As a photographer, Ive learned to spot people who watch a lot of cable news and people who don’t. You can tell by their eyes, the people who don’t watch much cable news (people like Bob, our friend who works at the dump) has a kindness in his eyes, the camera  catches it all the time.

He agreed to take a moment to stand still so I could experiment with the portrait settings on my new Achromat lens, a difficult lens. I see it works well at close range, and also when there is a variation of light, like the sun and shade on Bob’s face.

You can’t see Bob’s eyes too well in this photo, the lens doesn’t to be as close as my 85 mm lens, but you can still see the kindness in his face. Like Kelly Nolan, some faces are worth returning to again and again, they have a radiance that I love to try to capture.