More Russian experiences

[Yehuda Katz]

Thank you for sharing your Russian experience. I'm enjoying your
postings and look forward to more. The photos are beautiful. I
especially like the colors.

Richard.

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Hi friends,
Here are a few more images from our visit at Russia. Enjoy them.

Yehuda
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Happy to Photograph!
Ken
http://kennyb.smugmug.com

 

[Yehuda Katz]

for wonderful photos (they realy look better at this size, by the
way) and story!

Todah and Spasiba.

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Yehuda,

Thanks for showing these. Well exposed, good work, as always. A
pleasure for the photographic eye!

So nice from you. Thanks.

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Yehuda, it is really nice to be able to travel with you thru
Russia! Thanks.

Great comment, thank you.

The portrait is very, very nice and shows the beauty of the Russian
women just as Yuri has been posting for us.

Yuri photos are considerably better, I have to admit.

Have an excellent day,

Yehuda

 

[Unda Covalava]

How do you get random people to pose for you (ie the girl at the bottom)?

Russian Jobs
And this is a real riddle: This young lady with her video camera
appeared out of the blue on our first day in Moscow, and joined our
bus for 5 full days, video'ing from every conceivable angle. On our
last day in Moscow she brought into the front seat of the bus a TV
set, showed us her film, and offered it for $30. This film had an
important advantage, as it included canned shots of places that we
were not allowed to shoot in (e.g., the Red Square area from
inside).
All I know about her that she's 17 (a school student) and her name
is Dasha. All my efforts to communicate with her failed
unfortunately.
I took this photo of her at the Borodino Museum, just out of Moscow
(about the museum – later).
Technically: I bounced the flash from the wall to the right of me.

 

[Andy Williams]

yehuda is one of the best at this. i do what he does: ask if i may take their portrait ;-)

now this girl, in yehuda's post...wasn't random ... she was filiming the sites with yehuda's tour group, so it was probably very easy for her to acquiesce.

what i'll do often, if i want a street portrait, vs. a street candid, is i'll say something like: "gee, you look really great, right there, may i take your photograph?" i rarely get turned down...

How do you get random people to pose for you (ie the girl at the
bottom)?

 

[BigAppa]

Yehuda, I'm saving all these in a folder for my own use. My wife loves the Russia at night photos.
And I have to say, you are the master at fill flash portraits.
Waiting for more.

BigAppa

 

[Linda L]

Yehuda, I have enjoyed your Russian series, both enjoable to read and beautiful to look at. Thank you for sharing.

--
Linda L


The camera is an instrument that teaches people
how to see without a camera. -Dorothea Lange

 

[Yehuda Katz]

How do you get random people to pose for you (ie the girl at the
bottom)?

I simply ask them. Just try it for yourself.

Thank you, Unda.

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

what i'll do often, if i want a street portrait, vs. a street
candid, is i'll say something like: "gee, you look really great,
right there, may i take your photograph?" i rarely get turned
down...

Sam Sing here.

Yehuda

 

[Steven W. Bennett]

If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.

Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.

Steve

 

[Bill Borne]

Great...Yehuda. You have the "Photographic Eye" !
I especially like this one....

This painter is working at St. Petersburg (in Russian it is Sankt
Peterburg). In the front we see one of the many channels dug at
Peter the Great time (imitating the famous Venice channels). Ahead
we can see a wing of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.
Many people passing by had a short chat with the painter. It was a
pleasure to watch him at work: every minute or so he stepped back a
few steps, inspected his creation, than came back and made some
corrections here and some corrections there.
Technically: I used a very weak fill-in.



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Russian Jobs
And this is a real riddle:

Hey, everybody's got a "Gimmic" for making money Seems like she is a motivated young lady!!! I give her a lot of credit. My daughters 17 and sits at the computer all the time gabbing on AIM.
--
Bill B
http://www.pbase.com/bill_b

 

[DanC]

Thanks so much for taking us on your vacation with you Yehuda. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the photos in your Russian series.

Dan...

A picture is worth a thousand words, at least....

 

[Yehuda Katz]

If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.

Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.

Well, if not him then the Securitate people might take me under their patronage, which I would love to avoid.

Take care, Haver,

Yehuda

 

[Steven W. Bennett]

If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.

Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.

Well, if not him then the Securitate people might take me under
their patronage, which I would love to avoid.

Yehuda,

I don't blame you. Perhaps "assassinated" was too kind a word.
Actually, they were executed.

I neglected to compliment you on your fine photographs.
I am enjoying them as always.

Steve

 

[Yehuda Katz]

If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.

Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.

Well, if not him then the Securitate people might take me under
their patronage, which I would love to avoid.

Yehuda,

I don't blame you. Perhaps "assassinated" was too kind a word.
Actually, they were executed.

I neglected to compliment you on your fine photographs.
I am enjoying them as always.

Thank you. You made my day with that compliment.

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Yehuda, I'm saving all these in a folder for my own use. My wife
loves the Russia at night photos.

Simply wonderful. Thank you.

And I have to say, you are the master at fill flash portraits.

You make me blush... so kind from you.

Waiting for more.

I've just posted a few more images.

Have a great week, Bigappa,

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Yehuda, I have enjoyed your Russian series, both enjoable to read
and beautiful to look at. Thank you for sharing.

I'm happy that you find interest in my photos.

Russia is a huge country, and can be a paradise for photographers.

Thank you,

Yehuda

 

[Yehuda Katz]

Great...Yehuda. You have the "Photographic Eye" !
I especially like this one....

Thanks. Me too. I took many more painters images, but this one looks the best to me.

Have a great new week,

Yehuda

This painter is working at St. Petersburg (in Russian it is Sankt
Peterburg). In the front we see one of the many channels dug at
Peter the Great time (imitating the famous Venice channels). Ahead
we can see a wing of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.
Many people passing by had a short chat with the painter. It was a
pleasure to watch him at work: every minute or so he stepped back a
few steps, inspected his creation, than came back and made some
corrections here and some corrections there.
Technically: I used a very weak fill-in.



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Russian Jobs
And this is a real riddle:

Hey, everybody's got a "Gimmic" for making money Seems like she
is a motivated young lady!!! I give her a lot of credit. My
daughters 17 and sits at the computer all the time gabbing on AIM.
--
Bill B
http://www.pbase.com/bill_b