During this month, I am sharing some of my preferred portraits.
Every time you will see a different person, and yet they will have a common feature, their facial expressions sharing many deep emotions. Their expressions told me that they were perhaps remembering, dreaming, forgetting, or simply contemplating life with peace of mind.
I felt privileged to capture a second of their lives. It is up to all of us to imagine each one of their life’s stories.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
In December 2014, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers.
I am always inspired by the photos shared within our community of photobloggers, and for that I want to share my enthusiasm with you.
You can visit all other photos of all patients here: Photo Rehab
MEET THE PATIENTS
Here are all 41 participants since January 2015. Go and check their wonderful blogs as well.
Laura Gabrielle Feasey
Musings from a Frequent Flying Scientist
Snapshots Snippets and Scribbles
HOW TO JOIN THE PHOTO REHAB
Time: The Clinic is open 24 x 7
Camera: You can use any camera, from DSLR, mirrorless, compact, to smartphones.
Theme: Bring your creativity and photograph a theme of your liking in B&W or Color. With or without edition. We like learning techniques as well, if you want to share it with everyone.
Who can join: Anyone can join. All you need is passion. Passion to speak up through images – or words, if you may want to add your thoughts to it as well – showing what you see and how much that is important to you.
You can do a self-examination. If you detect any of the following symptoms, as carefully described by Albert from the blog Trigger Happy, come and join us: “Withdrawal symptoms may include the incessant need to carry your camera everywhere with you, the need to wake up in the wee hours to take photos during the golden hour, and checking up on others you met during the course to see what their newfound knowledge has brought fruit to.”
How does it work:
- Shoot a photo.
- Prepare your post and publish it. Remember to Pingback to this post and to use the tag #PhotoRehab so that we can find your post in the WP reader.
- Add your photo to the link provided below. In this way, you expose your photo to the other participants and the audience of the Photo Rehab.
- Here is the link to add your photos. Knock the wall of the Clinic… and click on the image below:
Nice. I took the challenge. The result is here:
https://exoligu.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/my-dearest-bw-portrait/
Thanks and sorry for such a late reply.
Another pensive portrait and well done in monochrome…
Sorry for such a delay to reply to you, Sally. I’m still not done with my answers to comments made during my vacations.
Thanks for the lovely comment.
I love this one as well. Definitely “remembering” is the theme as it appears he is looking back both physically and mentally.
I am sorry for this delayed reply to such an insightful comment. Thank you!
This man looks so sad. He has a heartbreaking expression, and black and white enhances the effect, I think.
Thanks for commenting, Phoenixgrey. I also felt that sadness was all over him.
Sorry for the late reply.
This is yet another fantastic capture of a man who definitely is contemplating something meaningful that happened in his life. I can’t decide if he’s upset about something or is just seriously thinking about it?
Thank you again for capturing humanity’s deepest moments on “film”…it helps us to become more sympathetic and understanding of what is going on in other people’s minds and hearts when we encounter them.
My dearest Lia, apologies for taking so long to read and reply to your insightful comment. It has been harder than I had imagined to catch up with all comments made during my vacations time.
You indeed saw the many possibilities the expression of this man evoked.
Thank you.
Lucile
I can’t begin to think how I would capture a moment like this. Thank you so much for sharing again, Lucile. 🙂
And here I’m again replying so late! Sorry, again.
Thank you for your comment, Jo.
Lucile
Another beautiful portrait, Lucile. I feel like I’m glimpsing into such a personal moment. Well done!
Thanks Britta. Much appreciated.
Please forgive me for answering after such a long time. I thought I would be able to catch up with all comments to posts scheduled during my vacations, but I was wrong.
It’s absolutely fine, Lucile. Life gets busy. I’m doing a terrible job of keeping up with comments on my blog, too, so you’re not the only one. 🙂
Thanks for making me feel better, Britta!
you really have put together an interesting series of portraits.
Thank you so much Tildy.
What a lovely capture – I’d love to know what he was thinking – but it’s also nice just seeing his face caught in thought like you have done. Nice series!
Thank you Debbie. I am so late again in replying to your considerate comments.
I think this one of your best to date, and that is saying something!
A lovely comment like that, and one that makes me blush with a smile on my face, has been unread for such a long time. And worse, never replied to you.
Thank you Andy!
As our Aussie pals would say “no worries Mate”!!
😉 thanks, mate!
Oh, this is lovely. And sad…he looks very much lost in thought, which makes it such a fantastic photograph.
And here I am again replying to you with such a delay. Apologies again.
Thanks much for your comment.
No apologies! I am just enamored…and tend to be a bit chatty. Don’t mind me!
Thank you!!