PHOTOGRAPH INFO
Every once in awhile, Jakey stops working at the farm for 15 minutes to get a haircut!
Happy Mother's Day to Helena, Jakey's mom. It was great having lunch with you yesterday! :)
Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D
Thank you for visiting Durham Township!
--Kathleen
Jakey, the man who faces the morning dew each day, gets a fresh hair-do. Love the b&w format.
Posted by JPH on May 14, 2007 5:33 AMWell done! Nice to see Jakey taking a break.
Did you know that he was going for a hair cut and tag along? Or did you just happen to be there when yourself?
I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Posted by Laurie on May 14, 2007 5:49 AMFirst one to comment, yeah!
Great use of DOF here. Love the BW-conversion.
Posted by Tobias on May 14, 2007 6:16 AMB&W photos are so true. What a handsome young man. Beautiful portrait. Nice to see him "resting?".
Posted by Noreen on May 14, 2007 9:56 AMagreed. nice dof.
Posted by keith on May 14, 2007 10:04 AMStriking composition/cropping. Great diagonal divide between "Jakey on pause" and the focused "Barber of Civil" .........so did Jakey meet a girl or is it just sumer coming on?
Posted by david tinnon on May 14, 2007 10:08 AMNice shot and I love the dof in this. Great job.
Posted by Alice on May 14, 2007 10:36 AMUm, can we have a Jakey calendar? : )
Posted by RD on May 14, 2007 11:44 AMJPH: You're a wordsmith, methinks!
Laurie: Good coincidence with the haircut - I was at the same shopping center buying groceries and of course, I carry my camera everywhere. :)
Happy Mom's Day to you, too!
Tobias: Sorry darlin'. :) I hadn't published the other comments yet.
David Tinnon: The haircut is for summer, but posting this shot is my contribution toward finding a girlfriend for him! Now if we can just get him to stop working 85 hours a week...
RD: Yes! Hahahaha! We're working on one! I hope to have it available through Cafe Press in October/November. :)
Posted by Kathleen on May 14, 2007 12:03 PMGreat b/w shot and depth of field. I love this one.
Posted by 360 Pixels on May 14, 2007 4:45 PMThe depth of field is great, however in this case I feel that it's almost too shallow. I think it would have been more pleasing to have just a little more of the photo in focus. But hey, that's just one kid's silly opinion. Other than that tiny little quip I love it, as usual.
Posted by Michael George on May 14, 2007 5:22 PMKathleen,
I often work in b&w film so I like the artistic edge, but I would be curious to know why you decided to decide on b&w when most of your work is effective in color.-- I do like it.
Keep on keepn' on.
Dennis
Dennis
There is so much good stuff going on here. The sharpness contrast that the depth of field brings works so well with the hair and the scissors (literally sharp). I also love the capture of the awkward stare we all get during haircuts.
Posted by Chris Coyier on May 15, 2007 1:11 AMLooks like Jakey has his own personal paparazzo. I never thought a photo of a guy getting his ears lowered could look so good (don't take that the wrong way, Jakey). I have to agree with Michael George: it just needs a touch more DOF so that both eyes and the stylist's left hand are in sharp focus. I do think it looks great in B&W.
Posted by Russ on May 15, 2007 9:58 AMOH! BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!
Posted by Barbara on May 15, 2007 11:19 AMIt's serious, maaan.
Posted by Marta on May 15, 2007 4:53 PMnice portrait. he looks restless.
Posted by Dale Harpe on May 15, 2007 9:57 PMDennis: No particular reason on the B&W. Just liked the way it looked over the color version. Ramping up to do some B&W film work myself. :)
Posted by Kathleen on May 16, 2007 10:52 AMKathleen ,
This shopping ceater , can yuo get Tasty- Kakes there ?
Adolph
An American classic.
Posted by Tom K. on May 17, 2007 12:20 PMthis is so nice! i look forward to seeing more of your black and white work, and yes, i'll be buying one of those calendars ma'am. :)
Posted by your_waitress on May 24, 2007 7:12 PM