The Photo Game: Candid Relationship
Background
I joined Kenneth Wajda and a small group of photographers in a weekly photo game a while ago. Kenneth wrote a prompt each week and tasked us with creating a photograph that met the prompt. Unfortunately, Kenneth's photo game is taking a break.
Since I'm not prepared to give up the game, my wife graciously agreed to provide me with a surprise prompt each week so that I can continue.
The rules are still the same:
- All submissions must be scans of film, no photos from digital cameras
- Images must be captured, processed, and submitted by 8 AM each Saturday
- Miss a week, and you're out
My goal in playing is simple. Get out and shoot film.
This Week
This week's prompt required me to find a candid shot of a relationship. I made this task unnecessarily difficult due to nervousness about making subjects uncomfortable. I like asking people for photographs but struggle getting candids. It seemed especially difficult with my short lens and a manual-focus camera.
As an added difficulty level, I also wanted to avoid photographing people from behind. There's enough bad street photography of people's backs. The world doesn't need me to make any more of that.
Unfortunately, I fell short here. This week's submission shows two people holding hands, walking away from the camera. Ugh!
I made this photo using a Canonet G-III QL17 and Ilford HP5+.