I've submitted this shot to week's Photo Friday theme – Fashion – on the basis that fashion need not mean 'fashionable' (I often have no real idea as to what's 'in' and what's 'out'). And I suppose it needn't mean anything to do with clothes either, but this was one of the shots I took while I was away and was going to put it up over the next few days anyway.
It was taken outside a café at Hampton Court and is one of a pair of shots of a woman sat at the next table. And just for once I think the G5 was probably a better bet than a DSLR in that it's remarkably easy to take casual/candid shots when you can preview them through the display while the camera sits unobtrusively on your knee. I suspect that any attempt at candid portraiture at a range of three feet would be out of the question if you needed to look through the viewfinder ;-)
As for this shot: I was fascinated by three things about this scene: the woman's hands (which I think are quite beautifully elegant), the interplay of the cream and pale blue of her jeans, and the contrast between her clothing and the cane-backed chair she was sitting on. I didn't manage a shot combining all three elements (tomorrow's is of the latter two) but I think that both are quite effective.
And finally, many of you will know that I often email a reply to the comments that you leave on chromasia. I suspect that I'm unlikely to have the time to reply to the ones that were left while I was away and won't have too much time this week either, so don't worry if I don't get back to you any time soon.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Canon G5
3.09pm on 18/6/04
f3.0
1/80
aperture priority
+0.0
spot
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
no
comment bymontewski at 06:54 PM (GMT) on 21 June, 2004
amazing highkey!
comment byJason Wall at 07:29 PM (GMT) on 21 June, 2004
I agree completely with your view of the interplay between the pale shades of pink her the ladies hand and the pale blue of the jeans. If you've been paying attention (and i haven't really, but circumstances have conspired to make me notice ths one point), baby blue and baby pink are both in vogue right now in the fashion scene. clothing stores are selling a lot of t-shirts and whatnot that color.
Damn good! Not often you see this kind of shots in photoblogs, so more of that! Very nice high-key and balanced non-saturated colours.
comment by Tom B at 03:18 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2004
I just love the composition and her soft hands. I am not quite sure how you processed this shot but I think it really works. I like the way her jeans fade off into the background ever so softly as well as the soft texture of her jacket against her jeans. I hope you offered her a print.
i really like this as i think it's a clean, crisp image. the colours and tones are quite nicely muted, pastel-esque.. the only thing i am not too keen on is the bleaching as it gets to her leg.. very nice image, as usual though!
comment by Megan (MADesign) at 06:07 AM (GMT) on 29 June, 2004
Very nice photo! A very well deserved noteworthy, for sure! I would have never guesed it was a candid! The lighting is beautiful too!
comment byCaroline at 02:52 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2004
I never in a million years would have thought that was candid. Great, noteworthy, stuff.
comment byjessica at 10:21 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2004
the colors are just amazing. and i can't believe it's a candid shot. GREAT JOB
comment byAndrea at 02:34 PM (GMT) on 6 July, 2004
I love the colors on this one!
comment byamanda at 01:30 AM (GMT) on 2 September, 2004
perfect ..really
i saw this shot months ago ...june i guess, but i got thinking of it today... and came back searching for it ...it's a great shot
comment by Hanlu Cao at 09:00 PM (GMT) on 15 June, 2005
This is a very clean picture.
comment byJeremy at 12:30 AM (GMT) on 20 July, 2005
I've submitted this shot to week's Photo Friday theme – Fashion – on the basis that fashion need not mean 'fashionable' (I often have no real idea as to what's 'in' and what's 'out'). And I suppose it needn't mean anything to do with clothes either, but this was one of the shots I took while I was away and was going to put it up over the next few days anyway.
It was taken outside a café at Hampton Court and is one of a pair of shots of a woman sat at the next table. And just for once I think the G5 was probably a better bet than a DSLR in that it's remarkably easy to take casual/candid shots when you can preview them through the display while the camera sits unobtrusively on your knee. I suspect that any attempt at candid portraiture at a range of three feet would be out of the question if you needed to look through the viewfinder ;-)
As for this shot: I was fascinated by three things about this scene: the woman's hands (which I think are quite beautifully elegant), the interplay of the cream and pale blue of her jeans, and the contrast between her clothing and the cane-backed chair she was sitting on. I didn't manage a shot combining all three elements (tomorrow's is of the latter two) but I think that both are quite effective.
And finally, many of you will know that I often email a reply to the comments that you leave on chromasia. I suspect that I'm unlikely to have the time to reply to the ones that were left while I was away and won't have too much time this week either, so don't worry if I don't get back to you any time soon.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
3.09pm on 18/6/04
f3.0
1/80
aperture priority
+0.0
spot
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
no
That's a candid shot?! Wow, great photo!
lovely light touch to this image. I admire your ability to get candids at such close range!
beautiful light indeed, very natural stance captured
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wow, that's great...
great capture, its all the in light. super hi-key.
Great photo I likw how it looks like the person disappears in the background.
Ahhh terrific colors. I love the peaceful, crisp cleanness of this. I want to be just like you when I grow up. :)
Nice one, love the high key look...
amazing highkey!
I agree completely with your view of the interplay between the pale shades of pink her the ladies hand and the pale blue of the jeans. If you've been paying attention (and i haven't really, but circumstances have conspired to make me notice ths one point), baby blue and baby pink are both in vogue right now in the fashion scene. clothing stores are selling a lot of t-shirts and whatnot that color.
Damn good! Not often you see this kind of shots in photoblogs, so more of that! Very nice high-key and balanced non-saturated colours.
I just love the composition and her soft hands. I am not quite sure how you processed this shot but I think it really works. I like the way her jeans fade off into the background ever so softly as well as the soft texture of her jacket against her jeans. I hope you offered her a print.
i really like this as i think it's a clean, crisp image. the colours and tones are quite nicely muted, pastel-esque.. the only thing i am not too keen on is the bleaching as it gets to her leg.. very nice image, as usual though!
Very nice photo! A very well deserved noteworthy, for sure! I would have never guesed it was a candid! The lighting is beautiful too!
I never in a million years would have thought that was candid. Great, noteworthy, stuff.
the colors are just amazing. and i can't believe it's a candid shot. GREAT JOB
I love the colors on this one!
perfect ..really
i saw this shot months ago ...june i guess, but i got thinking of it today... and came back searching for it ...it's a great shot
This is a very clean picture.
Lovely. Very calming and serene.