Capture a Stranger

[kewlpack]

Pretty cool thread. I guess this is as good a place to jump in as anywhere... Here are a few strangers I caught recently...



...and...


...and just so things are all b/w...

[jgredline]

Hey Kewl, Welcome to PR and yes, you came to the right thread

[SmartWombat]

got to share these...

[jgredline]

Here are some strangers I shot with BW400CN film on my K1OOO.
I love the images that are a result of film.

[kewlpack]

jgredline - really like the composition on the first shot!

[Tyson L. Sparks]

Post number 581............................

A panning shot with my E510

[jgredline]

By jgredline

[jgredline]

Pentax K1000 with BW400CN film

[Greg McCary]

[Frog]

The blondes nice......the boy on the bricks is great.

[Greg McCary]

The blondes nice......the boy on the bricks is great.

Thanks Frog. I had a late Dr's appointment in Atlanta today. The trafiic is really bad from about 4-6. So my son and I headed for Centennial Olympic Park until the traffic cleared. I hope to be doing more stuff there.

[Greg McCary]

[jgredline]

Nice one Greg, Love the way the pigeon is looking over the scene.

[jgredline]

Here is one of irony.

[Ballen Photo]

Here is one of irony.

You mean the young couple chatting away, while the homeless guy sleeps on the sidewalk within a couple of feet from them? Yeah, I'd say so.
Nice catch.
-Bruce

[Greg McCary]

I saw a lot of that in Atlanta Javier. Nice place to visit but... You know the rest.

[SmartWombat]

So what did you clone out in the bottom left corner ?

[jgredline]

This image I have printed and hung on my wall as a reminder to me, that the homeless fellow in the street could easily be me...My Son and I have tried to make it out weekly to go feed a family we befriended at one of the Parks. We go there once or twice a week and take them food, blankets, what ever we can with in our means. Even this fellow, we bought a meal for..While it is only one meal and we can only do so much, a one time gesture sometimes is a lifetime of blessings for some...

I have made many friends in the streets over the years and I will tell you what. you should see their faces light up when I present them of pictures of themselves...
Let me back track. When I first started going out street shooting, my eyes where opened up to world often seen but ignored. After a while I would go out with food to hand out.. (money is not a good thing to give away, as it causes problems) then I would take the occasional snap shot of one, then another and another. I would go home and print them and put them in cheap little frames...I take them back to those folks and give them a picture of themselves and I remind them that they are people and are not junk..That they do matter...To see how happy they get to see a picture of themselves is a blessing...Usually, I look for family's with kids and or the women to help first...

Anyway, that image reminded me of what a blind world we live in. Even after we gave that fellow a bottle of water and a couple of king taco, tacos, those other two folks kept on going about there business in Ritzy old town Pasadena...Now I am not knocking those two folks, or anyone for that matter..Not all are called to do this, but I do feel we can all help in a little way...but I digress..

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but just to share the story of this picture...

[jgredline]

So what did you clone out in the bottom left corner ?

There was a trash can there. In the printed version, I left it in, but this was a quick clone (bad) job. My PP skills stink, so I need to hope my image is good to begin with.

[Greg McCary]

I know Javier. I gave every last dime a had away that day and even a bag of Choclate candy bars. I even cleaned out my ash tray of change. But I don't always carry a lot of cash with me anyway. I saw one take some money though and head for a gambling machine in a store too. But I agree helping others is the way to be.

[Greg McCary]

One more....

[jgredline]

ok, back on topic.
Here is one. more tri x film.
I had to wait for someone, anyone to get into my picture. This was the best I could do this day..Running out of good light and such.

[SmartWombat]

Couldn't resist this one - a future driver maybe ?

[jgredline]

Hey, could almost be Rosbergs kid.

[jgredline]

Went to the beach today, that is Long beach.