A Year in the Making: The Longest Wait?

[RayPA]

RayPa,

If I may, what was it about this particular image that required the wait? I assume it is the shot of the dry cleaners?

Thanks.

It's pretty unremarkable, really. I wanted the woman at the counter with the clothes, in the same pose as the image on the door. What I got was pretty close to what I first saw. Initially, I was struck by the older 1950's-esque idealized image depicted on the door and the reality.
The problem was, this is not a very busy dry cleaners, because everytime I went by there, she was never at the counter. I went by there probably twice or three times a week at different times of the day. I'd go to lunch on that street, stop by in the morning after dropping the kids off at school and on the way back home at the end of the day, but she was never at the counter, or anywhere that I could see. One time, I finally saw a customer go in with her arms full of clothes and I knew I could make the shot. I just wanted to see if I could get the shot naturally they way it initially struck me. 🙂

 

[taffer]

Sockeyed, cliché or not, the composition on that shot is great ! This is becoming a very nice thread !

 

[RayPA]

Sockeyed - not cliche at all, i'd say. Or, more correct, any cliche subject can be presented in a fresh manner.

I agree completely. The Gallery is full of potentially "cliche'd" images, but they are all originals in every sense of the word. Most of the elements/conventions that make up "good" composition can be considered cliches.

 

[joeyjoe]

It took me 3 weeks and 2 rolls of 120 film to get this shot:

Not taken on a rangefinder... although a TLR is kinda like a rangefinder.... ok, not really, but I just wanted to show off the picture too 🙂

 

[RayPA]

It took me 3 weeks and 2 rolls of 120 film to get this shot:

another "worth the wait and effort" shot. Beautiful. You SHOULD be proud of that one. That's a sunrise, right? I've been to Seattle many times (2 weekends ago, most recently), just not 100% certain of where Rainier lay in realtion to the city. :angel:

 

[rbiemer]

Exceptional images in this thread, everyone! I particularly love that these are not staged and that you all had an idea and waited till you could get it on film.
The standards have been raised again!
Rob

 

[Doug]

Stunning sunset shot, JoeyJoe! The strong warm sidelighting is just terrific.

 

[joeyjoe]

Thanks for the compliments. It is, in fact, a sunset. I think I'm going to go for a 12"x"36" print as soon as I come up with some dough.

 

[kbg32]

Great job JoeyJoe!...and thanks for your reply RayPA!

 

[gabrielelopez]

Well, from a lot of time I'm thinking to make "that portrait" of a really important friend..but we always end up not being able to do it..I understand that is a while different in my case, in fact I have not to wait for weather conditions, light...but coincidences get really triccky sometime and I have that roll in that camera from like a year, now...

Great photos, anyway, guys...thank tou very much!

 

[Allen Gilman]

Interesting thread. I do a lot of street shooting and everytime I wait for a certain shot to develop it never happens. In the meantime, I'll look over my shoulder and another shot just develops suddenly that's better than the imagined shot could ever be.