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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.
Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.
“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”
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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.
Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.
“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”
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This is the result of about 10 mins of shooting. I hate self portraits but I don’t want to. I want to be happy with what I see after a picture is taken. This is part of a project I’ve been working on for a while now. These four photos, not my favorites but they are in fact me, and now that I look at them they aren’t so bad. I also “edited” them by doing the complete opposite of what I normally do. Not too shabby. Hope this whole self portrait thing gets better.
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My rant about retouching
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of backlash on retouching celebrities. While I do admit that a lot of is a bit too much, I believe I have some authority to speak on the matter. I have been taking portraits for a couple of years now and what I have come to learn is that no one’s skin is perfect and taking out a blemish or two doesn’t hurt. Now I do understand people’s points when they say that they try to make models/celebrities skinnier and it gives the wrong message. I do believe that sometimes reducing the size of waistline or legs can be unnecessary.
The more and more I play around with photoshop I realize how much of an art it truly is. It all depends on personal style. Some people like the painterly feel and some go for the more natural. No retoucher is the same.
In commercial photography retouching has always been done. Commercial work is trying to sell a feeling, a lifestyle. We are all consumed by media each and everyday. If you just look around you can clearly see that no one looks like the flawless celebrity on the cover of Vogue. With that in mind, can’t we just leave the whole “it sends the wrong message” speech alone? You clearly know their intentions and know that the person did not look like that pre-photoshop. Just enjoy the art and the process.
Now I am cannot speak for all retouchers but I always try to stay true to the original. Any adjustments I can make in camera or on the set I do. I do not rely on photoshop for minor fixes I can do without spending half an hour on the computer trying to fix it. I have fun retouching and it’s an aesthetic I quite enjoy.
It’s just a matter of personal taste.
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