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50+ GROUP

This group is for photographers that captured the beauty, love, wisdom, character and personality of people of half a century of age and older.

Featured Work

wise beggar by DareImagesArt

Taken in South India outside a temple. There were actually two gentlemen walking together, friends, and they kindly allowed me to photograph them.
Saints by RajeevKashyap

Canon 40D / Lens Canon 17-85mm.
Cowboy with earring by Linda Sparks

A reenactor at Tombstone, Az Helldorado Days. There’s just not much I can say about a cowboy with an earring. Panasonic Lumix DMC=FZ18 Featured in Visual Artists of Green Valley 10/26/09 / Featured in The World As We See It 10/21/09
Munggo by Munggo

Seen better days. Sony A350
Ranch woman by Linda Sparks

This gal looks like the epitome of the lady rancher, like she was born in the saddle and has been there ever since. She rode that way, too, competing in Cowboy Mounted Shooting competition, an event where the riders gallop between pilons holding balloons, riding a pattern against the clock and shooting out the balloons. These folks gave a much slower demo at Empire Ranch days near Sonoita, AZ Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ-18 Featured in 50+ Group 11/02/09 / Featured in The World As We See It 10/31/09 / Featured in Visual Artists of Green Valley / 10/26/09
Father Wisdom by Whitney DeVilbiss

My Father Alex DeVilbiss
Gimme Hendrix by David McMahon

Shooting in really harsh direct sunlight brings unique challenges, but this photo opportunity literally unfolded in front of me. I was walking past Hamer Hall on St Kilda Road on a warm sunny afternoon recently when I noticed a person (see the foot in the top background) lying down on a concrete pathway, to soak up the sun’s rays during his lunch break. I was a long way away, but I had my 70-300mm lens on the camera, and so I thought I would simply shoot an image of the man’s feet and his dark shoes with their mustard-yellow laces as he lay stretched out in the bright light. As I composed the shot, this man with the long hair arrived, sat down in front of the first man and, almost to my disbelief, also lay down exactly where I had my camera trained. Despite the harsh light, I hit the trigger anyway. You can actually see just how bright it was by looking at his dark glasses, where you can see the reflection of the sun above. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. F8, 1/250 sec, ISO 200, focal length 300mm. Featured in ALL STREET PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHY, October 2009. Featured by my co-host in ANYTHING WE WEAR, October 2009. Featured in 50+, November 2009. Featured in SPEAKING PHOTOS, November 2009. Top 10 in GOOD NEWS GROUP challenge, November 2009. 119-0853
Indian Grandma by Mukesh Srivastava

Portrait of Mand tribal lady. / Camera: Nikon D 70S, 18-70mm / Location: Jhabua, MP, India. It got featured in 50+ Group on 1.11.09 /
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIENDS! by RakeshSyal

Another capture of nostalgic mood of my friend and model. Thanks Marjorie to refresh my memories. Nikon D70, Nikkor 28-105
Wisdom and Grace by Arla M. Ruggles

Elevina – Kiowa Apache WINNER: Soul Challenge on / Images And Ideas / (2009.OCT.30) / WINNER: Portrait Of A Woman Challenge / on The Woman Photographer / WINNER: I Am Woman Challenge on Mood And Ambience / (2009.JUN.18) Placed Top Ten in / Wisdom And Character Challenge on Good News Group / (2009.OCT.16) / That One Great Portrait Challenge on That One Great Shot / (2009.MAY.09) “Special Feature“ / The Wild West Show / (2009.APR.26) / Featured on: / Everyday Women / (2009.NOV.19) / True Potential / (2009.NOV.05) / 50+ / (2009.NOV.01) / Good News Group – Sharing & Caring / (2009.OCT.25) / Light In The Darkness / (2009.JUL.15) / Spirit of the Native American / (2009.FEB.18) / THE SISTERHOOD / (2009.FEB.16) Views 1,137: 2009.NOV.19 / Sales: 2 RedBubble, 6 Gallery Canon 350D EOS / Tamron 55/200mm / Natural light. RedBubble Album: People Of The West All sales of this work are shared by photographer and model.
My Mate by Munggo

Dave and Lily / Fobbing Essex England Sony A350
Lady with Curacao traditional headcovering - portrait 1 by steppeland

