I found a short film the other week which after I watched it I realized that it was the best 15 minutes I had spent on the Internet THAT WEEK. Looking back I would say THAT MONTH.
As described by the creators, “Validation is a fable about the magic of free parking.” Yet I say it is so much more. From Flixxy.com, ” A short film about the magic of looking for the best in people. This movie has played at 34 film festivals worldwide and won 17 awards.”
Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer – Kurt Kuenne. Please if you do not have 15 minutes right now to watch this, come back at the end of your day and watch this short movie. You’ll thank me later.
Now that you’ve watched this film, please share this link. This film was great to me as a photographer because part of my job is to capture the emotion in a person’s eyes and the part of them that makes each person unique.
I see beauty in every person, and capturing that emotionthrough a one still photograph is equally as important as the best lighting or great composition. I’ve photographed teens who have self esteem problems as well as beautiful women who believe that they are sub par or barely average. I’ve photographed corporate businessmen who are handsome, yet don’t smile because of a tooth which he think looks funny, so he never smiles. In the corporate business world if we tell someone they look great (and if the person takes it wrong) it may border on sexual harassment, yet how often do we give somone else a true compliment.
I see it in one’s eye when I tell a client that they look good, or that what they are doing is working. A smile or a 1/2 smile instantly goes to a full or real smile. I get to compliment people when I’m behind my camera, but I try to carry this into the “real world”. How about you?
Adam Nollmeyer
http://acmephotography.net