Morganton, North Carolina- summer 2000
Oh no, it appears that someone (any guess as to who) has hacked into the photographer's blog and is posting unbeknownst to him. Any purist could find a number of flaws in this shot. The older gentleman's right arm is cut off and there is zero contrast making it difficult to distinguish the facial features or even the clothes on the part of our little swordfighter. Even digital correcting can't save this one. Yet it is a family favorite and our son who was only three when his Grandpa died 'remembers' the events surrounding this picture- a game of pirates in which whoever 'fell off the ship' (in this case the area rug) was the loser.
The winner here is the look on Grandpa's face. Every now and then the photographer can be persuaded to take pictures of people; usually posed shots for Christmas cards (he starts in October) but give me, the Blog Hacker, a flawed candid anytime.
畫意能達萬言 Chinese proverb- a picture's meaning can express ten thousand words and oh yes...
Never digital- always film
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