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think i shouldve used a smaller aperture...
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we made this bread and it was delicious.
(i don't know where he gets his chubby hands from, but i sure do love them.)
I saw this long row of porters struggling under the weight of the heavy barrels on their backs. Every step seemed difficult. They were crossing a street next to the harbour in Istanbul. Each time a fellow porter would turn around and help the man behind him step up onto the pavement.
Instantly I saw it as symbolic, this human gesture. I was a long way off and ran flat out to get closer. The porters in the photo were the last two in the row. I knew that if I didn't stop and take the shot I would miss it. So out of breath I screeched to halt, still quite a long way away and zoomed to 200mm, pressing the shutter to capture the moment they gripped each otherâs hands.
The picture is not perfect. I should have had more of the manâs foot and the pavement. But this is one of those examples where the emotion in the image is so powerful, it is not important. The image communicates something about the human condition.
Itâs one of those rare shots that stays in peopleâs minds. Itâs been praised by art directors, curators, won awards, been in exhibitions and has taken on a life. I am proud of it.
Itâs another example of what I have continued to do in my photography: see, anticipate and capture the decisive and expressive moment.
The photograph was taken in Istanbul in 1987, on 400 ISO black and white HP5 Ilford film and printed in my darkroom.
This was taken about halfway up the block on the east side of Broadway, between 79th and 80th Street. It's at the north end of the "Filene's Basement" store on the corner, and it's a place where I've often seen homeless people holding up a sign that asks for assistance...
With very rare exceptions, I haven't photographed these homeless people; it seems to me that they're in a very defensive situation, and I don't want to take advantage of their situation. But something unusual was happening here: the two women (who were actually cooperating, and acting in tandem, despite the rather negative demeanor of the woman on the left) were giving several parcels of food to the young homeless man on the right.
I don't know if the women were bringing food from their own kitchen, or whether they had brought it from a nearby restaurant. But it was obviously a conscious, deliberate activity, and one they had thought about for some time...
What was particularly interesting was that they didn't dwell, didn't try to have a conversation with the young man; they gave him the food they had brought, and promptly walked away. As they left, I noticed the young man peering into his bag (the one you see on the ground beside him in this picture) to get a better sense of the delicious meal these two kind women had brought him...
Note: this photo was published in a Jan 6, 2009 blog posting entitled
"Six Lessons from a Wooden Boy: Lesson Three: Don't be a Social Media Jackass." It was also referenced (and possibly published) in a Jan 27, 2009 Swedish blog entitled "Firmy na celom svete prepustia 76-tisíc ľudí." And it was published in a May 4, 2009 blog titled "More on the .18 million for homeless prevention in Tacoma." It was also published in a May 18, 2009 blog titled "Helping the Homeless: To Do or Not To Do. That is the Question!" It was also published in an April 28, 2009 blog titled "Blog Sobre Mi Tiempo Devocional." I've also just discovered that it was published as a "related image" illlustration on a Dec 6, 2008 blog titled www.xyhd.tv/2008/12/nickelodeon/wwwnickcombiggreenhelp-th.... More recently, it was published in an Aug 27, 2009 blog titled "Ideas for a New Marketing World: Day 36." And it was published in a Sep 2, 2009 blog titled "Eagle Scout Rehabs Homeless 'Mission House'." It was also published in a Sep 20 2009 blog titled "Dallas Outlaws Crimes of Compassion." And for reasons I don't understand, the photo was published as an illustration that I found on Sep 30, 2009 in a Boorah blog titled "Kitchen 2 Kitchen, Tacoma (even though it has nothing to do with Tacoma or restaurants)." It was also published in a Nov 22, 2009 blog titled "Keeping Gratitude in Thanksgiving."
Note: since this is the second most-viewed image in my Flickr archives, I decided to make some minor editing improvements on Aug 6, 2009. I used Apple's Aperture program to eliminate "hot spots" and "cold spots" in the photo, and also adjusted/decreased some of the shadows. Most people probably won't notice the difference...
Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Feb 9, 2010 True/Slant blog titled "Should the homeless be arrested or rehabilitated?" And it was published in a Feb 10, 2010 blog titled "Doar à Deus é doar ao próximo." It was also published in a Mar 12, 2010 blog titled " Beck: Beware 'Social Justice Christians'." And it was published in a Mar 23, 2010 blog titled "“Homeless Count 2010″ now underway in Vancouver." It was also published in a May 26, 2010 French blog titled "Concours des blogs : Votez pour moi ! (ou pour les autres)." And it was also published in a Jun 21, 2010 blog titled "How To Advocate For The Homeless," as well as a Jun 25, 2010 blog titled " Language in the Clinician's Office." It was also published in a Jun 30, 2010 blog titled "Take a Photo of Someone Doing Good." And it was published in a Jul 28, 2010 blog by "homeless girl" title "Giving Just Food To Panhandlers Is Lazy, Self-centred And Predictable." It was also published in an Aug 30, 2010 blog titled "5 More Homeless Lent Credit Cards To See If They Give Them Back," and an Aug 29, 2010 blog titled "The Emmaus Center Homeless Shelter." It was also published in a Sep 2, 2010 blog titled "Would You Trust a Panhandler with your Credit Card?" and a Sep 15, 2010 blog titled "Helping the homeless requires compassion." And it was published in a Sep 29, 2010 blog titled "Nice Self Improvement Tv photos." And it was published in an Oct 27, 2010 blog titled "When Doing Good Is Bad." It was also published in a Nov 13, 2010 Gobal Debate blog titled "Oxford Round Five Motion," as well as a Nov 21, 2010 blog titled "Lastest 21 Tv Dallas News." I also discovered that it had been published in an Oct 15, 2010 blog titled "Gettin’ all eh??" It was also published in a Dec 21, 2010 blog titled "Q&A: How to convince my parents to get a snake?" And it was published in a Dec 27, 2010 blog titled "Over one million of America's students are homeless." It was also published in a Dec 30, 2010 blog titled "How Applying Behavior and Motivator Assessments Can Improve Your Life: Part 4."
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a blog titled "6 Myths That Get Us Stuck (Myth #5 - Self Help)." And for reasons I don't understand at all, it was published in an Apr 10, 2011 blog titled "Sunday Night Football Odds: Giants vs Eagles." And it was published in a Jun 6, 2011 blog titled "Arrested for Feeding Homeless People." It was also published, in a cropped/sepia-toned form, as an illustration on the Lean On Me Outreach website. It was also published in a Jul 17, 2011 blog titled "Bad Credit? We Can Help!" The photo was also published in a Dec 24, 2011 blog titled "Home for the Holidays to assist homeless people of Boston."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 2, 2012 blog titled "Bronx Interfaith Nonprofit Saved." It was also published in a Mar 13, 2012 blog titled "Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty (BBH) Dehumanizes the Homeless with Their ‘Homeless Hotspots’ Campaign." And it was published in an undated (mid-May 2012) blog titled "HOw To Help Someone With Depression?" It was also published in a May 30, 2012 blog titled "The Secrets of the Healthy Mind." And it was published in a Jul 10, 2012 blog titled "Moved With Compassion." It was also published in a Sep 13, 2012 blog titled Problems With Help?" And it was published in an Oct 30, 2012 blog titled "29 Positive-Thinking Tips from My 29 Years." It was also published in a Dec 3, 2012 blog titled "Who Are Our Neighbors?",as well as a Dec 7, 2012 blog titled "GIVING TO THE POOR? (JOURNAL ENTRY)." And it was published in a Dec 14, 2012 blog titled "One Person Can Change the World." It was also published, as one of several illustrations, in a blog titled "YOLO: 10 Things You Should Do Before the World Ends.."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 28, 2013 blog titled "5 Rules for Helping and Being Helped." It was also published in a Mar 7, 2013 blog titled "My Purpose Driven Life: 3/7/13 Thursday – Day 13 – Worship That Pleases God." And it was published in a May 23, 2013 blog titled "Brain Can Learn to be Compassionate, Study Reports." It was also published in a Jun 19, 2013 blog titled "Where to Put Your Savings." And it was published in a Jul 6, 2013 blog titled "Compassion: A Jewish Perspective." It was also published in an Aug 18, 2013 blog titled "'Direct' - buying insurance remotely." And it was published in a Sep 5, 2013 blog titled "Generosity Pays Off In The Long Run." It was also published in an Oct 30, 2013 blog titled "Blanket and coat drive helping Montgomery’s homeless," as well as a Nov 15, 2013 blog titled “Bloomberg Says Poverty Numbers On His Watch Better Than Other Cities" and a Nov 27, 2013 blog titled "Los Angeles Considers Ban on Publicly Feeding Homeless People." It was also published in a Dec 4, 2013 blog titled "Ethics & Photography – 22 Pictures of the Homeless."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in a Jan 29, 2014 blog titled "Altruistic acts more common in states with high well-being." It was also published in a Feb 19, 2014 blog titled The Unlovable." It was also published in a Mar 17, 2014 blog titled "Is It Possible to be Truly Selfless?" It was also published in a Mar 25, 2014 blog titled "Five Myths About Panhandlers." It was also published in an Apr 17, 2014 blog titled "Who is most likely to be compassionate towards a stranger?". And it was published in a May 14, 2014 blog titled "Prompt #1024 The Basis of Compassion." It was also published in a May 26, 2014 blog titled "Aggression rises in Surrey panhandlers." It was also published in an undated (mid-July 2014) Law Street blog titled "The Costs of Criminalizing Homelessness."
