A small village on the south shore of the island of Crete, Greece.
These sisters didn't let the giant loaves of fresh bread stop them from going out of their way to play in the puddle.
Scanned from slides and converted. All kinds of technical problems here with the processing, but I thought the fun-loving girls were worth it.

Great capture Charlie of a great moment

Alan

Wow. Great shots.
First reaction to the first image: are those some kind of floats?!
Cute girls, cute expressions.

Scott

Great capture Charlie! I love this moment, but I have to try to relate this to my own life. . . I think I would have gotten a bigish shoe on my rear if I was carrying around bread like that in a puddle. There so much I like about this. In the first, the girl on the right looks like she is proud of having a grown up task to do, like carrying the bread, but is a little unsure. The older girl looks like she's trying to act older than she is. The older girl is even making sure her dress won't get wet, something I'd bet she's seen her mother do. Very nice candid shot.

J.R.

Very cool shots Charlie. Your kid shots have lots of soul, and humor in them. Well done.

Thanks, guys.
I'd forgotten all about this village until I began writing about Crete. And luckily I came across some photographs of it recently.
I like to think their mom would have looked at a few (possible) mud spatters on the loaves, brushed them off, frowned briefly and told the girls to go wash their feet.
Charlie

Great shot Charlie - I wonder where those kids are now?

Technical schmechnical...
Who cares about that! These great shots are about the place, time, and great emotion they bring to the viewer. When it takes both arms to carry a loaf of bread, you've got some small kids and large loaves! Good stuff!

-Tim

Charley these are special indeed.

Cheers Ray

Beautiful images Charlie. They remind me of the famous image of the boy running with a baguette in the streets of Paris. That bread is nearly bigger than their bodies!

T-bone1 wrote:
Technical schmechnical...
Who cares about that! These great shots are about the place, time, and great emotion they bring to the viewer. When it takes both arms to carry a loaf of bread, you've got some small kids and large loaves! Good stuff!

-Tim

I agree!
When capturing such photos, the technical side is of minor importance.
Great work.

timcorbeel wrote:
T-bone1 wrote:
Technical schmechnical...
Who cares about that! These great shots are about the place, time, and great emotion they bring to the viewer. When it takes both arms to carry a loaf of bread, you've got some small kids and large loaves! Good stuff!

-Tim

I agree!
When capturing such photos, the technical side is of minor importance.
Great work.

Again, thanks.
One reason I prefer this forum to any others I've come across is that so many of you respond to the point of my photographs, not the technical expertise that I so obviously don't have.
Charlie

Great shots as usual, Charlie.

I am totally enchanted by the story told in these images. I suddenly feel ... 45 years younger.