Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Faceless portrait

A portrait of one of the patrons at our library. No, he didn't know I was taking his picture. My husband is beginning to worry about me and my venturing into stealth photography.
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  1. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    If he's a UConn fan he best turn the page and read backwards! Now, how do you pronounce Britain here, or am I going to have to look that up? Any animosity towards the name that came out of the Revolutionary War? :-)

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  2. GiseleApril 5, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    I think we are going to have to start a bail bond fund for those of us who may get arrested in the course of the challenge. You may beat me to it!

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  3. KarenBApril 5, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    I like that term - stealth photography. I'm becoming more attracted to it myself. I try to practice while my husband isn't around, however. And I'm still shy about posting images.

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  4. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    Ah what our Spouses (or is the plural Spice?) have to put up with! LOL

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  5. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    What would you have done if had lowered his paper at the time you were taking this shot - is there a plan B if this happens? LOL

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  6. thelloApril 6, 2011 at 2:56 AM

    this is absolutely beautiful! "stealth photography"? I am doing it all days long.

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  7. ChesneyApril 6, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    LOVE this...a mundane every day scene made exciting and newsworthy! It is kinda fun capturing people who don't know you are shooting them...although it still intimidates me a bit!

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  8. LoisApril 6, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Must be an interesting article he is reading. Fun photo.

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  9. Julie McLeodApril 7, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    I never take shots of strangers but I'm sure it is a lot easier to do this with iPHones than with dSLRs. You can always pretend you're just texting at an odd angle. ;-)

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  10. BobbieCoughlinApril 7, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    @Steven: here, "New Britain" is pronounced, "New Bri'ahn," , short I, with kind of a glotteral stop in between the syllables. The Revolutionary isn't an issue (the sports teams at our Berlin High school are the Redcoats!)However, as a person of Irish descent...well, lets just say the whole Redcoat thing has always bothered me.

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  11. BobbieCoughlinApril 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    @jackscrap: That's the cool thing about iPhoneography: I'm sitting across from this dude, and I'm just looking into my phone. When (and it did happen) the paper came down, I just gazed into the phone and moved some fingers, so it looked like I was texting! I do make usre when I do my "stealth photography" that people aren't clearly identifiable and that it's in a very public place.

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  12. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    This is a great everyday pose and the processing really makes it wonderful. I'm shy with my camera too but one can't hide or pretend with a DSLR...should have a phone camera just for these occasions.

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  13. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    perfect theme fulfillment

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  14. AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Lovely image, and fantastic processing. Love everything about it...

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