Milestone Image #3

Here is another significant image from my time in the Czech and Slovak Republics. It is my very first ah-ha moment about depth of field. It is a shot of a couple of kids shopping at a Christmas flea market in Prague. I didn't know that much about depth of field at the time and I didn't actually do this on purpose. It worked out because in such a complicated scene, shortening the dof brings the focus to the kids and minimizes the distractions. It gives the impression that the kids are looking at specific puppets as opposed to just browsing.
You'll see a consistent scratch running through all of these shots. I'm not sure where it came from but I actually think it came from the machine that scanned these here in the US as opposed to over there when they were originally developed. Hmmm.

A couple of other shots from the same era as well. The first is one of my favorite shots I've ever taken. Not incredibly significant but I love it. I have a thing for old statues. There's something about shooting a "portrait" of statues that I really enjoy. It's a lot like a person posing for the camera.

The second supplementary shot is a slice of life shot from our apartment in (I believe) Zilina, Slovakia. It's kind of fun.