Amsterdam SouthEast – multicultural and hospitable – Inhabitants day / Photojournalism – local news – documentary Photo made during a demonstration of the folding of the traditional Curacao head coverings ( Lensu) , in Amsterdam Southeast (Amsterdam Southeast Inhabitants day – Saturday 20 september 2009) Note: It was brought to my attention that the head coverings demonstrated were not originating from Suriname, but from Curacao. Underneath info refers to Suriname head coverings – I am waiting for additional information to correct this description. These head coverings are a specific part of the traditional dress from the Afro -Surinamese women or Creoles in Suriname. The koto was developed during the slavery period in Suriname; its special purpose was to protect the Afro-Surinamese woman against their masters’ sexual interest. / The folding of the angisa sends a social message, for example “Let them talk”. (Source Wikipedia) / Other meanings may be “Go to hell” or “Wait for me around the corner” ===== Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera and Pentax 18-55 lens This image was featured in the group 50+ / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :) / Black and white version / The folding of Suriname traditional head coverings

Recent Work

Vision by RajeevKashyap

/ Canon 40D / Lens Canon 17-85mm.
Gentle Giant © by jansnow

Image taken at Hurricane, Utah. / Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ5
The Disciplinarian by William D. Hough

The nun looked stern and severe as she observed the the flock gathering in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. I saw the look many times as a child.
Minstrel by Bezay

She was justa sittin on the flap of her pickup truck bed a singing and a strummin, happier than a monkey who witnessed a banana truck flip over. People just walked on by didnt pay her no mind and yet she kept doing what made her happy. Weatherford Texas
THE FIRE INSIDE by RakeshSyal

Captured this image at KilaRaipur Rural Festival 2006. A brave Nihang Singh displaying feat of uncommen velore. Nikon D70, Nikkor 18-70
Market Trader by Munggo

South West India.
Honesty is the best policy! by Lydia Griffiths

This guy was sat next to the John Lennon tribute, Strawberry Fields, Central Park, Manhattan, New York. U.S.A. I commented on his sign and asked if he minded me taking his photograph. He was so pleased that someone had acknowledged his hard work..apparently it had taken him 3 hours to colour in all those letters! A lovely lovely man. -
Scoot by Bezay

The old country gent was scootin along a backroad and I of course was enjoying the benefits of a compulsively lying GPS (alright you never had one take you 40 some odd miles out of the way before?). Anyways I saw him and asked for directions on how to find the Concepcion Mission in San Antonio, which he couldn’t hear a damn thing I was sayin and it required him to come all the way across the street and have a lean to in my car so we could talks a spell, and then the finger pointin came with long hard stares into the distance and then came a whole cornucopia of facial expressions of “Where the heck is…” and “I think if’n ya take a right down there, well there aint nobody down there but a pig farmer, but still if ya…” About 4 minutes of this and I’m trying not to laugh because I loved his charm and dadgummit it was funny alright, so shut up! Anyways he got back on his suped-up golf cart grabbed his cup a sip and scooted on down the road. We proceeded to publicly humiliate the GPS
Circumstance. by Rudywalsh

Art/Photography. One of my favourites this image was taken Queens Day 2006 Amsterdam. / Thousands of people from all over the world lined the streets of Amsterdam this day, an annual celebration of Queen Beatrix birthday. Whilst everybody was enjoying themselves I noticed this poor chap sitting alone on the steps of a posh hotel on the Vossiusstraat ,one of Amsterdam’s most expensive streets with property worth millions,I found myself wondering what happened to this man how did he end up like this.

Some still look like they’re in their late thirties. Well built men with their handsome faces and elegant women, beautiful as ever.
Other’s faces tells a different story. A story of a hard life as witness the grey hair and mapped out by the wrinkles. However, most of those face wrinkles may just as well be the result of a life of laughter.

They experienced it all and it shows. They are wise, they are beautiful, they love and they are still very alive. They are parents and grandparents, they are friends, they are tutors and they are role models. They know the difference between right and wrong and they are there to show us the way as they already walked the path.

At the present time only photographic art is allowed.
Whether it is a wise old man with his walking-stick or a portrait of a glamorous diva, the person(s) being photographed should be the main subject of focus, and should take up a good portion of the composition.
All people photographed have to be 50 years of age or older. That said, grandparents holding a baby or a pet such as a puppy will also be accepted – as long as the theme of the subject is the “older person” (50+) that is doing something such as holding his/her grandchild or pet.

A photograph of a person or a portrait is a single static image that must act as a metaphor for character and soul.

1st PLACE WINNER
Living Life Challenge
Old Saint by Rajeev Kashyap