But I noticed that this week's theme is "frozen in time," which I think is pretty cool. It happens that I took some pics last weekend of musicians in an Irish folk band, playing in a darkened room downtown.
The resulting grainy images look like old-timey photos, the setting as if it were in an unheated pub many years ago.
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very cool shots. fits very well!
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting take on the theme. That first picture looks haunting in a way. The texture makes the difference, I think. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous portraits - the facial features & expressions have been captured so creatively !
ReplyDeleteI love these, I can imagine listening to their music! Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI like the mood and rich restraint of these photographs. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to go to the Irish bar up north of Kansas City :) Great shots!
ReplyDeleteWonderful portraits of these musicians. Love their expressions. Nothing like capturing an artist in their creative mode. :)
ReplyDeleteMusicians are wonderful to photograph. It was so dark though, and they move a lot. :)
DeleteGreat shots, Kerry. I love that the first photo does look sort of haunting. Even though she is playing beautiful music, her expression looks as if she has a tormented soul.
ReplyDeleteThanks JarieLyn. I keep looking at her expression too. There is a deepness to it that I feel lucky to have captured.
Deletelove these ... so very well shot
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you back, Kerry. The muted colours and grainy textures really do look as if they come from days gone by. I see the haunted look JarieLyn refers to in the first shot!
ReplyDeleteWas the music good?
ReplyDeleteLaoch, the music was good, holding true to the way Irish friends/families gather in a semicircle, all the fiddles playing the melody, the musicians of different ages. But the crowd was noisy & it was hard to hear, so I moved in close to listen & take a few shots. Fun.
DeleteThe pictures are eery and yes it looks like those women have come across time to play music for the post modern world. Very cool!
ReplyDeletelove seeing you back, several of us old-timers returning this week. I do love the photos, both of the musicians have really beautiful faces. hugs from Houston.
ReplyDeleteGinger, I also enjoyed seeing you back. Houston!
DeleteYes Kerry glad to see you back. I like your interpretations of frozen in time. As we know photos do that but now that we use them on the internet they are indeed frozen into cyberspace and can forever be retrieved. Love the technique you used.
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Thanks Peggy. I wish I did have a technique, but I don't, not at all!
DeleteLove that first shot. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think she looks a little like a cgi. Something about the surface of her skin. But she was so beautiful in reality, and I took a lot of shots. This was my favorite. I showed it to her.
DeleteThe second shot could be a vintage painting.
ReplyDeleteThere is something painterly about these photos. The darkness? Grainy image? Introspective focus on the face? I don't know.
DeleteSuch wonderfully atmospheric shots! They do seem to be from another time. I find the photo of the violinist particularly haunting.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The camera did it. Not me.
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