Favourite

2nd man out (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Portrait, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

The coalescing of moving figures into a foreground-midground-background composition, the interaction with the observer… the split-second alignment of it all before it vanishes like a dream.

I live — photographically speaking — for moments like this.

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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

French braid (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Portrait, Teaching point

I waited until the right moment to click the shutter.

The viewer is being pulled into this image by the vortex of intertwining arms that are, in turn, intertwining the young girl’s hair.  Similar patterns can also be seen in the white sweater and background window treatment.

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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/1.4.

Alex’s wedding, revisited (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Portrait, Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton

I was recently reviewing the images from Alex’s wedding, and I realized just how much I like this one.  It’s composed in a special way, and it seems to capture the genuine joy she felt and radiated out to her guests.

As often happens when an image speaks to me, I started viewing it as a frame from the continuous film of life, so I decided to re-crop it and give it the cinematic treatment.

One special frame from a special day in your life, Alex.

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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 35mm @ f/1.2.

My “Workers” photos featured on SteveHuffPhoto.com!

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica 50mm Summicron f/2, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5, LFI Master Shot, Portrait, Uniform

Ten of my “workers” images have been featured on the popular photography site SteveHuffPhoto.com!

The direct link to Steve’s site is here.

I’m honoured and would like to thank Mr. Huff for his ongoing support of my work!

—Peter.

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Dancing (about our memories).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Portrait, Teaching point

In this frame, they exist perpetually in motion, but frozen in time.

We often review the images of our memories this way… in stop-start sequences.  Some frames are conjured from the darkest recesses of our minds — simultaneously blurry-and-sharp, complete-and-incomplete, and often… out of sequence.

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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.

Riding on the metro (cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Print, Teaching point

I’ve previously written about achieving simplicity in one’s images, and of finding inspiration in the little moments.

Here’s an example of both.

This image was captured on the way back from work.  The seats had just emptied of passengers and the train was sitting still for a few minutes with its doors wide open.  I became aware of a movement to my left and looked to find the pages of a discarded newspaper fluttering with the air current.

The simplicity of the scene was beautiful, as was the illumination provided by a single incandescent lamp from just outside the window — like a spotlight.

I raised the camera to my eye and clicked the shutter.

Soon after, the seats quickly filled up, the newspaper was taken away, and the doors closed.

The moment had come and gone.

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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/1.4.