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Jan Hemels
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 09:53 - Edited by: Jan Hemels
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Should I feel ashamed? I wished I was young and ....
Spring in Retiro Park, Madrid
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la rafale
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 09:54
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i love portraits but i hate to be model ! human contradiction  )
i think that if you RESPECT people, it's not "stolen"; and often, it's an homage ..
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ZeeZOo
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 11:03
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Good to see that this topic has interested a lot of woophy members! I've seen many excellent portraits posted here.
I still want to know what do you use to take good portraits : compact (silent shutter!) or SLR ?
what lens do you use ?
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Akbar
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 11:50 - Edited by: Akbar
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I always use a compact (Canon G9) with a lens adapter. On the adapter I use a filter (UV or PO). This way people can't see it when I put the camera on and the lense is coming out.
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Geoffrey McElwaine
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 13:55 - Edited by: Geoffrey McElwaine
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I both agree AND disagree with Akbar ! Sometimes, a candid portrait may reveal a lot about someone while they are relaxing, unaware of the camera -
Akbar !
On other occasions, the interaction between sitter and photographer may bring interesting, but different, results -
Lady photographed, like Akbar, in Kampen during Woophy Day.
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Akbar
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 14:08
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Hi Geoff,
I agree with you that interaction can bring great results.Your shot of the lady in Kampen proves it. But for me it's the situation on the street (or in a train) that matters most and when there's interaction with the photographer the situation changes.
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Akbar
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 14:15
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This candid I made while we were having a drink on the terrace near the bridge. It would have been totally different when there had been interaction.
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neil baxter
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 16:29
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I took this 1 of a lady in miami & got in trouble, from my wife,who clearly doesn't understand we (photographers) have a right to do as we please.  
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Steve L
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# Posted: 8 Sep 08 18:42
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I do not do a lot of portraits as I have never been very comfortable making pictures of people. Of the portraits I have done some have been with permission and some without.
The one I like best is of an Argentine gaucho at the end of a tourist visit to an estancia. The gauchos were lined up on their horses to bid farewell to the visitors, so consent for pictures was certainly implied. This photo is cropped from the original (333807).
Another face with character, also cropped. He was driving a buggy and I shot with a telephoto lens. No consent, although he may have seen me making pictures of him.
On this one I gave a motion with my camera and raised my eyebrows getting a brief nod in return.
Taken through a bus window.
Telephoto lens, no consent.
These kids were eager to have their pictures taken and then they looked at them on the lcd on the camera. They would pose stiffly, but I got this as they relaxed when they heard the shutter from the first picture.
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Ormond
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# Posted: 9 Sep 08 19:52 - Edited by: Ormond
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Vidar S
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# Posted: 9 Sep 08 20:32
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@Jan Helmes: I can only use La Rafale words. Sometimes it's an homage! Great picture!
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jackfre
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 06:10
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without permission, especially my grandchildren
Jan Hemels
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Akbar
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 08:00 - Edited by: Akbar
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When you shoot people to document the world around you, you will also be confronted with the bad and sad sides of life.
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:48
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"Embera Dru" native. Panama, indian reservation Embera Dru.
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:49
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Old native woman. Santa Barbara, Honduras
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:51
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Lttle girl in white dress. Merendon, Honduras
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:52
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clow is in everyvhere in the wold. La Ceiba carnival, Honduras
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:53
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"garifuna girl" in the national day parade. Honduras
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:54
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Maya native woman, Antigua, Guatemala
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marticorrales
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# Posted: 10 Sep 08 18:57
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The new Robinson Crusoe. White man who live in the "garifuna" village, in the Honduran caribbean cost.
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