games people play

[fahim mohammed]

A photograph by my wife for which she would like your comments please. We have a bet going!

Thanks.

 

[Rachel Foster]

More! Let's see more of her work! Well done, Ms. Mohammed!

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

A photograph by my wife for which she would like your comments please. We have a bet going!

Thanks.

Hi Fahim,

What kind of bet, you make me curious? ;-) There are many things going on in this picture. Before I mention some of them, let me start by saying that I like the picture very much. The main feeling it evokes in me is the serenity and joy of family/friends having a good time together. I see different age groups and perhaps even different races (is that so?). They seem to be quite at ease with each other. More importantly, they are not paying any attention to the photographer, who is a "fly on the wall" at close quarters here. It might mean that she (your wife) comes over as quite friendly and non-threatening or she knows them already or both.

On the technical side, I think that the tonality and contrast are quite good and the picture is composed well. Of course one could always consider cropping a bit differently but you won't hear me on that or other technical trivia. What's important is that it is a successful picture. Well done

 

[Asher Kelman]

This is picture of a guy, taking his medicine, or maybe a breath mint, LOL, while watching the game.

Asher

 

[Ruben Alfu]

More! Let's see more of her work! Well done, Ms. Mohammed!

+1!

This is a formidable example of great documentary photography.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Good evening Rachel..

Would like to thank you for seeing my pic. Fahim helped me with ps, impatiently.

Best regards.
Ayesha.

More! Let's see more of her work! Well done, Ms. Mohammed!

 

[fahim mohammed]

Hello Cem. Thank you. Exactly reason you say I take photo of them.

Kind regards.

Hi Fahim,

What kind of bet, you make me curious? ;-) There are many things going on in this picture. Before I mention some of them, let me start by saying that I like the picture very much. The main feeling it evokes in me is the serenity and joy of family/friends having a good time together. I see different age groups and perhaps even different races (is that so?). They seem to be quite at ease with each other. More importantly, they are not paying any attention to the photographer, who is a "fly on the wall" at close quarters here. It might mean that she (your wife) comes over as quite friendly and non-threatening or she knows them already or both.

On the technical side, I think that the tonality and contrast are quite good and the picture is composed well. Of course one could always consider cropping a bit differently but you won't hear me on that or other technical trivia. What's important is that it is a successful picture. Well done

 

[fahim mohammed]

Hi Mr. Kelman.

Yes, but fahim is not in the picture. he is hypochondriac. very.

best regards.

This is picture of a guy, taking his medicine, or maybe a breath mint, LOL, while watching the game.

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Hello Mr. Alfu.

i do not take good pics. this is lucky.

thank you very much.

+1!

This is a formidable example of great documentary photography.

 

[Rachel Foster]

Ayesha needs her own account, Fahim. Ayesha: more, please, more!

 

[John Angulat]

Fahim, my friend, I do believe you have been holding out on us!
All along, you've been quietly and politely accepting praise for images clearly shot by Ayesha!
(just having some fun!)

Ayesha, this is a wonderful capture!
After following your adventures here at OPF, now we can add "photographer" to your list of talents!
It matters little the assistance Fahim may have provided in PS. You are the one who saw the opportunity for a great image, carefully composed it and executed it precisely!
My compliments!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Ayesha,

Long before this picture came to OPF, I've glimpsed at the privilege Fahim has in being able to walk through life's journey with a woman of valor and worth. I know that feeling. Your first picture here is a sharply focused documentary of life in that place and may others. It's especially well thought out in sacrificing colors and presenting, (what must have been perfectly interesting in the original color, to black and white. This means that the success or failure of the picture now depends on the forms and meaning, freed from immediate eye candy given by colors. You have succeeded in giving us an interesting scene that we can return to and enjoy again and again.

This could be in Barcelona, sitting on the side of the public square near the memorial to the hero of the war to protect Catalonia from Franco, it could be in a dusty street in Havana. Excpetional.

I'd consider a crop at the level of the seam in the jeans on the left so the legs do not distract.

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

John. fahim replying as ayesha is cooking for her darling son ( a medical student !! ). she wants
me to thank you for your kind and really encouraging remarks.

Now my comments: climbing mountains AND photography was not in the neptual agreements!

Take care.

Fahim, my friend, I do believe you have been holding out on us!
All along, you've been quietly and politely accepting praise for images clearly shot by Ayesha!
(just having some fun!)

Ayesha, this is a wonderful capture!
After following your adventures here at OPF, now we can add "photographer" to your list of talents!
It matters little the assistance Fahim may have provided in PS. You are the one who saw the opportunity for a great image, carefully composed it and executed it precisely!
My compliments!

 

[fahim mohammed]

Asher, I shall let her reply to this one herself ( or maybe not show it to her..don't want things to get
to her head!!)

Regards.

Ayesha,

Long before this picture came to OPF, I've glimpsed at the privilege Fahim has in being able to walk through life's journey with a woman of valor and worth. I know that feeling. Your first picture here is a sharply focused documentary of life in that place and may others. It's especially well thought out in sacrificing colors and presenting, (what must have been perfectly interesting in the original color, to black and white. This means that the success or failure of the picture now depends on the forms and meaning, freed from immediate eye candy given by colors. You have succeeded in giving us an interesting scene that we can return to and enjoy again and again.

This could be in Barcelona, sitting on the side of the public square near the memorial to the hero of the war to protect Catalonia from Franco, it could be in a dusty street in Havana. Excpetional.

I'd consider a crop at the level of the seam in the jeans on the left so the legs do not distract.

Asher

 

[Charlotte Thompson]

Fahim

very nice capture- she and you should do a lot of work together-
you seem so much alike

Charlotte-

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Fahim, Ayesha

I really like this picture, as ever with Fahim's ps it is technically good, but the picture surpasses that and it's content and compositon make it.

Having been together so long you clearly have one vision - now Fahim, when will you be climbing mountains?

Great
Mike

 

[shah hossain]

wow... so nice pic

everyone's thinking here.
especially, i look at the old woman and see that she is in full concentration.

this indoor game is known as SAKKA in our language.

good pic mr fahim

 

[Wayne Stratton]

I love this photo. I like how the body's frame the moment around the game board. I like how it seems they dont know the photo is being taken. The lighting is great, with shadows in all the right places. Well done!

 

[fahim mohammed]

Charolette, Mike...

Sorry for the belated response. I forgot about this pic ( 'cause it belongs to her! ). Yes we are alike and different. we prefer not to get too intimate during our travels, though!

Shah, Wayne..

Thank you so much for stooping by and providing me with your comments. Much appreciated.

Regards.