Shab
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Cutting the hair
Shab
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Shab
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Shab
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Our "James Dean"...
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Very nice portraits Xabier.
Shab
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Thank you very much Pan! I think in the future I and them will see this portraits with such feelings... I hope so.
Shab
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"A smile to shine on a Life"
vlouekari
Newbie
Thank you very much Robert and Lynn.
Today I have selected a photo I made in 2017 (April). I like this photo a lot. Maybe it is too simple for you...
Here you have it:
A wonderful image in form, content and thought. Many thanks.
Shab
Veteran
Thank you very much vlouekari!
Today I share with you a picture from 2014. I've thought on it thanks to a Helen's lovely picture.
I think it must be a part of the Symphony...
lynnb
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This is my favourite thread, Xabier. Wonderful photographs. Thank you for sharing!
Warmest,
Warmest,
Shab
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Lynn, I can not explain in english what your words mean to me... "bihotzez, mila esker!" ("One thousands of Thanks from my heart" in basque).
Mlehrman
Mlehrman
Your photography is a perfect joy to see, and your openness an inspiration.
Shab
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Thank you! Really. With photography I try to share a part of my life, and in this thread I share what is the most important to me, my family.
A lot of times I wounder if I'm doing it ok... or if I would delete all "Domestic Symphony" and keep the pictures only for my family... but always I finally think "If photography is my passion, what better than share what is the most important?" I don't know if I explain it correctly, sorry.
The world is becoming DARK... or I think so. And if each one can share a bit of light through his/her pictures better! So I try to do.
Hope you will be fine!
Shab
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It was September 2020. It was being a hard year and when it was possible we tried to go to the beach and enjoy with the sea.
Our sons were so happy there... I took my OM-1n with the little Zuiko 21mm 3.5 lens. Our sons asked for photographs. OK, we would be together in the sea, they with their surfboards and me with my camera.
I tried to make some portraits while they got into the waves... but in a moment I saw that one of my sons was looking for the next wave... and he has "the look". He was happy. I tried to capture this moment.
Here you have the portrait:
Our sons were so happy there... I took my OM-1n with the little Zuiko 21mm 3.5 lens. Our sons asked for photographs. OK, we would be together in the sea, they with their surfboards and me with my camera.
I tried to make some portraits while they got into the waves... but in a moment I saw that one of my sons was looking for the next wave... and he has "the look". He was happy. I tried to capture this moment.
Here you have the portrait:
CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
Very fine indeed Xabier!
robert blu
quiet photographer
So many good pictures in this thread. And each photo tells a story, in a simple and elegant way. A pleasure to look at your photos, Xabier. Grazie 
agentlossing
Well-known
Well, I'm glad you choose to share with this audience, which I think is a pretty focused and appreciative one. Your photos consistently impress and inspire me with impeccable timing and insight into your family and the character of the individual members. We are on the outside looking in, but it encourages me to try for similar photos where possible.
There is nothing wrong with keeping it for your family alone. But, if your thoughts about sharing are around "what am I trying to do with these" then I would say, don't worry about it. As creative beings, I think we are best when leaving an unfettered wake of our creative work for people around us to see, as you say, it makes a bit of light, reflected however poorly. Of course, the internet is an unpredictable and sometimes deceptive place, so it is a balancing act. I don't have it figured out either.
Shab
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Thank you very much CharlesDAMorgan!
So many good pictures in this thread. And each photo tells a story, in a simple and elegant way. A pleasure to look at your photos, Xabier. Grazie
Robert, it's a pleasure to read your words. Yes, I try to "create" a story with each photo and reading your words it seems I get it sometimes! I will continue trying in this way. I hope I will be able to "walk" this road a long time. And I would share the photos with you.
agentlossing: Thank you so much for your thoughts and words. I think all the time I will be thinking about it. Sometimes I'm scared about sharing these photos in internet...
Shab
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They are growing...
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Its hard for me to articulate, but I thoroughly enjoy this thread, well actually I enjoy and admire the photographs. They are fantastic images in several ways. Shab, you are among the best photographers I know of.
I can only wish to accomplish what is shown here: excellent, compelling, artistic photographs of family moments. The primary Kodak experience was supposed to be each of us capturing and saving the memories of our family lives. Most people ("photographers") manage to create awful images, but they can still be very meaningful to them. Here in this thread, I get to see the exact opposite! Beautiful photographs of memories and life! I try and try to accomplish this in my own photos of my family memories but rarely succeed, and never as well as here (as you, Shab).
....and you reliably do it on film no less! I hope my envy/jealousy doesn't show too much.
I can only wish to accomplish what is shown here: excellent, compelling, artistic photographs of family moments. The primary Kodak experience was supposed to be each of us capturing and saving the memories of our family lives. Most people ("photographers") manage to create awful images, but they can still be very meaningful to them. Here in this thread, I get to see the exact opposite! Beautiful photographs of memories and life! I try and try to accomplish this in my own photos of my family memories but rarely succeed, and never as well as here (as you, Shab).
....and you reliably do it on film no less!
I hope my envy/jealousy doesn't show too much.