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Friday
Sep162011

behind the scenes story

It’s often the details that draw me in. The "behind the scenes" story, the non-staged and the natural, as you find them subjects.

Here it’s the cross of the bridesmaid's toes, the light shafting across and her pretty nail polish applied especially for the wedding, that tells me the story of that day.

Do you seek out the details? Look for the behind the scenes moments? Please share them today. They tell a different story, and I kinda like it.

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Reader Comments (37)

It's always the details..and the stories I like to imagine and make-up behind the obvious story:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/9/15/wall-flowers.html
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
Isn't it the questions that always generate the interest in a photo?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41706676@N00/3930195054/
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHeather
living through a week I did not see coming - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cirovic/6132559181/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterbella
The story behind this image is related to a wedding as well. My son, married this summer. His brother stood up for him as his best man. Both are Marines, so they wore their dress blues and I dieted for months to fit into my dress. :) After all was said and done, and the new groom was shipped of to Afghanistan 11 days later, I captured this shot of our attire hanging up in the makeshift dressing room I'd set up in my home office. I thought it really captured the meaning of this life passage for our little family.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leanne8790/6106741349/
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLeAnne
I love the details and the snip its the camera captures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/htekmo/6152849208/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHeather
I will always treasure this detail photo, and I will never forget the story behind it either...

http://flic.kr/p/9DrcDA
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLynne
A behind the scenes look at a mother/daughter tradition . . .
http://debc-debc.blogspot.com/2010/08/yesterday-evening-i-finally-got-to.html
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDebC
From a recent trip to New Hampshire, where the boys could fish from the docks all day long....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29333822@N07/6152914292/
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle
I have a slightly different look... typically my husband or my dog will be with me while I'm out photographing and it always seems like they are in their own little world. So a couple of weeks ago I decided to capture what I always see out of the corner of my eye behind the scenes...

http://www.michellebodamer.com/blog/2011/8/25/in-the-background-while-im-photographing.html

Typically I can see them reflected in the LCD screen on the back of my camera, sort of like a nice reminder that they are always there supporting me. :)
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Bodamer
I just love those everyday, almost unnoticed details. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at my everyday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aviaryimages/6152409741/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBridget [aviary]
The detail shots are some of my favorite shots, and yet I don't often share them because I don't think people will typically appreciate or understand them. But they remain my favorites, like these from my favorite trip this summer to Nordegg: focus on his adorable hiking boots, and of the rock tower we made.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/6153024154/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/6153036504/in/photostream/

From a wedding I shot in August -- ring bearer got very bored at the group photos and in my opinion, it's when the little ones get bored that things get interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/6152501779/in/photostream/
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkoreen
Yes! It's the details I love to capture, as I'm out and about. It's the details that tell the story for me. I love finding interesting scenes, like this one from a local farmers market. There is the real story and then the story I tell, the story I learn through the capture:
http://www.kateyeview.com/2011/09/why-we-need-art.html
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKat
I went behind the scenes of a sports event, and found this boy engaged in a discussion with a girl who never quite seem engaged with him. I love the subjects, colors and the supporting characters in the background.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humbirdhum/5950283011/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJill
The photos in this post are basic still life images from an early autumn day. But in my heart they really build to tell the story of peace in the middle of grief.
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2011/09/crazy-lady-in-the-blackberry-patch.html
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterValerie
It's the little details that tell the story.
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNell
Art is in the details. Woot!
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSonja (a.k.a. Boots)
The most interesting detail of this photo is the reflection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/liffords/5927366236/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered Commentercheris
This is one of my favorites from a series of shots I took as one of my dear friends prepared for her wedding day...the last check before shutting down the blackberry and entering a new stage of life. A little, poignant thing...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/5361106958/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterWorthIt!
Pulled an all-nighter at work and didn't want to sleep, yet didn't want to do much of anything...
http://flic.kr/p/anE8JR
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJamie
I always look for the untold story and they can be found in the details. When my niece had her prom, everyone was busy taking pictures of her in her dress. I slipped away and took pictures of her room: her bulletin board, her text books and her unmade bed.
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterCindy March
I'm still learning to find those details...
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKathy O
This shot was taken at the Lake this past summer. My kids were doing a crossword with a family friend and had no idea I was taking their picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58861148@N02/6154383132/in/photostream
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNatsterNat
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September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRadish
I love details ... but my details, I guess, are usually more in your face than behind the scenes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjakobsen-martin/6098017433/
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBonnie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49454938@N05/6154730924/in/photostream
The details of a family day of fun and accomplishment.
September 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAmelia
It's all in the small details we stop to notice, and the perspective we choose to tell our story.
http://www.babybythesea.net/2011/09/this-moment-slugs.html
September 17, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBaby by the Sea
I love this theme, because it's always when you get 'off the beaten track' and explore life 'behind the scenes' that you see the most fascinating scenes. That was my experience on a recent trip to China:

http://janespicer.blogspot.com/2011/09/china-behind-scenes.html
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