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Mother & Children On Bicycle
Walking in Amsterdam can be hazardous. Streets are filled with quiet taxis, trams, motorcycles, buses and bicycles, hundreds of bicycles. Risking life and limb, I stopped in the intersection and "panned" my Leica rangefinder at a mother and daughters as they sped by en route to school. Panning is a photographic technique used to isolate a moving object. The background blurs showcasing the dynamic relationship of the subject in relation to its environment. So intent on my goal, I failed to notice the last child raise her hand to muffle a shriek as a hell-bound taxi zoomed past my unprotected backside. After exposing the frame, I saw her smile through my viewfinder, as she realized the taxi had thankfully missed me. I vowed, albeit briefly, to pick a less hazardous vocation, like... I don't know, . . . . hang-gliding? |
