@#%^$*&#! People Pics

[JeffR]

In other words, I'm still relishing this month's contest theme.

Here are some more from the reject pile, pics of my friend DL. We were at the cemetery visiting his girlfriend's grave. I tried to break some cardinal rules with these. Perhaps they prove that sticking with the rules is a good idea...? :eyes:

[insane_cratic_gal]

1. LOL i have a pile too!

I like the top one.. it has a Stephen King story feel to it.

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I think I will find this to challenging in the fact that I'm a sneak and peek person. I never feel comfortable getting right up and personal with a subject. So this will hopefully lend to me actually being a little more forward with the camera, which I need.

So it's a challenge in people skills as well as photography

[JeffR]

2. The last shot is excellent - especially with the adult's legs framing it

I get what you mean about sneak and peek shots! I think my entry will probably fall into that category, even though it appears posed.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. The top photo

really conveys a sense of loss and sadness to me. I think it's an excellent photo even if it doesn't follow the "rules."

[JeffR]

4. It's a somber but beautiful graveyard

And I'm gratified that the photo conveys anything at all. I've lost all objectivity with this theme.

Strange thing is, we always enjoy visiting her grave, and generally find ourselves in pretty high spirits there.

She was a very close friend of mine too. She succumbed to cancer at 29, leaving three young sons.

[RagingInMiami]

5. Why not get a shot with your friend standing by her grave

Or sitting by her grave, or whatever he does when he visits her grave. Something natural where he is not posing.

Just kind of linger away with your camera and start snapping away. Maybe you can use a longer lens. I'm not sure what lenses you have, but try to capture whatever expression is on his face, but also make sure the grave site is in the photo.

You can call it something like, "Visiting (fill in blank with her name)"

I like the sepia effect. If you do go back to the grave, try to schedule it right before sunset so the sun is not directly overhead, but maybe you can capture sunlight coming in at an angle, lighing your friend's face like a spotlight.

[JeffR]

6. Good advice

I had tried a few shots with a 200mm lens on my Pentax some weeks before this set was taken that had him crouched down near the headstone, and I think they were promising, but the entire roll turned out blank even though the film was definitely advancing as the roll was shot. Shot another roll of different subjects a week later & had no similar problems so I'm pretty sure the camera wasn't to blame.

These were shot digitally so I didn't have as much of a radius available. The sepia kind of suggested itself because he did have a sort of Civil War-era self-consciousness of being photographed!

Doubtful I'll make it back there before contest time, but I'm definitely going to take your advice on further pics the next time we go to the cemetery. Thanks!