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Dave in his Barbershop

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RBSinTo Senior Member Registered: August 2005 Location: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Posts: 369 users gallery	While in Reddington Shores Florida during the Christmas holidays, I came across a very interesting Barbershop called Humanoid Haircutz owned by David Scott. In addition to the eclectic collection of interesting "stuff" that fills his shop, David has a huge collection of photographs that he took from about 1977 to 1987 in Venice California, of the then-emerging skateboard culture. He's got many of them listed on pbase (www.pbase.com/venicepix) He was kind enough to let me photograph while he did a few haircuts, and then let me take some shots of him. This is one of my favorites
	· Date: Sun April 1, 2007 · Views: 1455 · Filesize: 134.2kb · Dimensions: 800 x 513 ·
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	Keywords: Dave in his Barbershop
	Camera: Nikon N65
	Lens: Sigma 12~24 f4.5~5.6 autofocus zoom
	Photo Medium: Fuji Sensia II
	Shutter Speed and F-Stop: f 4.5 @ whatever
	Setup For Image: handheld
	Location: Reddington Shores, Florida
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Jim Jones

"Ye ole' wise one" & Contributor

Registered: March 2004
Location: rural northwest Missouri
Posts: 2,857

Sun April 1, 2007 11:56am

This is a well exposed shot of an interesting subject. Converging verticals are often a no-no, although they can be effective in some shots. Here they don't contribute to my enjoyment of the photo. A slightly lower camera position might have been better. Also, positioning David more in front of the chair on the right would partly conceal a perhaps less interesting area than what's behind him now.

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RBSinTo
Senior Member

Registered: August 2005
Location: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 369

Sun April 1, 2007 2:07pm

Jim,
Thanks for the comments. The eclectic collection of interesting bits and pieces filling the shop is to me an accurate reflection of David's personality, and as I was determined to show as much of his work environment as I could, I used my 12~24 with my back up against the plate glass front window. I knew there would be distortion at the sides of the image, but again I felt it gave a "funky" feel to the portrait, which accurately describes David and his shop.

jasonh

Senior Member

Registered: March 2004
Location: Brooklyn!
Posts: 618

Sun April 1, 2007 3:47pm

I like it. I think it does a good job of showing the personality of the shop. Nice portrait.

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