Momentpix was started at KSB in order to make pictures taken by KSB at public places to be made available so that their owners and others interested could download them for safe keeping. It is frustrating for KSB to be taking so many pictures without possibilities of those
whose pictures are being taken having an opportunity to view them or even have them in custody.
The Momentpix Project is now approaching 100 uploaded pictures and KSB takes this opportunity to thank everybody who has been sending in comments and recommendations.
It was interesting when a Kenyan lady told KSB that after her picture was published, she got a boyfriend who, apparently, had been swept off his feet by her urembo. It was both funny and interesting because KSB is not officially a dating blog but sometimes, some things just happen and some people gain in interesting ways. We hope they will soon throw a pre-wedding.
One point which needs to be made is that not all pictures taken at public places can appear at KSB. The reason is that any picture which appears at Momentpix is normally scrutinized to ensure that it is presentable and portrays the person or people in the picture in good light.
To protect people’s reputations or to avoid putting people in awkward situations, KSB avoids publishing pictures which portray people in a negative light.
Some examples will suffice. There are Kenyans who are married but in public, one may pose with an unlikely companion, sometimes, in a friendly embrace. Although there has been no serious problem, there is a single case when a Kenyan informed KSB that a picture he had taken in a certain posture nearly created a crisis between him and his girlfriend who became jealous.
The concern was that the Kenyan had informed the girlfriend that he wouldn’t be attending a function but later changed his mind because his situation changed abruptly. The girlfriend missed the occasion because she did not want to go and hang there alone. By the time the boyfriend called to ask if she could make it, it was late as she had decided to go for a hair-do instead and she couldn’t just make it.
When the guy’s picture was published at KSB with a Kenyan beauty, the girlfriend became jealous and an argument started. The girlfriend thought that she had been set to avoid the function by being told to attend at the last minute for the guy to hook up with another lady. The good part is that the issue was settled amicably.
Another example is the case of a guy who was photographed being taken out of a Jamhuri day Party with security guards after he took one too many. He became rowdy and he had to be walked out. Such a picture could compromise the guys reputation if published and for this reason, there is normally a selection.
Then, there are pictures that are just ugly or off-moment. An example is one taken when someone is just beginning to smile and when the shutter closes, the mouth appears as though it is not at the right place. You may have taken a picture but when it appears, you appear as though your eyes are closed although the set up is not like you ought to have closed your eyes. Such pictures are normally filtered off.
We hope that readers are enjoying the Momentpix. Now that the Moments are approaching 100, may be it is time to make a proper update of the Moment archive which has not been updated for a long time because of time factor.
Okoth Osewe
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With the momentpix approaching 100 , i take this opportunity to congratulate the brilliant mind behind it, its sure shedding alot of positive light with an idea of portraying the true composed images, good backdrops and of caurse the subject image having a “BALL!!!” at an organised function(s) ya WAKENYA.
If i may not reserve my satisfaction, i will go ahead and say/tell it as it is “KUDOS!!!!”, Okoth Osewe , for having relentlessly put Wakenyas issues and concerns mbele!!regardless whether they are thorny,rough, smooth or round YAANI whether the issues or concerns are :for enjoyment/entertainment,scandals,crime,love,sex, politics(diplomatic or otherwise)domestic…….the list goes on and on…….
My putting short for now is ,i am giving credit where its due,and Okoth Osewe you have earned credit from me…na iendele!!hivyo hivyo!!
P/S I think scandalous pictures should also sometimes be accessed by wakenya to portray wakenya who are oblivious about their Dogging and Bitching habbits…..and that is surfice to say “the above prompting checks and ballances among wakenya”…Hao sio!!!!