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Photo of the Week – Kim Hadley

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A Look At The Other, Unguarded Side

Kim Hadley - "The Screamer"

Kim Hadley - "The Screamer"

You may remember past postings of young girls strutting their best behavior from Sandy Pinto, Nancy Bowers and Rosie Kosinski. Here Kim has captured a different side to these “angels” as this five-year-old lass demands that her dog obey and come running. The wide open, gum-filled mouth, the tightly clinched eyes and the “white fingernail” clasp on the railing all indicate an intensity in her scream that can literally be felt and heard.
Kim was inside at the Florence Thomas Art School with her camera when she spotted this scene through a window. She quickly framed the shot, focused and hoped for the best as shooting through a window can create reflection and distortion problems. The result is a great look at spontaneity, framed perfectly by the railings in the foreground and background. The lighting isn’t too shabby either. Being aware, prepared and working quickly, with a little luck thrown in, can be very rewarding.

Photo of the Week – Diane LaBonte

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Wet – Gray – Blue – With Just a Touch of Red

Diane LaBonte - Rainy Winter Day

Diane LaBonte - Rainy Winter Day


A day for a fire, a comfortable chair and a good book-that’s the thought that comes to mind when viewing this excellent capture by Diane LaBonte. The rain sheeting down the glass panes is consistent to provide an overall distortion while maintaining enough clarity to make the scene easily recognizable. The excessive blue cast created by the thick clouds would be corrected for a different scene but here it’s perfect to accent the bleakness of the day. The most remarkable component of this photograph is the very careful framing, keeping the camera not only level but square with the window mullions-no converging lines to spoil the scene and distract the eye.
Diane’s camera was a Canon T1i using a Canon EF-S18/55mm f/2.5-5.6 IS lens zoomed to 55mm. 1/50 sec was the shutter speed and the aperture selected was a high f/25 to make both the near mullions and the distant elements sharply in focus. The high ISO of 1600 may have added some noise but that could be considered a good thing for this particular shot.