LA Life, Copyright 2001 Jeff Spirer

OK, it's not a great photo but it's still too slow around here.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), March 21, 2001

Answers

And I forgot to close the center tag.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), March 21, 2001.

I think this is the sort of image I would take if I set out to emulate your pictures.

There are several interesting elements, but they don't really work well together or in opposition and I'm left wondering why they are sharing a frame. There's some scope for social comment - I liked the 'genuine' and 'city display' - but it's a bit too disorganised (or subtle).

-- Struan Gray (struan.gray@sljus.lu.se), March 21, 2001.

Two people who, if you worked up the nerve to ask them to just stand in front of the camera and look into the lens, would give you amazing pictures....

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), March 21, 2001.

Nerve is never my problem. I did ask him and he said yes, but mostly he wanted me to shoot the tattoo on his foot which said "The Money Foot." He's a dancer. She said no, although I had already shot this one. Here's a link to The Money Foot, unfortunately, the tattoo is a bit hard to read:

The Money Foot

Here's two other shots of the same guy. Unfortunately, the light was very flat, LA style.

Dancer>

Dancer>

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), March 21, 2001.

the dancer 1 pic's nice- great diagonals happening.... too bad she didnt feel like posing.....

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), March 21, 2001.

Hmm. They remind me of the sort of thing painters and watercolourists have in their sketchbooks. Impressions grabbed for further perusal, with synthesis to come.

-- Struan Gray (struan.gray@sljus.lu.se), March 23, 2001.