shtarka1
Member
Gabor, second shot is Stellar!
maddoc
... likes film again.
shtarka1, thank you !! 
One more from that roll:
One more from that roll:
nicography
Established
Pictures from Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
urban_alchemist
Well-known
M9, 0.95
shtarka1
Member
Nico....Magnificent!
Urban....Very Nice! Shalom!
Gabor....Mr.Noct! Excellent as Usual!
Urban....Very Nice! Shalom!
Gabor....Mr.Noct! Excellent as Usual!
urban_alchemist
Well-known
Nugard
Elvis lives!..
maddoc
... likes film again.
nicography
Established
Starting to love this lens more and more.
Is the best piece of glass I can ever have.
I'm so glad I brought this lens instead of the Leica M9.
maddoc
... likes film again.
Nico, #1 and #3 I like best. The Noctilux, a nice piece of glass.
matt335
Well-known
Volodimir poses such an interesting question for me personally.
Interesting debate about photographing homeless people or underprivileged people altogether. I read every day blogs from various photojournalists and their experiences photographing for editors and well known magazines and newspapers. I love to ask how they feel doing this as a job in Haiti for example recently. Many of them are blank and emotionless almost as they have been a witness to many atrocities and feel helpless or just get in and out quick with a card full of images to sell. Some actually hold workshops for budding photog's over there and charge lots of bucks. Some organise charities sponsorships etc. Each to their own and I will never judge.
Back home in our home towns we all have at one stage maybe photographed a homeless person (?). It takes a certain courage, or audacity to do this while maintaining some dignity for that homeless or under privileged person. In many parts of the world they get used to this and make money as the hand goes out for help. It begs the question, why? For simply voyeuristic reasons? Or to really portray a story and use that in some way to help the homeless or help well off people in understanding the huge problem and how they could help.
Lots of the homeless where I live are addicted to drugs and alcohol for whatever reason and you pretty much know where the money is going. I see people giving them food, I see evangelists trying to convert them, why the f can't we just treat them like ordinary people and talk to them?
I felt exactly like Volodimir said above when I met "Doug" a homeless man asleep on the pavement near my home. I have such a camera and lens and after we met, talked, I passed over some food (he wanted cheese) and asked if I may take his photo. We talked for a while and parted. The irony of it all hit me hard. No matter how much you try to justify or rationalise what happened you cannot. Whether I used my Nikon FM or my Leica does it make the experience any different?
I guess what matters is that I stopped to talk and take some interest in him.
Interesting debate about photographing homeless people or underprivileged people altogether. I read every day blogs from various photojournalists and their experiences photographing for editors and well known magazines and newspapers. I love to ask how they feel doing this as a job in Haiti for example recently. Many of them are blank and emotionless almost as they have been a witness to many atrocities and feel helpless or just get in and out quick with a card full of images to sell. Some actually hold workshops for budding photog's over there and charge lots of bucks. Some organise charities sponsorships etc. Each to their own and I will never judge.
Back home in our home towns we all have at one stage maybe photographed a homeless person (?). It takes a certain courage, or audacity to do this while maintaining some dignity for that homeless or under privileged person. In many parts of the world they get used to this and make money as the hand goes out for help. It begs the question, why? For simply voyeuristic reasons? Or to really portray a story and use that in some way to help the homeless or help well off people in understanding the huge problem and how they could help.
Lots of the homeless where I live are addicted to drugs and alcohol for whatever reason and you pretty much know where the money is going. I see people giving them food, I see evangelists trying to convert them, why the f can't we just treat them like ordinary people and talk to them?
I felt exactly like Volodimir said above when I met "Doug" a homeless man asleep on the pavement near my home. I have such a camera and lens and after we met, talked, I passed over some food (he wanted cheese) and asked if I may take his photo. We talked for a while and parted. The irony of it all hit me hard. No matter how much you try to justify or rationalise what happened you cannot. Whether I used my Nikon FM or my Leica does it make the experience any different?
I guess what matters is that I stopped to talk and take some interest in him.
maddoc
... likes film again.
shtarka1
Member
Beautiful, G!
matt335
Well-known
Meaningfully tasteful Gabor, I love the glow from her facial skin
