As it says - nothing to add, but thought I'd share these quickly. Nothing planned or posed, no added light.
They are what they are
.. and that's "Wonderful!", Mike!
These two are my special favorites. The first for it's unpolished natural impishness and the second for a personal private moment we'll treasure a long time from now. When snaps like these arouse in us the feelings of parents, uncles, aunts and grandparents looking to the one's who's time will come sooner than they imagine, the pictures gain the title of "Photographs we can value as of our own".
Add to this some pointers for the enthusiasts who wants to photograph their own children. In the first picture, notice how the hair is lit, (and, BTW, well focussed), so that it shows as
part of the vigor of the child but does not call attention to any
methodology or conceit of the photographer. However, this one facet of the picture, helps energize the delivery.
In the second picture, we move from the bright light on the right to the girl, gradually getting less intense as it wraps around her in her private moment of concentration. We see just enough of her pencils and hair to know a little more about her, what she might be doing and that this is indeed a young girl. This is not a hard crop for effect, but rather a gentle minimalist intrusion just sufficient to absorb the moment into the camera.
Splendidly done! Thanks for sharing.
Asher
