It seems to me that most kids who are even remotely interested in or cooperative about getting their picture taken anymore are so because of the instant gratification of digital. These happy little dudes in Iquitos, Peru, however, just saw my old film camera in hand and approached me to shoot them simply because they thought they were photo worthy--which of course they were! So delightful.
For those interested: Original color slide (circa 2000), scanned to 749x498 px JPG by local photo service, 2x enlarged using Topaz Gigapixel, converted to gray scale, and fine tuned using basic adjustments in Photoshop. I'll be doing a lot of this in coming days...
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I love these faces and postures and these boys’ laid-back nature! Also the tones and the grain in the street, which provide a perfect background for this candid portrait. (Someone’s posting early today!)
Very, very nice job on this, Jenn! Some day you'll have to explain to me about the scanning and enlarging and processing of old slides. You know how many thousands I have that need to be digitized....
Beautiful photo. I really thought it was b&w, since you said film camera. I know there are color films. But it was just an association my mind came up with.
I don't understand the Technichese you're talking there, but the result is stunning. I love the feel and the mood of the photograph.
don't you just love these children. back in the old country, children would even ask if i could take their pictures. they know they won't see the photo, they won't get a copy and even if they do, it would surely be misplaced or something. but they would pose. i had taken to showing them the photo in my camera's screen, they'd gush and ooh and aah. such precious creatures. aces!
It's really precious how children- no matter what culture- love to have their pictures taken. Not all of them, but most of them. These fellows are adorable. What a great shot- and well worth the trouble of converting it from a slide to a digital file.
I don't understand the Technichese you're talking there, but the result is stunning. I love the feel and the mood of the photograph.