Yes!

So, this morning at 9:30 am I was in painting class doing a collage project (which I will then paint), when I ran across this photograph in a magazine and jumped out of my seat in excitement. Immediately I ripped it out, studied it a bit, and stashed it in my backpack. Then I searched for eeevver to find it online so I could post it. THIS is exactly what I mean when I'm talking about photographing people emerging out of a murky, kind of chiaroscuro darkness. This is the type of light I want to master. Soft, delicate, revealing the little finite details of the face, but not too harsh. This is an absolutely stunning photograph by Michael Nichols of National Geographic, of Babenzele pygmies living isolated in the deep forest of Ndoki (Northern Congo -Africa). You can sense the uncertainty of the children as they hide from the photographer. The content is different than what I plan on focusing on, but I want to try and capture a similar vulnerability in the portraits I take. I think incorporating the hands into this is another important part of this.