This week over at Tara’s Gallery we’re being asked to come up with photographs showing emotion. That’s not the easiest of challenges, nevertheless here are three I’ve culled from the archives.
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This young lady, taken at London Zoo in June 2008, spent quite a long time concentrating hard on the text messages on her phone. Watching the people at the Zoo was as good as seeing the animals!
Here are my former colleagues Steve and Peter concentrating hard on something on Peter’s laptop. Taken in the office way back in February 2008.
This young lady was clearly on her way for a lunchtime liaison with her lover on the slopes below Sacré Cœur in Paris (way back in June 2007). Lip smacking is a reflex reaction in response to sexual interest and anticipation.
Fab pictures, I never take pics of people I don;t know. Maybe it is time to change that!
Jen … I always take picture of people I don't know. Anywhere I can sit or stand quietly with a camera I'll be watching the people. It's surprising what you can get away with; people just don't generally notice cameras. You can get your confidence up using a modern point & shoot (or even your mobile!) – everyone fiddles with their phone or little camera and no-one takes a blind bit of notice. But sitting quietly you can do well with an SLR even with a big long-focus lens. Yes a few (but in my experience probably only 1 in 10) will notice; most will just look or walk slightly out of the way; the odd one will scowl. I get spoken to by someone about once a year and I've only once been approached by a policeman (and he was friendly). And no, there is no prohibition on photographing anything (including children and the police) in a public place in the UK, unless the police have reason to suspect you are involved in terrorism or you are making a nuisance of yourself. Stations are private property but National Rail permit photography. Shopping Malls may not be so liberal. But sit/stand quietly, almost anywhere, and you are unlikely to be noticed let alone hassled.
ooh, I bet this is fun. I often see people and wish I could capture things on camera but never feel brave enough. I might start doing a few though.