Plumber

[Antonio Correia]

This morning I met this plumber working.
I do not like especially this photograph. I was inside the tube, as far as I could. I couldn't avoid the disturbing reflections on the wall and his work is not very obvious.
It is difficult to photograph people working when they are doing so. I would need him to pose for me and that is rather difficult.

 

[Asher Kelman]

This morning I met this plumber working.
I do not like especially this photograph. I was inside the tube, as far as I could. I couldn't avoid the disturbing reflections on the wall and his work is not very obvious.
It is difficult to photograph people working when they are doing so. I would need him to pose for me and that is rather difficult.

The gesture and pose of the worker shows him totally involved in some purposeful effort requiring his concentration and physical effort. We don't need to know exactly what he's doing but I assume the water heater is being worked on, but the specifics are not that critical. What comes over is that a fellow is doing work for us and has been assigned trust and responsibility for that task.

That's what workers do and you show them respect, Antonio. You have always done that!

Asher

 

[James Lemon]

This morning I met this plumber working.
I do not like especially this photograph. I was inside the tube, as far as I could. I couldn't avoid the disturbing reflections on the wall and his work is not very obvious.
It is difficult to photograph people working when they are doing so. I would need him to pose for me and that is rather difficult.

A realistic picture Antonio I think the sharp shadow and reflections are what makes this work!

 

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you both, for commenting.
The guy was coming and going and did not wait for me to take his picture...
Now, I see that I should have been on the other side of the tube, having a back view of the light and facing him.
But I was in a position so uncomfortable that it did not occur to me !

Meanwhile, someone sent me the crop herewith.
In it, the crop factor is not respected for the one I usually use for this series. It must be 3/5 horizontal. And, I think the image is too tight, too compact. It needs some more area on both sides.

However, for the sake of experimenting and trying, I made other crops and the one I like most is the square !

The light is missing: No !
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I have "all" the image available, so it is easier and versatile to me to make a good (or diff) crop
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The one I like most: the quare.​

 

[James Lemon]

This morning I met this plumber working.
I do not like especially this photograph. I was inside the tube, as far as I could. I couldn't avoid the disturbing reflections on the wall and his work is not very obvious.
It is difficult to photograph people working when they are doing so. I would need him to pose for me and that is rather difficult.

I like the feeling of this one and the depth of the image is more appealing IMHO.

Best, regards
James

 

[Robert Watcher]

I prefer the original to the cropped images as well. The lighting, shadow and other elements - make for a very stylized image that works with the subject matter I think.


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[Asher Kelman]

Thank you both, for commenting.
The guy was coming and going and did not wait for me to take his picture...
Now, I see that I should have been on the other side of the tube, having a back view of the light and facing him.
But I was in a position so uncomfortable that it did not occur to me !

Meanwhile, someone sent me the crop herewith.
In it, the crop factor is not respected for the one I usually use for this series. It must be 3/5 horizontal. And, I think the image is too tight, too compact. It needs some more area on both sides.

However, for the sake of experimenting and trying, I made other crops and the one I like most is the square !

The light is missing: No !
-

I have "all" the image available, so it is easier and versatile to me to make a good (or diff) crop
-

The one I like most: the quare.​

One of my beliefs is that one can do most of the work of framing much of the time while shooting. However, one has, at that time a larger view with one's own eyes, and we feel we did the right job excluding so much when we took that shot.

I find that it's best to imagine one's starts framing when one comes home at sits before the image. Now we can ask, "What must I include?" That's how I work.

Here, Antonio you are exploring and that is what Ansel Adams did in his darkroom, having prepared himself so meticulously for releasing the shutter in the first place. These I believe are two creative parts that go in sequence.

I like the process here as it reveals new your choices and this way, the most powerful and meaningful presentation is revealed to you.

I never even imagined that square framing and I think it's a great choice! It seems "right" too. Imagine you use a 6x6 Rollei, Hasselblad or Mamiya and that's what you would have framed!

Asher

 

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you for your comments.
Looking at these images and those from the religious procession I see - even in two very different scenarios - that I have tendency to photograph with the subject in the middle of the rectangle.
I must correct that !

Asher, I use only three crop factors: square, 3/4 and 3/5. So, experimenting the square was easy.

I will have to try this guy some day soon !