A FAMILY AFFAIR...
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
PORTRAITS from CRETE...
Wherever I went, I used to have my Nikon F4 loaded with colour-film.
(Now replaced by Nikon D7200, which I still try to use as much as possible like a FILM camera)
Very often I had my second camera (another F4) ready with a gritty 400 asa black and white film.
Digis don't have that problem, he?
Here in Crete I had this secret goal to capture the people, those interesting faces, I wanted to make some great portraits.
In the small mountain village of Prina, where time has stood still, my dream came true.
A group of people sat in the square, in the shade, chatting and laughing.
They have known real hardship, it shows, but there is great kindness and generosity.
It was Vesper's time. The tinny bell sang invitingly.
The friends around them moved out of the way
They allowed me to photograph them, her son and husband next to her, I first used the camera at hand (colour) to put them at ease (I thought), but to the Cretans a ‘portrait’ is always very serious...
I understood Ansel Adams, the lengths he went to, what he felt when he saw his subjects, the textures and ALL those wonderful tones.
A magic moment, the lady so beautiful and lovely.
The father philosophical.
The son flirty.
Later, for Getty, I needed a model release... she could barely write and did not know her year of birth!
Take care, be safe!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
portraits, Crete, family, lady, "grey white hair", mother, "natural light", mono, monochromatic, "black and white", vertical, colour, horizontal, "Nikon F4", "magda indigo"
A FAMILY AFFAIR...
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
PORTRAITS from CRETE...
Wherever I went, I used to have my Nikon F4 loaded with colour-film.
(Now replaced by Nikon D7200, which I still try to use as much as possible like a FILM camera)
Very often I had my second camera (another F4) ready with a gritty 400 asa black and white film.
Digis don't have that problem, he?
Here in Crete I had this secret goal to capture the people, those interesting faces, I wanted to make some great portraits.
In the small mountain village of Prina, where time has stood still, my dream came true.
A group of people sat in the square, in the shade, chatting and laughing.
They have known real hardship, it shows, but there is great kindness and generosity.
It was Vesper's time. The tinny bell sang invitingly.
The friends around them moved out of the way
They allowed me to photograph them, her son and husband next to her, I first used the camera at hand (colour) to put them at ease (I thought), but to the Cretans a ‘portrait’ is always very serious...
I understood Ansel Adams, the lengths he went to, what he felt when he saw his subjects, the textures and ALL those wonderful tones.
A magic moment, the lady so beautiful and lovely.
The father philosophical.
The son flirty.
Later, for Getty, I needed a model release... she could barely write and did not know her year of birth!
Take care, be safe!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
portraits, Crete, family, lady, "grey white hair", mother, "natural light", mono, monochromatic, "black and white", vertical, colour, horizontal, "Nikon F4", "magda indigo"