LekhoriLekhoriImpartial and free from prejudice.
He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.
A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
From Latin candidus (“white”).
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Straightforward, open and sincere.
“I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.[…]”
Not posed or rehearsed.
Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?