Coffee Chairs
I have been back to this spot when in use, but the chairs and tables get moved around, probably taken in every night, and this is by far the nicest arrangement I have seen, with or without people.
Once again, taken with the Olympus XA2 while testing the camera – you are probably getting the idea that I took quite a few pictures with the camera during the tests and you would be right. Three rolls of 24 and not many duds. I am pretty happy with the shooting ratio in that short week of analogue photography.
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Olympus XA2, f3.5/35mm lens, Fuji Superia X-Tra 400 film, scanned with Epson V700
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Images like this are never easy to capture. The composition is somehow outside of one’s direct control. It’s the responsibility of the cafe owner. (there could be a series there!). The patterning on the floor plays a part too. This is where my faithful assistant (aka the wife) might have come in useful. I have been known to despatch her and ask her to move an object for me. Now there’s a thought for you!
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Well that is an idea Andy – both the series and the faithful assistant. There is another shot of this location in a more recent post but it is quite different with an emphasis on light.
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Beautifully shot. I love how the tables say “La Fiesta” as well, contrasting nicely with the quiet emptiness.
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Thanks GGNB – I think the cafe these are associated with goes by that name. This spot is set back from a busy street, but is much quieter than one expect being in a partially enclosed area. With a convenient set of stairs and balcony above it!
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I like the angle you shot this from – and the arrangement is very nice.
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Thanks Melinda! It is not an arrangement that I could conceive or make for the sake of a photo – very organic. Hints at people just left and their numbers.
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I want to think you’ve got a team of assistants who scurry about moving chairs in arrangements that meet your personal aesthetic of how they “ought” to look. I can hear you saying, “More to the left. More. More. Back to the right.”
Not really – there’s no way that these chairs could have been set up to convey the recently-vacated look you captured here.
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I agree – no way at all that this could be this artfully arranged on purpose, except perhaps by a genius of stage design and I don’t know any of those.
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I love it when chairs arrange themselves perfectly for a photo.
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