Moving into 2015, the photo was published in a March 1, 2015 Dutch blog titled "Zo eenvoudig en goedkoop is het om een einde aan dakloosheid te maken."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
The coast guard flying over the GGB with Karl in the background. Also a passing bird wanted a picture as well
Borough High Street, London
Last Post For A Few Days, Off For A Short Break, I'll Still Be Commmenting, Back Monday 👍
Edelweiss A320 HB-JLT, in special Help Alliance livery, lands at Zurich airport with a flight from Reykjavik.
Aircraft: Edelweiss (WK/EDW) Airbus A320-200 HB-JLT.
Location: Zürich Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Kolten, Switzerland.
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This kid was helping out his father in their salt farm in Bima, Sumbawa island. It was Sunday so school was off. All throughout the time that I was around, she seemed to be thoroughly into her chores. Collecting salt cannot be all fun, especially under the heat of the biting sun, but she balanced the salt she collected on her head confidently, prancing barefoot across the pond, as if it were the most natural thing to enjoy.
Bima, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
in the salt farms of Bima in colloidfarl.blogspot.com/
(I still am not 100% back in flickr but in due time, I will be.)
I swear that last night I added that this was a pinhole shot with my Pentax K10D. YES it's a pinhole .
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I have not had a sighting of a hedgehog in the garden for several years but here is a young one which was wandering about in the front garden many years ago. I had put a few pieces of the tinned dog-meat on the pavers for it and went inside to get the camera and this is what I found when I returned!
A recent visit to Cranbrook Gardens with stretchy the Red Eyed tree frog. He just loves to climb and hang on things and loves all the sculptures in the gardens.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
A small two room grade school in a small town down in Oaxaca. The 'hill' in the backdrop is a dump. Some of the people in the town work by picking their way through the garbage to salvage anything of value.
The town is very poor and cannot afford to keep the school open so the children started growing tomatoes to sell to fund the school and pay the teachers. Problem is that tomatoes are a water heavy crop and they don't have enough water to grow them.
The friends that we were traveling with are part of an organization that goes to these rural communities and buys the mezcal they make, bring it up to the United States and sell it. The profits from the sales are then sent back to the communities in Mexico to build schools and civic buildings and projects. When my friends heard of this school - they reached out and now the kids are growing agave plants that do well in dry conditions and then they sell the plants to my friend and the school stays open. Agave plants are in high demand and used to make mezcal.
Happy Thursday to you.
The third Ferrymill Motors vehicle to temporarily join the McGill's fleet, operating out of Barrhead Depot and service 26 between Glasgow/Paisley and Nethercraigs. SF08 OFY (Fm31) is a MAN NL273F/Wright Eclipse Meridian and was departing Braehead for Paisley and on to Nethercraigs.
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Straight from the camera.
Something back from the lightman days... Now it's only skeletons skeletons and skeletons! :D
Been very busy editing our new light painted music video, hoping to get it done till saturday! Yay, light painted skeleton music video madness coming very soon!! :D :D :D
11/8/24. THNSW owned 49 class 4916 is spotted passing through Sydenham pulling along a set a carriages and steam locomotives 3526 & 3265 after they had finsihed their Steam To The Surf runs for the weekend.
