Uploads from Oncle Tom

Sword Dancer

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:24:23 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

It's always the same thing. Two competitors. Some of them know each other.

But everytime it's different. Every picture is different.
Sometime you indeed must capture it as a photo to realize what your eyes have not seen.

Strategist

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:55:38 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

During the assault pause, the boy went back on his side of the track. His coach approached him and talked close from him.

Like if they were building a secret strategy, for a known purpose: winning.

Saberboy in Blue

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:50:06 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Kids are often more intented to make mistakes. They still are very combative.

The fun fact is they seem to show more fairplay than adults, who are good liers when they want win.

Fast Motion

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:02:30 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Unlike the perspective suggests you, the fencer on the right hand did not win the point.

The story does not tell if he won the assault or not.

Inside Out

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:36:35 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

For once, not only there was a very good light for an indoor sport location but also, the windows provided a terrific color palette.

This hit is particularely pretty due to the hand positionning: curved arm, curved blade.

For this new fencing series, I tried to give a more artistic touch on action rendering.

Let's see if it changes from your sport magazines ;-)

Cavelight

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:58:43 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Working in a troglodyte cave has been my recent challenge.

How do you behave during these moments? Have you ever been surprised by yourself, doing the work and being concentrated on your own thoughts?

That's the kind of moments you realize how complex your brain can be.

On Line

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:53:37 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

The family and the crowd was playing around. People passing by. People almost happy. Kids playing.

This guy was totally focused on his phone, even forgetting his skate. Maybe was he awaiting for someone?

Anyway, I liked pretty much his attitude; his way of soft loneliness.

Eyes Wide Shut

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:14:28 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

We were having a drink with friends, before a meeting close from the coffee.

While talking, I saw this woman waiting at the pedestrian crossing. Red light. Green light. Red light. Green light. It seemed she was not in a hurry to cross the street.

A phone call. Laughing. Red light. She is crossing.

I ended my hesitation, especially as her emotions changed again. She closed her eyes, as if it was to keep all her ephemerial happiness, just for a few seconds more.

Eye of the Beholder

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:46:55 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Walking on a brige, this alignment made me triggering the camera.

Someone was here, staying in place, at the center of the triangle, staring at the graves.

I could only imagine her face, thinking to her faith, deeply lost in her thoughts.

Love Love Love

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:08:32 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

This couple was chatting with some of their friends. As soon as they started kissing together, no need to say what I did with my camera ;-)

This picture very close from what they should have felt on the moment: both alone, and together.

Because the pub was crowded. Really crowded.

Red Coffee

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:10:20 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

It was a cloudy afternoon after a lunch in Paris. We decided to head for another coffee in Montmartre before going to the jeu de Paume.

My eyes were immediatly caught by a colorful area: red shoes, white and elegant legs then an happy blue skirt.

The woman was patiently waiting for her lover while having a cup of coffee.

And me, patiently waiting she removes the red bag from the ground… it was ruining the picture.

Rooftops Sunset in Paris

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:24:37 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Looking at Notre-Dame, it's hard to imagine the whole building came from the head of a couple of guys.

Could we achieve such a technical building design nowadays? Once the construction was over, was it perceived as modern skylines?

Anyway, decades of history surrounds the place… with a face to face with far contemporary structures.

Sand Chopsticks

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:52:07 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Monday morning.
Slowly waking up.
Softly thinking to this picture.

Pleasant on the moment.
Disapointingly ugly on the computer.
Not so bad after a bit of processing.

I don't know where the hard work is: taking 10 minutes in Lightroom or nothing in Instagram?

Running for Sure

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:28 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Simply a pure moment of joy while walking over a golf.

Which is totally forbidden of course.

Nevermind.

Atlantic Wall

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:17:09 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Behind us, some bunkers remaining from World War II. They are surrounded by houses.

In front of us, the last house from the area. It is tagged, like the bunkers.

All of them are facing the Atlantic. Are they conscious of the previous years and the past century?

Looking into the past, a wall has never protected someone from the outside. Never.

Just Desert

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:46:06 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

But it's not.

Have you ever been on a beach? Large, long and wide? With nobody on it?

It's very strange to see no one else than you for kilometers.

The Old Man and the Sea

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:25:58 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

On the way back, we encountered this elder, either fishing for his pleasure or his sake.

Despite his age, I'm pretty sure he was thinking about the future, and not his past.

A way of enjoying every single minute.

The Young Man and the Sea

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:09 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

Still, walking on the beach, the pleasure to chill out, discovering new people.

And having the feeling to know them for years – not only a few hours.

Sun Circles

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:24:33 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

The time for a restful and delightful week-end has come after numerous busy days.

During a short moment, I saw a sun being drawn on the ground with elegant feet movements.

Guitar Hero

nobody@flickr.com (Oncle Tom) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:06:17 -0700

Oncle Tom posted a photo:

And then, we crossed a street and saw a guy sitting alone and playing guitar.

Usually, this is the kind of scene which are artificially created, as a photo setup with a model.

But no, not this time. He was there, like waiting for this moment to happen.