes:

The woman in the background has noticed that there is a camera, I think.

AnimalRights

Anouilh wrote: »

The woman in the background has noticed that there is a camera, I think.

Yep that's what I was about to reply with.
The Woman doesn't even look like a Mother either.

Ricky91t

dudara wrote: »

Love the facial expression on the "lady" to the left. Great capture. It would be even better if the woman on the right didn't have such a comical look about her.

I'm struggling to think why there is any reason you'd put this in quotes...

A)You're a moderator you should set a good example..
B)The words Lady in quotes make me think straight away that you're saying she isn't...Why?
C)We're all photographers on here,If the Lady on the left of the photo is told about her photo being on here,First I'm sure she won't be happy but will probably get over it,If she sees a comment like yours,Her view towards this site and photographers on the street will instantly drop.

And chances are when she next sees someone with a camera near her on the street it won't be the most nicest of situations

AnCatDubh

just a general observation ricky;

a) dudara doesn't moderate photography so that's of zero overall relevance.

in b) and c) - perhaps you would not have suspected the worst. perhaps dudara is paying the subject a complement referring to her as a lady - all depending on your perspective.

sometimes it is our own perspectives which provide for misinterpretation and misunderstanding.

all i'm saying is that we don't have enough context to make the assumption.

uprising

AnimalRights wrote: »

Yep that's what I was about to reply with.
The Woman doesn't even look like a Mother either.

What does a mother look like?
here's one end of the spectrum


Here's another

Ricky91t

AnCatDubh wrote: »

just a general observation ricky;

a) dudara doesn't moderate photography so that's of zero overall relevance.

in b) and c) - perhaps you would not have suspected the worst. perhaps dudara is paying the subject a complement referring to her as a lady - all depending on your perspective.

sometimes it is our own perspectives which provide for misinterpretation and misunderstanding.

all i'm saying is that we don't have enough context to make the assumption.

I'm sorry for replying to you,But in my view,A mod is someone who's shown they stick to rules and therefore,Throughout this site should stick to rules and set good examples on every forum they post in...

I fail to see how putting something in quotes is a complement?"If he said the lady on the left" that would be fine...

But I read this as two totally different things,Take this for example

Ancatdubh you're such a great "mod"
Ancatdubh you're such a great mod

See where I'm coming from?

Again sorry for replying to you,Just I'd like to clear up why I feel his post isn't nice,And you just so happened to be the first person to quote me!

Trojan911

dazftw wrote: »

The messages aren't very hidden.. Ive noticed 3 things about this..
I won't say what they are..

Hmmmmmm...... Guessing time......

1) The female on the left is about to spit out the wasp she is chewing.

2) The female behind is actually a detective and is drawing her gun 'cos she's spotted a bank robbery going on across the street....

3) The female on the right is whispering to the female on the left that there is a dodgy geezer with a camera with a waist level viewfinder taking their pic, so she looks down at the camera and decides not to spit the wasp just yet.

Was I close? :pac:

dazftw

DutchGuy

Does the baby on the right have a cigarette in her hand :eek: or is that just my imagination playing havoc with me....

dazftw

DutchGuy wrote: »

Does the baby on the right have a cigarette in her hand :eek: or is that just my imagination playing havoc with me....

Its a lollipop! Maybe they are good mothers after all :rolleyes:

humberklog

It's a great pic Daz, loads of looks going on.

Pity about the comments regarding the girls with the prams. It's really easy to come out looking bad in photos and that goes for posed ones too regardless of social class. All it takes is a split second to turn smile to a scowl. They are what they are...people in a photo. To catch those compromising looks makes a pic rather than say anything in a important social context...surely in photography it's all about the pic?

Medium format looks great on the street. Most street stuff I'd see is normally 35mm...it's more discreet I suppose but the medium format looks great, fair play to you...and to get a good photo out of it too. Good skills.

Borderfox

dazftw wrote: »

Maybe its cause im going through college and they make you pick up on the more "real life" sort of stuff..

I noticed the woman in the background whos older maybe is looking at these women as bad mothers(by there look) maybe shes a mother herself?

The two kids arent looking forward but away as if to say we dont care or have no interest

The womens facial expressions says alot as well

I dunno... :rolleyes:

Maybe smoking the wacky baccy??

MoonDancer

I love un-posed pictures but in all fairness, shouldn't you have the consent of the people in the photo to post it on the internet? I'd be p*ssed if I found out someone had been taking sneaky pictures of me & my child without my permission.

DaireQuinlan

MoonDancer wrote: »

I love un-posed pictures but in all fairness, shouldn't you have the consent of the people in the photo to post it on the internet? I'd be p*ssed if I found out someone had been taking sneaky pictures of me & my child without my permission.

I think we've been down this well trodden conversational path on many acrimonious occasions .

dazftw

I do agree with you in a way, I should have but if I did I doubt I would have had the oppertunity to post this.

Theres plenty of photographers on here that do shoot alot of street photography with random strangers in the photos and post them up here. If they had asked I don't think we would have seen alot of there great photos. I think if everyone shared this view there wouldn't be such a thing a street photography. I think its the simple fact that my photo maybe a bit socially unacceptable compared to the rest. This is in your face up close and personal.

Take Joel Meyerowitz for example he explains it nicely.

Anouilh

dazftw wrote: »

I do agree with you in a way, I should have but if I did I doubt I would have had the oppertunity to post this.

Theres plenty of photographers on here that do shoot alot of street photography with random strangers in the photos and post them up here. If they had asked I don't think we would have seen alot of there great photos. I think if everyone shared this view there wouldn't be such a thing a street photography. I think its the simple fact that my photo maybe a bit socially unacceptable compared to the rest. This is in your face up close and personal.

I like the photo a lot and the ladies look as if they would be pleased to be discussed in this thread.
I can't read minds, so it's hard to be certain of this.

I would be delighted if you could take time to post the photo again to the "Combing the Streets" thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055564779

That way it will not get lost once this thread loses momentum.

I can often judge by a person's way of walking whether or not they would be comfortable with having their photo taken by a stranger.
Posting to the internet is very acceptable and I like to think that somewhere somebody has posted photos of me on the Net.

It adds to the sense of mystery that hangs around the medium.

dazftw

I will indeed