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by Heath Bennett on Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:49 pm
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cane harvesting man giving me all the wisdom I would ever need.
Dom, some may have met her at the AW
this guy loves his boat. the next day his mate, that we also photographed (dom got a great pic of him) fell off his boat, was dead before he hit the water probably. Was a really old looking guy.
this guy asked me to take his pic, must have been proud of his tommy beanie
this girl was getting so excited to be shot that she shed a tear in her right eye!
Early morning view out of our hotel window in Paris. A bit of a rough neighbourhood.
no comment
he climbed up the rope the WHOLE way by hand. rediculous.
swiss castle
SC
Prob. jealous about me photographing her younger sister. I showed her this and she cheered up.
the younger sister
chance Italian meeting in the street?
fun bike blur
ladies strutting
an entire bar was made from these props from the alien triology
balloon man
game of chicken/quick draw
I have heaps more, but decided this was enough for now. thanks for looking
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by pippin88 on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:00 pm
Again all great shots Heath.
You've really captured the feel of being there in some of these.
I think "chance Italian meeting in the street?" is especially good because it isn't as common a shot seen as your more traditional portraits.
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by Heath Bennett on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:14 pm
thanks pippin. i got really lucky with the italian meeting one didn't I?!
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by Glen on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:32 pm
Nice shots Heath, great collection. One of the nicest things about viewing these shots and your commentary, was to realise the joy you bought to some of these people by the simple act of taking their photograph.
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by ajo43 on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:40 pm
you really seem to have a skill of capturing people being themselves. I am in awe of your ability to make your subjects feel at ease.
I am always too shy to get up close and in peoples face to take their photos but i suppose it is all about developing a rapport with them.
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by wendellt on Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:12 am
A face tells a thousand stories, your images have storytelling all over them so much depth. It's darn hard to get a technical and artistically measured shot at the spur of the moment.
The atmospherics in the swiss castle shot are just heavenly, you must of had the best time.
Wondering why most of these pics are framed square, were you recropping for best composition?
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by Catcha on Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:30 am
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by Oneputt on Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:40 am
Beautiful images in both threads Heath. Something to aspire to 
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by Heath Bennett on Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:50 am
wendellt wrote:A face tells a thousand stories, your images have storytelling all over them so much depth. It's darn hard to get a technical and artistically measured shot at the spur of the moment. The atmospherics in the swiss castle shot are just heavenly, you must of had the best time.
Wondering why most of these pics are framed square, were you recropping for best composition?
Thanks everyone. Wendell, the reason why I chose a square as the crop in most pics is that way I could upload a bigger picture. If it didn't work with the crop I didn't do it, but I wanted plenty of detail and size so I often cropped in on the areas of interest.
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by Heath Bennett on Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:08 am
When I post images of this size, I don't like leaving them on the web for piracy concerns, so I will be deleting them, probably tonight...
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by chris1968 on Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:12 am
Heath - got to echo the commetns above - another great set
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by embi on Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:15 am
Awesome images. A thrill to have the opportunity to view them. Thanks and well done.
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by the foto fanatic on Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:21 am
Lovely images Heath. "Chance meeting..." is my fave. 
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by Hlop on Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:10 am
Hi Heath,
Very intersting set  Italian meeting my favorite from this bunch - very good candid, such expressions on their faces! 
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