Category Archives: Portraits

Horse Portrait

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  Trakehner in Cross-Ties Southern California 2014 I’m trying to find a new photographic interest. With the whole world on fire nowadays, I’ve got to look to my backyard so to speak. It may be horses if I can make some … Continue reading

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Father’s Day…late

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Ethiopia 2013 A Mursi man and boy, who resemble ghosts, have painted themselves with clay. The clay prevents sunburn and works as an insect repellent. It may also soothe an inflamed insect bite. I read that the colors of clay…white, … Continue reading

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Village Streets

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The Batsman A small city in India 2009 Cricket is India’s favorite sport and they are good at it. India’s team outranks that of England where the sport originated. England ranks sixth and India ranks first in the world. A … Continue reading

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Flash vs. Natural Light

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Ethiopia 2013 Near the town of Arba Minch We had a professional photographer on our tour. She was a studio photographer and told us she was an expert using studio lights and flash. On this day, she promised to give … Continue reading

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Watermen of Inle Lake

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Burma 2011 We spent several hours photographing the leg rowing fishermen of Inle Lake. There were several of us in the boat and, I hate to complain, but often my position was not a good one. This caused me to … Continue reading

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Eyes on the Lower Third

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 A village in Northern Romania 2012 I gave some tips on shooting portraits in this post: http://www.rosemarysheel.com/archives/portrait-technique I remarked that the usual placement for the eyes of your subject is on the upper third line and also that if you … Continue reading

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Rabari Tribe of Gujarat

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Rann of Kutch 2009 The villagers were used to camera wielding tourists. The younger ones were hysterical. They grabbed us, pulled at our clothing, wanted to pose then refused to pose. It was a game of cat and mouse and … Continue reading

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Distortion

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 The people attending mass were scattered over the hills on the serpentine dirt paths that wove among trees and across deep gulleys. Their white cloaks gleamed in the rays of the rising sun. Hundreds of worshipers, men, women … Continue reading

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An Echo of Irving Penn

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 I spotted these girls out of the corner of my eye as we left the village. (I’m thinking this was the Dassenech village.) Quickly, I raised the camera to my eye and caught them in a … Continue reading

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Portraits of Handsome Men

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Moscow 2009 This man was selling souvenirs on an overpass not too far from the center of Moscow. We had stopped there to get a panorama. After I got my panorama, I looked for portraits among the Russians. This is … Continue reading

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