npr reports: a womans backbone for pregnancy

The story & audio here, from the Morning Edition program on Dec.13, 2007

The story caught my eye, as it featured a photograph of a pregnant Filipina walking in Manila, and it reminded me of Mama Myrna (Jayveena's Mother) who's 8 months pregnant; living in the same abandoned shelter as Anna's Family.

Nov.28, 2007: Manila Philippines - Women are the backbone of the Family:
Myrna and Anna's Mother Tess sort clothes on wash day, and some clothes from our buying trip for the kids earlier that day, at Divisoria Market.

This was just a 'daily life as I see it' grabshot, as I don't set up my photography ahead of time, and I absolutely do not like to do flash photography in low light either, as that tends to make my images too sterile & clean.

Flash photography would also be very distracting to the household, and that's another reason I don't use it, as I spend a good part of my day with them in places like this, interacting with the Family and just doing normal things with them (breakfast, dinner, watching TV, playing with the kids, etc), and I've always been respectful enough not to start popping off flashes every time I wanted to capture an image.

Hence my available light images look the way they do (raw & spontaneous/not technically perfect, hand-held at slower shutter speeds in low light) when reflecting daily life.

Thanks for reading today,
PJAMES

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