We had dinner with Fred and
Thierry at "Le
Bretagne" for a change.
It's a very warm French restaurant (although the purists will say
"Crêperie Bretonne"!) serving crepes ("galettes" would
be the appropriate word for the same purists) in Omotesando, Tokyo. I really
like the atmosphere there, as well as the food, although it's not really
compatible with my diet!.
I seized the opportunity to use my camera again (it has been staying without exercise for too long, since I started to be busy in the office) and took a few shots, out of which this one of Fred with a lady in a blurred background looked quite nice to me.
I'm not sure this is street photography per se (picture of a friend, taken in a restaurant, etc.) but there was no particular setup and when I looked at the scene, within a microsecond, everything became so clear (how I should frame the picture, what aperture I should use), that I knew I had to take the shot!
As said in the "Home of Street Photography", it is just about seeing and reacting.
Do you feel the same as I do when I look at this photograph? I feel
frustrated by not seeing what Fred is looking at, by the fact that the lady is
blurred and you cannot tell what she looks like, by the apparent relationship
there is between Fred and the lady which cannot actually exist since they are
on different planes, by the crop that the camera imposes, preventing me from
seeing the rest of Fred's face, etc.
All those things crossed my mind before I took the shot, that's what makes it
so special to me.
How about you?
