The people of the sponge docs

jcdeboever · Apr 23, 2017

Thanks to @smoke665 for suggestions.

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smoke665 · Apr 23, 2017

@jcdeboever you've found your calling as a travel photographer!!!

jcdeboever · Apr 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
@jcdeboever you've found your calling as a travel photographer!!!

Thanks bud. Lol

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Frankinfuji · Apr 23, 2017

Great set images of some interesting characters!

jcdeboever · Apr 23, 2017

Frankinfuji said:
Great set images of some interesting characters!

Thank Frank.

jcdeboever · Apr 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
@jcdeboever you've found your calling as a travel photographer!!!

Number 8 is my favorite. @Gary A. S advise on looking for that 400-600 field of view helped me a great deal. It enables me to expand the opportunity.

Gary A. · Apr 23, 2017

Wow JC, now this is Street! You captured faces and emotions and character and eye contact and a wealth of street flavor. I think being in a tourist town, in a place where cameras are abundant helps in lowering the needle on the hostility meter.

Derrel · Apr 23, 2017

AS Gary mentioned, yeah, expressions! Character! Eye contact. The pretty bartender pouring the shot of Jim Beam warms my heart!

smoke665 · Apr 23, 2017

Gary A. said:
being in a tourist town, in a place where cameras are abundant helps in lowering the needle on the hostility meter.

Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks might be more aptly titled a quasi-tourist area. The streets bordering the docks are filled with restaurants and shops of all kinds. The docks are a mixture of working sponge boats (the sponge capital of the world supposedly), fishing charter, tours, processing facilities, etc. Despite the commercial/tourist mix, the area is very clean, and orderly, maybe its the pride of the strongly Greek inhabitants. We found the people on the street to be a mix of locals, and tourists, all very friendly.