PLAY January - Nikon 50mm f/1.4G: Repair Café by vignouse

PLAY January - Nikon 50mm f/1.4G: Repair Café

Our 'canton' town, Plélan-le-Grand (there is also a Plélan-le-Petit about 40km away - but it is a much larger town than Plélan-le-Grand... go figure!). recently started a new monthly initiative called Repair Café, staffed by a group of volunteers each having a particular expertise.. The deal is that people bring along broken things that would normally be thrown away and the volunteers do their best to breathe new life into them. Mrs S is one of the volunteers and she is pictured here repairing a favourite dress that a lady visitor couldn't bear to part with.

This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: in January it's the Nikon 50mm f/1.4G on a full-frame camera (the D610 today). This illustrates one of the uses of this focal length - environmental portraits, where the 'classic' 85mm portrait lens would require you to be too far away from your subject.

This was also an interesting processing challenge as she had a high window directly behind her and the bright sunlight completely burned out all the detail on the back of her head and the top of her ear. The hair on the back half of her head is all cloned from the little tuft in front of her ear. The ear itself is less successful as there wasn't much left to clone from!

Posting this late due to computer problems... now resolved, happily.
Great shot, details and what a neat effort by the volunteers (Mrs. S included)
January 15th, 2017  
That is such a great idea! I like your photo capturing them...what a smart activity for volunteers as it's such a good use of time.
January 15th, 2017  
Lovely image of Mrs S and good on her for volunteering for such an innovative project.
January 15th, 2017  
What a wonderful concept. It's hard enough to do your own mending, much less someone else's, so kudos to Mrs. S!
January 15th, 2017  
@featherstone26 I think it's easier mending something at a group event, mainly because that's the ethos/objective and there are none of the distractions or pressures that can too easily prevail at home! Those who benefit are encouraged to make a donation which will go back into the Centre's coffers for the same and/or other ventures which can provide pleasure and satisfaction so readily.

Am pleased about this as I support the view; no price, no value.
January 15th, 2017  
Ahh what a great idea. Plus what a benefit to the repairer who gets the joy that comes from helping,
January 15th, 2017  
I love the sense of community that comes across in your photos. This is a wonderful idea. And this is a nice photo of Mrs. S.
January 15th, 2017  
To help is to grow. Wonderful shot.
January 16th, 2017  
What a great initiative :)
January 16th, 2017  
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