The Photographer
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Woman photographer at TeaLuxe – wide shot.
“>I saw the top of the laptop and knowing that the table tops are made of copper, I wondered if the laptop was simply reflecting that. Not so, the laptop is itself copper colored. I was taken with the panoply of color. I asked to take a picture. She asked about publication. I gave her my blog card and she agreed. In fact, what she said about print rights sounded generous. She is herself a photographer. So I hope she will advise me on technique. With a simple point and shoot camera, about the only thing you have to remember is that you are interacting with the camera’s program. Mostly I shoot action. People doing stuff. What they are doing is more important that the settings. But in this case I probably should have [and she would have tolerated ] taken time to experiment with settings.
The thing I need most help with is the “people” parts. How do you approach people as subjects. More importantly, how do sell stuff? At age 58, I really could use a marketable skill. Despite 15 years at Harvard, I have about 2 years worth of retirement benefits.
One lesson I’ve alreadly learned:
I should have taken this shot instead of cropping it out of the other. I’m old. I’m afraid I may be too old to flirt with dignity. [Flirtation is by nature ambiguous.] But I am quite single if that helps any.
- previous:
- There’s no place like home.
- next:
- How fares the Union?
