Comments on: Spring Fling: The people

By: Rob (Kathy's brother)

Rob (Kathy's brother) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:57:02 +0000

As a budding photographer, having that “shyness” of taking people’s pictures is something I wrestle with too, especially of people I am talking with.

There is a middle ground between posed and candid. A casual, “hey, you two stand together and let me get a shot” results in seeing the people’s faces, but not being overly stiff.

Some people fire off randomly trying to get candids and end up with a bunch of blurry and bad shots.

Sometimes I dont feel like taking pictures though

By: Spring Fling: The places | Cold Climate Gardening

Spring Fling: The places | Cold Climate Gardening — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:23:45 +0000

[...] a previous post, I told you a little about the people I met at Spring Fling, the first national meet-up of garden [...]

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:20:23 +0000

And I had mostly people shots! Well, maybe 1/2 and 1/2. Largely because I left my husband the good camera for his visiting family and my point and shoot is fine for people candid and less appropriate for interesting plant shots! I love that we can surf around and put together such an amazing overview of the whole experience with everyone’s unique perspective. Can’t wait to see your photos and see what caught your eye. It was great to see you again and thanks for the tech talk and advice.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:34:35 +0000

I agree about the photos. I went mad taking pictures at the gardens we went to but I would have preferred looking back and seeing lots of casual shots of bloggers chatting and laughing. The last thing I needed was one more shot of a cacti!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:38:48 +0000

I wish I’d had a chance to talk with you more. I think we spoke only briefly. So glad you had a nice time in Austin.

Regarding photos: Most of mine were of the plants & hardscapes. I am thankful for other people’s ‘social’ photos though. They are a lot of fun to see.

Cheers!
Dawn

By: bill / prairie point

bill / prairie point — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:27:09 +0000

I was really happy to meet you at last.

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:57:15 +0000

The same thing happened to me for the same reason, I don’t like the stiff formality of posed shots. I have only a few shots with people in them incidentally. I guess I’ve been well-trained by my relatives who don’t like to be photographed in candids. I’ll have to try harder next time.

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:04:31 +0000

I’ve really been enjoying each person’s perspective on the Fling. Most of us have mentioned having trouble summarizing it neatly for a blog post, haven’t we? But each post one of us writes helps bring it a little more into focus.

By the way, I finally got my copy of this month’s Horticulture, and your article on the back page was a good read. Well done!

By: Linda MacPhee-Cobb

Linda MacPhee-Cobb — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:30:30 +0000

It was nice to meet you at Spring Fling.

I have to confess all my photos are garden ones.

I’ve been going back to our mug shots on Digging to get the names and faces and blogs all firmly stuffed in to my brain.

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:44:59 +0000

Kathy, every time I read a Spring Flingers’ post I say, “Exactly, exactly what I thought!” We all noticed different plants, we all took different photos , (well some of us forgot to take photos we were in such awe of the gardens), and we all had some different takes on the experiences that add up to an incredibly satisfying to the spirit and senses weekend. Looking forward to your SP post.

Gail