un roman photo / a photo story Photo

Photographer’s Note

They had been sitting there since a long time, totally in their own world, talking in another language, loudly but calmly with some jokes once in a while (reminding me strangely of some old couples : the same quiet joy, serenity and complicity !)…

And I was sitting very close, trying to concentrate on a difficult book but impossible to do so with their talking. After some time, I gave up and noticed once more how sweet and tender and photogenic they were… I took my small Ixus, looked back at the photos taken in the railway station, then unnoticed and with my camera still on my knees, I took this series of photos. On the 3rd one, he is definitely not ‘seeing’ me, even if looking in my direction ; not at all interested, both of them lost in the bright light of that snowy day and looking together in the same direction, towards their future.

(NB : 1 - Maybe not a good idea to show 4 shots instead of one, but here again, I like this chronological succession. There were some others in between, I had to make a selection : they were very quiet and did not move, I was shooting only now and then and not randomly. IMO better to have the 4 together, what do you think ?)

2 - I rarely take this kind of photos (no big zoom !) and still prefer when people are aware of what I’m doing. Interaction is really my thing and my pleasure.

3 - There is this sort of genre in popular literature, called in French ‘roman photos’ ; I had the same idea in mind although it’s true that there is not much action here. You are free to imagine their thoughts and dialogue !

chiaretta, Vasa, zmey, Didi has marked this note useful

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serp2000 (9855) 2008-11-29 3:28

Superb! I like your work! Good idea and excellent realisation! My congratulations!
Serghei

erhan1958 (4143) 2008-11-29 3:30

Hi CATHERINE
wonderful photo, dream, romantic, i like a lot. thanks
ERHAN

ninaL (19648) 2008-11-29 3:32

Genre de collage scène par scène, seconde par seconde, que j'adore, et c'est la façon dont je range les photos de mon fils dans les albums...Les expressions et les attitudes qui changent imperceptiblement lors d'une "rafale" (même si je n'utilise jamais cette fonction de l'appareil, et je fais mes photos "une par une"), c'est précieux.
J'aime beaucoup l'interaction qui s'est instauré entre toi et les sujets...
Beau travail.
Amitiés, Grazyna.

emka (22841) 2008-11-29 3:34

Hi Cath, I like the idea of your photos very much. I can easily imagine the situation in the train. The young couple is very nice here, full of joy, as the young ones are. All the photos are fine but I like most the third one, with the girl laughing.

Have a nice weekend

Malgorzata

MarcT (21105) 2008-11-29 6:22

Salut Catherine,
Il y en a de l'idée derrière cette image. Tu fais de + en + de mosaïques le dernier temps!
Cela en dit long sur ton envie de montrer. Une image seule ne te suffit plus.
Amitiés
Marc

CatherineD (4860) 2008-11-29 10:08

Salut Catherine,
J'espère qu'ils se reconnaîtront un jour sur ces photos en passant par TE! C'est vrai qu'il semble y avoir une grande complicité entre eux... J'admire la belle lumière, bien équilibrée sur cette série. Pas évident dans un train. Amitiés,
Catherine

yedirenk (7571) 2008-11-29 11:49

Salut Catherine,
very good idea,very interesting composition,a very romantic moment.light,sharpness and clarity are superb,lovely scene.well done.TFS
Amicalement

Cevdet

Vasa (6691) 2008-11-29 15:02

La note m'a absorbe. Je l'ai suivi jusqu'au bout. C'est comme un recit qui finit bien. Et ils sont tous heuereux apres.

Les images s'imposent aussi. On a l'impression qu'on etait la, dans le meme coin. Elle est belle la vie dans ta presentation. Encore un sourire pour toi,

Branko

tesup (210) 2008-11-29 15:50

Cath,

I appreciate and a fan of your great effort and concentration on photography. You are an innovator and it seems that "interaction is really your thing and pleasure" ;)

as to the photo, the subject matter is ordinary but your handling with it is superb. congrats

deepest regards,

kamil

aadilj (17950) 2008-11-30 21:12

Hi cath. I wans kinda missing you. But youfreshen me up with this vivid tale of love through your images. I envy you and your control over people images

zmey (7282) 2008-12-01 7:38

Hello Cahterine!

Quite a story you've got going here... Masterful shooting 'from the hip' on your part (I especially like the third shot: the one in which he is seemingly looking at you, but actually is not noticing anything) and so kind of them 'not to notice'. But the shutter of your ixus sure must be quite silent... The one of my camera can spook howling monkeys away half a mile away (I tested that in the jungle of Tikal).

I think, You and your little ixus should get a job as a spy... my compliments!

K.

Didi (36712) 2008-12-03 8:48

Bonjour Catherine sans Frontières :)
Mince alors ! Je ne crois pas que ça marchera avec mon gros appareil qui n'est pas discret.
Fallait oser pour le faire.
Chapeau !
Amitiés

MarianneS (14706) 2008-12-03 12:35

Bonsoir Catherine,
Ma préférence va à celle du dessus à droite. Et pourtant, j'aime aussi leurs éclats de rire en dessous à gauche, mais il aurait fallu une vitesse un peu plus élevée pour éviter le flou de bouger.
C'est une bonne idée de présenter ces quatre photos en une, les as-tu prises dans cet ordre là? Si oui, je me demande à combien d'intervalle.
Très belle composition romantique! Bises. Marianne