Images that tell stories

[lane912]

This is a candid image I took. The subjects did not know that they were being photographed and this was not posed or staged- this is by far the most challenging type of photography I do.

What stories do you see?



What classic tales could this be a scene from?

[pwd72s]

Guy with arms folded...bored to tears. Can't wait to get out of there.

Waitress pouring...counting the time left until her shift is over.

The two women discussing something boring as hell to the guy...Mom and daughter?

(edit) Out of focus old guy on background checking out the waitress ass...

You mean a story like that?

[astrochex]

Nice restaurant, lunch. Mom and daughter and daughter’s boyfriend. Daughter and bf have been there before and really like the place. Guy is gazing into the distance, wondering when the day will end.

Hmmm, now I see lanyards on everyone but the girl. Is this an upscale work cafeteria?

[Norm K]

"Connie - Connie, Connie, Connie, Connie, Connie -- I wanna be reasonable with you. Now, why don't you stay with us - with the family. You can live here on the estate with your kids. You won't be deprived of anything and you can have everything you want. Now -- I don't know this MERLE -- I don't know what he does -- I don't know what he lives on. Now why don't you tell him that marriage is out of the question, and you don't want to see him anymore. Now he'll understand, believe me."

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[widebody911]

The subjects did not know that they were being photographed

but when I do that in the girl's locker room...

[lane912]

Subtle difference between genius and stupid-

[daepp]

BF hoping GF develops rack like her mom?

[quicksix]

Realtor on right, selling to wife, who didn't get something she wanted
Husband skeptical as evidenced by his closed body language
Husband is scopelocked on lady trying to read her, maybe seeing if she is embellishing.
Dude at table 18, wondering if he should call security

[Seahawk]

Your posts in the 'other random pics' thread are great, including the one taken from the same restaurant from this thread.

I wish I had the talent to capture images the way you and others do.

Here is what I see:

Clearly an intervention.

Six spot table. They are waiting for others to arrive given the current seating seating and the fact that they haven't touched their napkins, the waitress is pouring water without the other three spots being swept. The other diners will be a Priest, a Rabbi and a Buddhist Monk.

The boy and girl are brother and sister. Same nose and other features. They are showing Mom the web page for Journey Malibu. It is the sisters idea.

Guy in the back has a lanyard from a convention he is attending. He is a salesman who has finished his lunch, checked his emails, put down his phone and is remembering when his wife was pleasantly chunky like the waitress, not the Hindenburg.

The blond, Mom, also has a lanyard on from the same convention and is showing more cleavage than the San Andreas Fault. She is just becoming aware of the intervention and will soon order a Tito's.

Clear as a bell.

[black73]

Looks like they all have lanyards, attending the same convention. Probably sales of some sort. Guy in the background is either thinking "Why is that chick taking my picture" or " I wish she would stop taking pictures and come sit with me".

[MikeSid]

That is a culinary school or community college cafeteria.

The older woman is an instructor. She is successful in her career and thinks highly of herself. She is financially much better off than her coworkers and cares more about the appearance of wealth than teaching her students. She fancies high end handbags and clothes which, in her mind, serve to remind all around her of her superiority. While she would never admit it, she is strangely attracted to her coworker at table 18. She knows he would be submissive.

The younger two are students in the same class. The instructor is giving feedback on a recent project the two students completed together. The young woman did all the heavy lifting and is dedicated to her education and moderately attracted to the young man. The young man phoned it in and cares about nothing other than sleeping with the young woman. She will succeed in her endeavor and he in his. However, of the three women in the picture, the young woman will not be the one to end up with the young man.

At table 18 is another instructor that no one likes and as a result he eats lunch alone. He is aware he is being photographed and is trying his best to look professorial. He is looking at the young man with jealousy and longing for the days of his youth, wondering when the road turned into the one he's on. He pretends to pity the superficiality of the older woman, but secretly longs to have her appearance of success and he desires her domination.

The waitress is a legacy of the school, her grandfather being a large benefactor. She is embarrassed of her family's wealth and hides her lineage. She wants to believe she can achieve without the benefits life's lottery has bestowed upon her so she set out on her own to make a decent living and is attending the culinary program to become a chef. Waitressing the cafeteria is a program prerequisite.

Ultimately she fails and realizes she does not have the moxie or intelligence to make it on her own. She shares a similar lack of drive and some other interests with the young man. They meet and fall in love, but this only occurs after she has revealed her wealth. As such, she fears that the young man may only care for her money. Fearing the worst in him, she preemptively breaks up with the young man who we later learn had hidden his large family fortune in order to avoid very predicament of the waitress.

[pwd72s]

Good story lines here. Lane? Good behind the lens work. You have the eye...

Please do eventually tell us the real story since you were there..

[Khal]

The old man in the background is wondering if his trunk of his classic car is large enough to fit all of three bodies in it.

[RKDinOKC]

Couple having lunch with their sex therapist. Boyfriend is upset that he is not getting blowjobs. Therapist is assuring the girlfriend that blow jobs are a good thing showing her pictures. Waitress has heard it all before. Guy in background is waiting to be called in so the therapist can give a demonstration.

[vash]

guy: threesome..maybe

[LEAKYSEALS951]

The following story is inspired by a recent PPOT thread/ This will be best enjoyed if you pull up a second PPOT window- with one window to view the pic in real time, and the second pic to read the dialogue to compare to the picture..


The young guy and the girl are former students of the older woman (teacher) who sexually molested the boy when he was 14.

After high school, the young girl and boy (classmates) became a couple, got cocky, and decided to confront the teacher.

The bill the girl is showing the teacher is the "hush" money sum they want from her.

The girl cannot garner the courage to look the teacher in the eyes as she points to the line item total $$$ owed.

The teacher, incredulous at best, is working a low ball offer. She is using her position of senority to intimidate the girl, stating "the girl" could not meet the boy's needs at the time, and the teacher could.

This humiliates the girl, who looks down further, sullen, confirming her fears that the whole ideal of blackmailing the teacher was probably a mistake.

In this moment of doubt, the boy is a total hypocrite. He got to sew his seeds with the teacher, had a great time, yet now is acting the entitled prick. He is OWED in life- so much so, he lets his girlfriend do the talking. He is completely oblivious his girlfiend is getting beaten down by the older teacher. He is too busy acting cool in front of the waitress to realize the downturn of events playing out in front of him.

The guy in the background is MD Holloway, at the very moment he realizes Border Reivers is walking into the restaurant.

(edit)- the boy also had relations with the waitress, but both are trying stoically to blow it off like nothing happened.

Say what you will. This is what happened.

[LWJ]

Thank you. I love street photography. I ask the same questions. What is the story here?

[MBAtarga]

I think the young couple is getting a quote for a new roof from the older woman.

[vash]

Lane. Is that taken with a Leica?

[john70t]

All your photos are unique and obviously created with an artistic eye.