I was wondering if you could comment on your Xinjiang photos- did you find that most people there were willing to be photographed, or were they hesitant? (Excellent stuff by the way)
raul
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The only restriction with photography in Xinjiang is photographing women, but even that restriction was much more lax than in the other Muslim countries I've visited. Otherwise photographing people there isn't any more difficult than taking pictures of people in say Houston or Buffalo. It's a bit like most places... most people don't like some random person sticking a camera in their face, so you have to be respectful.
When I photograph people I like eye contact in my images because it gives an emotion connection, but a camera can break that connection, so I've learned to talk to people and in the middle of a conversation quickly put the camera to my eye and take a quick shot without breaking stride. Often they don't even notice.
Also doing travel shots is often a bit of a cheat, because as a foreigner people are reacting to you, so often you have built in emotional content.
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Great impression..... good faces.
so many good things going on in this photo, i think the background of the towering trees really does for me. wonderful wonderful stuff!
Somewhere in the USA, an NBA agent buys a ticket and starts some visa paperwork...
Hey! It was a pleasure meeting you and your beautiful family, I loved seeing your work. will come by here often...
I was wondering if you could comment on your Xinjiang photos- did you find that most people there were willing to be photographed, or were they hesitant? (Excellent stuff by the way)
The only restriction with photography in Xinjiang is photographing women, but even that restriction was much more lax than in the other Muslim countries I've visited. Otherwise photographing people there isn't any more difficult than taking pictures of people in say Houston or Buffalo. It's a bit like most places... most people don't like some random person sticking a camera in their face, so you have to be respectful.
When I photograph people I like eye contact in my images because it gives an emotion connection, but a camera can break that connection, so I've learned to talk to people and in the middle of a conversation quickly put the camera to my eye and take a quick shot without breaking stride. Often they don't even notice.
Also doing travel shots is often a bit of a cheat, because as a foreigner people are reacting to you, so often you have built in emotional content.
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