Portrait

Forever young.

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

A capricious breeze passes, ruffling his hair as the image is taken.

This shot works on a personal level, but also because of the mirroring going on:  the sprawling “limbs” of the metal bars echo the branching tree limbs on the opposite side of the frame.

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

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Notice also that all of the “limbs” (metal bars, human arm, tree branches) connect and span the frame:

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Of course, I wasn’t thinking about all of this when I saw and captured this moment.

In reality, I crouched down and peered through the viewfinder, taking advantage of the wide-ish perspective offered by my 35mm lens and dynamically composed my shot until things looked just right.

—Peter.

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.