Ethiopia Portraits

[o hey tyler]

Very good work. I would love the opportunity to go overseas and do portrait work of this variety. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Awiserbud]

Thank you all

Quite stunning collection. I really like all of them, number 3 is my favourite, The contrast of the woman against the background is very striking,
Have the subjects seen these shots? i would be really interested to know what they thought of them if so.

Some did, most did not want to. Some believe that mirrors and reflectons steal your soul...

Thats interesting, but very understandable, so they knew you were taking photographs (obviously as they posed for you, but they were aware of the concept of photography?) they all seemed quite happy to be photographed.

 

[otherprof91 33]

Wow!

 

[Demers18]

These are absolutely fantastic!

I have also nominated you for the POTM for the first image!

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...nuary-2013-photo-month-nomination-thread.html

 

[ChaseH]

The shots in this thread are amazing, and then onto your blogpost was unbelievable Great shots. I'm heading to SA, Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana in a few months. Any basic recommendations for shots you can throw out there? Maybe how to get in front of a great shot, or some equipment ideas I may have looked past?

 

[TenaciousTins]

Wow...these are amazing. What is up with the plates in the bottom lips?

 

[MK3Brent]

Did you post these on Fred Miranda?

Look familiar.

I like them.

 

[Lmphotos]

Wow. Wow. Wow! Amazingly beautiful my favs were the child with the gun ( I teared up a bit) and the woman breastfeeding. Did you use flash?

 

[IByte]

great shots!
although....even given the nature of the photos, some of them should STILL be in the NSFW section, and not the general public section.

This thread was moderated due to his embedded link; I approved the images as well as the thread. No need for this type of imagery to be labeled NSFW. But thanks for commenting.

I say National Geopgraphic, the pug rules all OO. Fantastic shots.

 

[Mully]

Very very nice thanks for the post.

 

[tedfoto]

Great work. Either you make impeccable aesthetic decisions, or you take 100,000 shots during a session! These are perfecto.

 

[dmitri1999]

Thank you all.
Let me answer some questions here:
I came home with about 250-300 photographs. After culling, around 150 were left. Around 60 of them are on the blog.
I am sure some understood the concept and the idea of photography,but there were a few that had never seen a camera or even a mirror.

The shots in this thread are amazing, and then onto your blogpost was unbelievable Great shots. I'm heading to SA, Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana in a few months. Any basic recommendations for shots you can throw out there? Maybe how to get in front of a great shot, or some equipment ideas I may have looked past?

Zambia is a bit limited. You can do a lot of fun things around the falls such as the zip lining(don't recommend it as someone fell down when I was there), walk with lions,etc. I went to the falls to do some photos and on the way back was completely soaked. I decided to look at some souvenir shops on site and walked away in just my underpants lol. They wanted all my clothing for their souvenirs. I gave them my socks,hat,shorts,shirt,t-shirt(all were cheap) and got some really good souvenirs(I bargained hard) It was fun.
A lot of animals in Botswana are pretty close to you. You can get away with a 70-200L. That's what I had and I was ok with it. Obviously, if you like tight crops, 100-400L or better is proffered. For Namibia, any lens will do. You'll love it there!

Wow. Wow. Wow! Amazingly beautiful my favs were the child with the gun ( I teared up a bit) and the woman breastfeeding. Did you use flash?

No, no flash. I never use it when I travel. Just sunlight.

 

[Kazzy]

I love these. Awesome shots...thanks for sharing.

 

[ChaseH]

Thank you all.
Let me answer some questions here:
I came home with about 250-300 photographs. After culling, around 150 were left. Around 60 of them are on the blog.
I am sure some understood the concept and the idea of photography,but there were a few that had never seen a camera or even a mirror.

The shots in this thread are amazing, and then onto your blogpost was unbelievable Great shots. I'm heading to SA, Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana in a few months. Any basic recommendations for shots you can throw out there? Maybe how to get in front of a great shot, or some equipment ideas I may have looked past?

Zambia is a bit limited. You can do a lot of fun things around the falls such as the zip lining(don't recommend it as someone fell down when I was there), walk with lions,etc. I went to the falls to do some photos and on the way back was completely soaked. I decided to look at some souvenir shops on site and walked away in just my underpants lol. They wanted all my clothing for their souvenirs. I gave them my socks,hat,shorts,shirt,t-shirt(all were cheap) and got some really good souvenirs(I bargained hard) It was fun.
A lot of animals in Botswana are pretty close to you. You can get away with a 70-200L. That's what I had and I was ok with it. Obviously, if you like tight crops, 100-400L or better is proffered. For Namibia, any lens will do. You'll love it there!

Wow. Wow. Wow! Amazingly beautiful my favs were the child with the gun ( I teared up a bit) and the woman breastfeeding. Did you use flash?

No, no flash. I never use it when I travel. Just sunlight.

Thanks! We are going to the Falls and I'm not sure what to expect there, but I'll be forgoing some other opportunities that day to see the falls, which I consider a bucket list item.

I'm bringing a 10-20mm and a 70-200L, plus one mid range. I can't go too long. I'm traveling by motorcycle and won't have a tripod.

Your shots both inspired and humbled me as my trip approaches. While I'm obviously excited for the game parks, I often come away with what I feel are great emotional images of people, especially in the cities.

 

[paigew]

These are beautiful. My favorite is the mother nursing her baby. It really has such a multicultural message. No matter how we look, we are all the same. Powerful stuff.