This is for B Square
Also for Ruby’s Treasures ~ Week #5
With thanks to….
Hand ~ Robpatrick
Model ~ Marcus Ranum
Textures ~ Joes Sistah, Rubyblossom & me
* Explore - May 5th, 2009 - #67 *
I needed help today as there were no volunteers to do a silly walk for me.
The We're Here group members are visiting the The Ministry Of Silly Walks group.
“Well, that wasn’t very exciting.” Exclaimed Bertie as they watched the man put away his picture taking thingy on four legs.
“No, but then it never is.” Agreed Barnaby.
“It is good that it is over for now we need to get to work.” Said Sky looking at all his friends.
“What work is that, Sky?” Asked Posh Bear.
“Icecap, we have to help Icecap.” Said Sky.
“What help does he want?”
“He says it is too hot for him, even in his cold place. We need to make things colder for him or I think he’ll want to go back to the white fields he came from.”
“I see, so what is your plan?” Asked Posh Bear.
“Well, we need ideas mainly, on accounts I am flush out of ideas right now myself. I did think about using this white fluffy stuff and try to convince Icecap that it had fallen from the sky and was cold.” He replied.
“No, I think you are on a loser there, Sky. It looks alright, but it just doesn’t feel cold enough and it sticks to the fur. Have you suggested that he leaves the door open of the cold place?” Asked Bertie.
“He has tried that, sadly it didn’t seem to work for it was hotter outside than inside his cold place and all that happened was his cold place warmed up. Nice try Bertie.”
“We need that white stuff to fall outside and some of the clear slippery stuff that follows.” Said Posh Bear thinking aloud.
“We know that, Posh, but we do not have any.” Replied Barnaby.
“Could we learn anything from the man, I mean, how does he keep cold?” Suggested Posh Bear.
“Posh! The man doesn’t have fur and what is more he doesn’t move fast enough to get hot. No, you are on the wrong track there.” Said Sky shaking his head.
“He could go with you when you go out on the man’s two wheeled thing, Sky. That should cool him down a little.” Suggested Bertie.
“I agree Bertie, but the man doesn’t use his two wheeled thingy that often. Icecap needs to be cool all the time.” Said Barnaby.
Sky looked about from one bear to the next grinning happily.
“Am I a genius, or am I a genius? I always said I was a genius.” He said loudly.
“Yes, you always said you were a genius, Sky. I remember that you said it often so I don’t forget it.” Said Barnaby.
“Panic over, I’ve got this covered. Let me see if the man has an order in and if so Icecap is going to be in pure luxurious heaven. I just can’t think why I never came up with this idea sooner.”
“What is your idea, Sky? You’re not going to do anything we’ll regret, I hope.” Said Barnaby looking worried.
“No, Barnaby, not at all. What I need to do is order a lot of large tubs of that white cold stuff the man eats. We could put them in Icecap’s cold place with the tops off and he could lie and lick as he wants. We can try and get some that is fish flavour so he can have the best of all worlds.” Said Sky looking proud of his idea.
“Brilliant, you are a genius, Sky.” Said Barnaby.
“Do you think it will work, Posh?” Asked Bertie looking slightly doubtful.
“It is worth a try as we don’t have any other ideas at the moment. Come on let us see if the man has an order started that we can add on to.”
Ten minutes later the bears gathered round Icecap’s cold place waiting for him to answer the door.
“Hello fellas, what can I do for you?” Icecap asked stepping out and closing the door behind him.
“I have sorted things out, Icecap, and soon you’ll be nice and cold again.” Said Sky.
“Thanks Sky, but I have already sorted it out. The problem was all the visitors I have that kept me standing at the door chatting, so now I close the door behind me and it stays nice a cool. Thanks anyway.” He said going back in the cold placed and closing the door.
“Sky, I think you need to change the order as I honestly doubt that Icecap could have got all those tubs of white cold stuff in such a small place. I think that 99999 is just too many.” Said Posh Bear.
“Posh, is 99999 a lot then?” Asked Sky.
“I think so, it made the man’s ordering thingy gulp and light up anyway.” Replied Posh.