old friends

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 5 December 2006 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.

I bought my new Fujifilm Finepix s9500 this weekend! I went out to practice using it and captured these two gentlemen chatting whilst selling plants in a country market.

They asked why I was taking photos. When I told them I was interested in photography the fellow on the right pulled a ricoh out of his pocket (you can see it weighing down his jacket) and the other fellow chatted with me for around 20m minutes about photography and the wonders of his new Fujifilm camera. Funnily enough we had both begun with a Sony Mavica many moons ago!

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Comments (13)

Darren from Tokyo, Japan

Nice shallow depth of field.

5 Dec 2006 12:34am

Evelyn from New Milford, United States

Hehe, that guy on the left really looks like he's thinking, "Why are you taking a pictuer of us? Maybe he's one of us."

5 Dec 2006 12:43am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Great face expressions and excellent choice of b&w!

5 Dec 2006 4:12am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Very touching shot here helen.....the b&w was a good choice. Just looked at your previous posts and adore the nature shots....esp the three seagulls! really nice!

5 Dec 2006 5:03am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Great capture. Their faces are so expressive! and a nice story to match.

5 Dec 2006 9:35am

Craiger from Vacaville, United States

Nice shot here! My first digital camera was a Sony Mavica too! I loved the way that camera felt in your hand.

5 Dec 2006 10:40am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Wonderful. So much life in these faces.

5 Dec 2006 11:06am

Matt Trujillo Photography from Portland, United States

Nice shot. I'm glad to hear the grandpa on the left pulled out a camera, rather than a shotgun. The look on his face says it could go either way...

5 Dec 2006 12:55pm

Fallenargo from North Bay, Canada

Great experssion on the guy on the left. The B&W helps set the picture.

5 Dec 2006 1:13pm

Mariaela from Encino, United States

you were able to capture their facial expression and the B&W gave the photo more character/drama.

thank you for commenting on "tunnel vision". I looked at your photographs and liked them, I'll be back for more. :)

5 Dec 2006 5:33pm

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

congrats on the new camera - these guys have some character!

6 Dec 2006 5:51am

Marc-André Paradis from Victoriaville, Canada

Really interesting photo... even more when you read the story that goes with it! Bravo!

6 Dec 2006 12:46pm

The Juxtaposed Image from Tallahassee, Fl, United States

So thats where Gandolf wound up.

9 Dec 2006 8:39pm

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