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How do you get random people to pose for you (ie the girl at the bottom)?
Yehuda Katz said:
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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.

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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...
Unda Covalava said:
How do you get random people to pose for you (ie the girl at the
bottom)?
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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
 
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
 
Great...Yehuda. You have the "Photographic Eye" !
I especially like this one....
Yehuda Katz said:
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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And this is a real riddle:
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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
 
Yehuda Katz said:
Steven W. Bennett said:
Yehuda Katz said:
If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.
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Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.
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Well, if not him then the Securitate people might take me under
their patronage, which I would love to avoid.
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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
 
Steven W. Bennett said:
Yehuda Katz said:
Steven W. Bennett said:
Yehuda Katz said:
If I come in, Nikolae Chaushesku might prevent me going out.
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Not unless he climbs out of his grave. He and his wife lie
in sweet embrace after being assassinated years ago.
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Well, if not him then the Securitate people might take me under
their patronage, which I would love to avoid.
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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.
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Thank you. You made my day with that compliment.

Yehuda
 
Bill Borne said:
Great...Yehuda. You have the "Photographic Eye" !
I especially like this one....
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Thanks. Me too. I took many more painters images, but this one looks the best to me.

Have a great new week,

Yehuda
Bill Borne said:
Bill Borne said:
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:
Click to expand...
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
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