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A bit longer than usual newspaper stories but worth a read IMHO. It also explains the symbolism of the bridge pictured.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3572258#
Mark Maryboy, a Navajo Tribal Council member and former San Juan County commissioner, crossed the San Juan River as a child on his way to school. "I lived five miles on the other side. . . . Maybe that's why I am still skinny," he says.
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Nice shot - I wish more photographers learned the finer points of fill flash
I'll take a look at the story and you're right - you meet some very interesting folks as a photographer
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That was a great read, Danny. Thank you for posting it.
I envy you in regards to your job. Utah is a beautiful place.
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Great story & pics. Thanks! I knew some Navajos from Shiprock when I worked in the Idarado mine in Telluride. Nice guys, but a little powder happy. Like kids with a key to a fireworks stand. Didn't kill anybody or themselves so alls well that ends well.
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could you hold back on the polarization filter a bit?
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Thanks for the kind word folks. I spent 2 days with him for the profile story. There are a bunch of other images that are not portraits that I might post a bit later.
Forgot the camera info and exposure:
Canon 5D
ISO 100
16-35mm 2.8 set at 16mm
F/16, 1/100th
Sun rising behind subject
580EX flash set to 80mm manual zoom and spotlighted on subject's upper body
Flash compensation set to 0
no filters
Adobe 1998 color
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I think the effect of polar and FE makes it much more than a standard point and shoot.
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Try shooting in 3rd world countries. There are some truly amazing people there.
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bangman Wrote:
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> Try shooting in 3rd world countries. There are
> some truly amazing people there.
>
There are many interesting people in the 3rd world but I am content with the current situation I am in. I have done some prior work in Vietnam and China.
You can also see that in the story there were many 3rd world like conditions he has helped to alleviate.
Travel down to that area sometime, observe the conditions of some of the people and tell me if he then qualifies for "truly amazing".
Personally I do find him to be extraordinary that a man can help people living in this country get some of the basics needs such as healthcare that many of us take for granted.
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Bangman - Here are a couple of shots from Oman, progressing but still very much third world. Wife took the first one before the man had a chance to stand up, push out his chest and pose. The second is of an Indian worker in a Halwah (Omani favorite sweet) factory. He spent his day stirring a large pan of stiff stuff over an open fire with no A/C. After stirring for a couple of hours, he rested during the few minutes it took for other workers to pour the sweet into a mold. Then the process started over. Slavery was alive and well.
