A few years ago I was photographing in The St. Lawrence Market, a large fresh food market here in Toronto, when I spied this beautiful child sitting in her stroller as her parents shopped. Obviously bored, she was playing peek-a-boo; covering her face with her hands, and then chanting "Peek-a-Boo, I see you ", as she opened her hands. With her parents permission I watched her chant, got into the rhythm, and got this shot as she opened her hands.
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Registered: September 2005 Location: east coast Posts: 2,410
Mon January 9, 2006 12:42pm
great expression you captured. seems a little noisy though.
beth
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Registered: August 2005 Location: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Posts: 339
Mon January 9, 2006 1:06pm
Thank you, Ladies, for your kind comments.
Beth, if by "noisy" you mean "grainy", you are of course, correct. Please keep in mind that this image was shot on Ektachrome 400 ISO colour slide film that was push-processed one stop. The St.Lawrence Market is a wonderful place to do candid photography, however, it has two really serious drawbacks. First the light levels are quite low. I routinely shoot in there with 400 speed slide film pushed one stop at about 1/60 or 1/125th, wide open. Using slower film or longer exposures only results in blurred images.
And second, the light in there is a dog's breakfast. Natural light (through skylights and a few windows), is mixed with incandescent and fluorescent lighting in the various booths, making a colour-correction nightmare. Put it all together, and it's still a fabulous, busy and wonderful place to spend a Saturday shooting.
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