Jul 29, 2022
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Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal.
[Graça, Lisbon, Portugal]
I read somewhere that the English-speaking people are the worst at learning new languages because theirs is so universal that they don't even bother to try. Myself (not English), if I could only choose one superpower, it would be to speak all the languages in the world. But not knowing one language (or having extremely limited knowledge) has never prevented me from communicating with locals. It happened for example in Seoul, where I spent a couple hours photographing sunset with a 76 years old fantastic man who knew no English (and I know no South Korean, other than hello and thank you). We communicated first with hands and face expressions and then with google translate on my phone. And it's happened with this brilliant man in Barcelona who accepted to have his portrait taken under this gorgeous morning light (also, the detail of the morning absinthe...). Again, he didn't even try to speak anything other than Catalan 😁 I will cherish photography forever for it makes me connect with people in unimaginable ways, breaking every possible barrier. 😍 This is what today's portrait means to me. Bye . . . . . @fujifilmuk @fujifilmsp @visitbarcelona @igersbcn . #myfujifilmlegacy #repostmyfujifilm #portraitphotography #photographingstrangers #phototips (at Barcelona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfuByrBre9M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I haven’t always been one to ask strangers if I could take their portraits in the street. And even if now it gets a tad easier and I always use the same tips I already told you in my YouTube video, I’m still very much a shy individual and just walk away without taking the photo. Then when I do take the photo, there’s a whole lot of other issues tied to shooting in the street: crowds, light, ugly backgrounds, etc. And because I love to shoot in harsh light (simply because I love to be out when it’s sunny and hot), the person in front of my camera would probably like to protect their eyes, making eye contact one more challenge. So when I went back home and saw that in this image I could actually see one eye looking right at me, I was over the moon. This dude was already a phenomenal subject, and now I got his eye in the shot! YESS! So here’s one more portrait for you. I haven’t been too prolific with social media lately (have I ever been?) but I’ll try to catch up now because I have so much content to share. It will happen :) Thanks for now. Bye . . . . . @fujifilmuk @fujifilm_spain @visitbarcelona @igersbcn . #myfujifilmlegacy #repostmyfujifilm #portraitphotography #photographingstrangers #phototips (at Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMbJ0MsoKd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=