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Speaking candidly

unposed shots of people at work, rest, and play
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On this spring day my vacation quest to travel to places in the city I haven't been to before, took me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I have no nice pocket sized laminated map of Prospect Park, like I have of Central Park, and found myself going round in circles trying to get from one location on the many maps by the side of roads to the next.<br /> <br /> Eventually my desultory exploration led me past the sound of a saxophone echoing "My embraceable you" from under an overpass off in the distance. I followed the sweet music to this scene.
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On this spring day my vacation quest to travel to places in the city I haven't been to before, took me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I have no nice pocket sized laminated map of Prospect Park, like I have of Central Park, and found myself going round in circles trying to get from one location on the many maps by the side of roads to the next.

Eventually my desultory exploration led me past the sound of a saxophone echoing "My embraceable you" from under an overpass off in the distance. I followed the sweet music to this scene.

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  • DSC_4163 going there together
  • DSC_4186 getting there with flair
  • DSC_4193 camera on wheels
  • Last month I captured this picture of this man playing with his children at a quaint little pond in Central Park. I hope I'm eventually able to get in contact with him because he loved the picture so much, he asked if I could send it to him. However neither of us had a paper and pen on us, and many days later I realized I recited my e-mail address incorrectly, so he's been unable to find me to receive his photo. Hopefully one day we'll find each other again.
  • I came here to the Botanical Gardens specifically on a rainy day to hopefully get a nice shot of something while it was raining (flowers, gardens, gateways, I knew not what). Turned out none of the rainy shots I took particularly lit my fire, however the shot that follows this one that I took of this kissing couple after the rain finally stopped, pleased me to no end.
  • I've taken one or two really nice couples shots over the last few years, so far this one is definitely my favorite.
  • When I first went to edit this shot in the spring of 2010 I had a few problems with it. It had too much going on besides the two having a pleasant conversation. I couldn't crop and clone the man out cleanly on the right using Capture Nx (the editing program I used with most of my shots for 3 years), and cropping out everything the the right of the young man, didn't satisfy my compositional objections either. Finally I decided it wasn't savable and left it unedited. <br /> <br /> But today after almost 2 years have passed I looked at it again, and though I still have pretty much the same problems with it, I also see again what made me lift my camera up to my face when I was viewing this scene live. A nicely lit scene of people enjoying a beautiful spring day, in a beautiful setting in whatever way that made each of them happy. Sometimes even when a scene is flawed, that's all the reason you need to keep it.
  • Now on the other hand it didn't take more than a second to realize this shot was a keeper.
  • DSC_6174 fishing lessons
  • I made sure to get at least one shot of this cool looking musician pulled back a tad and close to the wall for two reasons. 1) So anyone looking at the shots I took of him, could get a better sense of what kind of place he was performing in, and 2) So that anyone familiar with Prospect Park would have a chance to know where I took this photo.<br /> <br /> However the next shot of him was the real image I wanted to record for posterity, as I sought to capture a mood and visual imagery (that one rarely gets the opportunity to acquire with such flair), in a natural un-made up setting. I succeeded so splendidly at it that I consider this next shot of him the finest candid shot I've ever taken.
  • On this spring day my vacation quest to travel to places in the city I haven't been to before, took me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I have no nice pocket sized laminated map of Prospect Park, like I have of Central Park, and found myself going round in circles trying to get from one location on the many maps by the side of roads to the next.<br /> <br /> Eventually my desultory exploration led me past the sound of a saxophone echoing "My embraceable you" from under an overpass off in the distance. I followed the sweet music to this scene.
  • No she didn't, common sense / fear prevailed - for a little while...
  • DSC_0302 springtime in Central park (CaptureOne)
  • DSC_8619 trying avain sign language
  • If anyone asks me what my favorite candid subjects are my answer would be easy, "Children"!
  • DSC_0095 on your mark, get set
  • DSC_0101 go!
  • One of my favorite photo's of all time...
  • DSC_0122 what fun!
  • DSC_0136 wonderful moments in the park

  • Jane Thomas

    on August 20, 2010

    Such a cool effect - and to boot - you can still see the warm brass colour on the saxophone. Brilliant shot.

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