Man and Sea

Posted by Laurie (New Jersey, United States) on 11 July 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my recent images especially the last one. I do believe it's my most commented on photo ever on either photoblog. Wow! I am overwhelmed! I feel the pressure now to try and top them all the time which is impossible. I will try to keep it interesting though.

I'm pretty busy these days as I've mentioned on my other blog and haven't had a lot of time to shoot photos for the blogs so I'm going into the recent archives for a few.

This is one that I really love for personal reasons. Some of you may have seen him in this post on my other blog.

I met him at East Point Lighthouse in the early dawn hours several weeks ago when I was there with Mark to shoot the lighthouse at sunrise. The sunrise was disappointing but I made the nearly 3 hour trip so I was going to make the best of it. Fortunately I was there long enough to meet this man and his dog on their morning ritual of a cup of coffee for the man and a romp in the bay for the dog.

He was a kind gentleman with a deep fondness for this place which he's seen change much over the years. Sometimes for the better and sometimes not. Regardless, he loves his home and this spot in particular. He graciously allowed me to shoot a few pictures of him as we talked. He often seemed to get lost in a flood of fond memories and would gaze off lost in thought as we spoke. There was something very touching about the encounter and I only regret that I didn't catch his name.

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Comments (31)

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

he looks like a Greek GOD from mount OLYMPUS, outstanding portrait, very mooving, bravo

11 Jul 2007 5:44am

@Dimitrios: Thanks.

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Beautiful portrait, I love it!

11 Jul 2007 6:03am

@Dawn Sutherland: Thanks.

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Beautifully done, Laurie....love his sincere expressions, i.e. without looking at the camera...it really adds to this wonderful portrait! Cheers. B-)

11 Jul 2007 9:04am

@{H} creatives: Thanks. His gaze frequently drifted off as if pondering some distant memory.

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Wonderful shot! Great look! Just pondering life! :) Great!

11 Jul 2007 9:55am

@HorseRotorVator: Thanks.

Bron from Canberra, Australia

A wonderful study full of gentle understated character. He looks so much part of his environment Great work Laurie!

11 Jul 2007 11:53am

@Bron: Thanks.

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Beautiful portrait and story Laurie...thanks for sharing!

11 Jul 2007 12:44pm

@Jen: Thanks.

Angry Buddha from Phoenixville, United States

Great portrait. Keep trying to top yourself and it will be interesting.

11 Jul 2007 1:29pm

@Angry Buddha: Thanks. It will be challenging to say the least.

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Thank you so much for enhancing your absolutely excellent portrait of this local gentleman with more than a sentence or two of commentary about the photo. I think our aminus3 world would be improved if more of us did a bit more writing to go along with our shutter-snapping. Myself included. Maybe you'll become the trend-setter here on a variety of levels.

11 Jul 2007 6:00pm

@Viewfinder: Thanks. I tend to have a somewhat wordy blog both here and at Capture This. Sometimes I have a lot to say, sometimes not so much.

Suby & Sinem from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

This is an awesome portrait, liking this on all levels :d

Suby

11 Jul 2007 7:24pm

@Suby & Sinem: Thanks.

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

You caught this guys character perfectly!

12 Jul 2007 2:22am

@Craiger: Thanks. He was such a sweet guy, a pleasure to talk to.

david from chesham, United Kingdom

i love this kind of shot - if you had to put a background to this man's face it would just have to be the sea. excellent!

12 Jul 2007 12:19pm

@david: Thanks. I thought so too. It just was the perfect match.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

I agree with Dimitrios.
Absolutely wonderful shot.

12 Jul 2007 7:12pm

@badala: Thanks.

Shailja from Boston, United States

You seem to have perfectly captured what you described about this gentleman - great shot!

12 Jul 2007 10:36pm

@Shailja: Thanks.

Shar from Regina, SK, Canada

Great capture...I wonder how it would look in B&W?

12 Jul 2007 11:47pm

@Shar: Thanks. t was actually a little disappointing in black and white. I really couldn't seem to pull the kind of contrast out of it I would have liked.

KM Faisal from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

wow..great one and nice expression

13 Jul 2007 12:57pm

@KM Faisal: Thanks.

travelingrant from Kanazawa, Japan

Yeah, thats a really good portrait. Excellent subject, good framing, and a nice non-distracting background. Good job.

13 Jul 2007 1:49pm

@travelingrant: Thanks.

Celialee from Kyoto, Japan

This is an excellent portrait. Love his expression and the story behind the photo.

13 Jul 2007 2:05pm

@Celialee: Thanks.

hamidreza from Tehran, Iran

excellent lighting & perfect framing. Fantastic portraite.

13 Jul 2007 3:18pm

@hamidreza: Thanks.

miu* from GA, United States

This pic reminds me of the novel written by Hemmingway.

13 Jul 2007 3:58pm

@miu*: Thanks. I thought that too.

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

EXCELLENT portrait and i love the way you have placed him off center. Very well done.

Have a great weekend pal. :)

13 Jul 2007 4:52pm

@Rahul: Thanks. A busy weekend it will be too.

pisces from Stockholm, Sweden

Wonderful portrait.

13 Jul 2007 5:57pm

@pisces: Thanks.

mahdi from mahmoodabad, Iran

nice focus and Take ... my friend :)

13 Jul 2007 8:48pm

@mahdi: Thanks.

Catalin from Bucharest, Romania

Very well done here. an excellent portrait and good use of DoF.

13 Jul 2007 10:28pm

@Catalin: Thanks.

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Fabulous portrait!

13 Jul 2007 11:27pm

@Helen: Thanks.

Bob Israel from Brookfield, WI, United States

A beautiful well composed portrait. I love the DOF.

14 Jul 2007 12:25am

@Bob Israel: Thanks.

Evie from Fairfax, United States

Wonderful portrait.

14 Jul 2007 4:06pm

@Evie: Thanks.

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Nice portrait, love the background.

15 Jul 2007 4:08am

@Zing: Thanks.

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

this is a great portrait. well composed with great emotion on his face. his kindness seems to come through the beard and rough exterior.

15 Jul 2007 2:31pm

@Nick Passantino: Thanks. He was a very gentle soul to be sure.

Photo Buffet from Albany, United States

Your love for people's stories reminds me of Paul Lester's work. It's fun to run into people like this gentleman, and to really listen. Everyone has a story, and as Paul said in his post today, "No moment is insignificant."

18 Jul 2007 1:57pm

@Photo Buffet: Thanks. I really enjoy reading Paul's posts. He is a gifted photographer as well as an interesting writer.

Alain from Lutetia, France

Very nice expression! Great portrait!

18 Jul 2007 6:45pm

@Alain: Thanks.

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

This is a wonderful portrait Laurie, I really love his expression, you can really feel he has a lot of stories to tell, you can really feel he was lost in distant memories when you made the photo, Congratulations!

23 Jul 2007 8:42pm

@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks. I believe he would have been able to talk all day given the chance. I would have listened had I had more time.

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