portraits
Happy retirement to my Father in Law.
It was a good opportunity to get the camera out and take a couple of portraits.
I think he will miss the working day, but I have no doubt he will soon get into the swing of having a seven day weekend.
Enjoy your retirement.
Images were taken with the FujiFilm XPRO2.
My style of photography is all about the moment.
This image of my Mum and Niece captures the true essence of my approach to photography.
There is nothing staged. It is just a natural interaction between the two of them, and luckily, I was there with the camera. They will both age, but this image will always be locked into that moment, which becomes timeless.
Keep the Faith.
KV
Jane Bown - Exposures
I was introduced to Jane Bowen’s work when a good friend of mine gave me his spare copy of the book Exposures. Each portrait is different, but they give us this little glimpse into the subject's true persona looking out from the page.
Jane Bown worked for the Observer newspaper for over five decades, and in that time, she photographed the great, the good and the not so good of politics, music, art, and theatre.
Observer editor John Mulholland called her "part of the Observer's DNA".
What can we learn from Jane Bown and the book Exposures?
She was uninterested in the latest camera equipment and mainly used second-hand cameras, with the Olympus OM1 being the one she favoured the most. There were no gimmicks to her work, no props, no glamourous studios or locations. Everything was done with the available light. The camera was already set up, and she could be done and dusted within 15 minutes.
Jane Bowen was extremely reluctant to speak about her work, and the quote “photographers should neither be seen nor heard” is a testament to that approach.
Jane Bown, photographer, born 13 March 1925; died 21 December 2014.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/oct/18/jane-bown-60-years-portraits
Keep the Faith
KV
