Comments on: How to Photograph Children During Your Travels http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lola Akinmade http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Lola Akinmade Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:26:23 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-945 Thanks Ryan. I wish I could have gotten even lower myself, but sometimes, all we've got a just a few seconds. The last picture of the boy was actually taken from atop a ferry on the Mekong. Had to zoom in real tight. Thanks Ryan. I wish I could have gotten even lower myself, but sometimes, all we’ve got a just a few seconds.

The last picture of the boy was actually taken from atop a ferry on the Mekong. Had to zoom in real tight.

]]> By: ryan libre http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-936 ryan libre Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:19:21 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-936 Hello Lola, good advice. my fav shot is the girl with the doll from a distance. i would like to see the last 3 photos taken at eye level. ryan Hello Lola,
good advice. my fav shot is the girl with the doll from a distance.
i would like to see the last 3 photos taken at eye level.
ryan

]]> By: Lola Akinmade http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Lola Akinmade Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:39:34 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-911 Thanks Chrystine * blush* Thanks Chrystine * blush*

]]> By: N. Chrystine Olson http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-910 N. Chrystine Olson Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:19:48 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-910 With that smile Lola, I cannot imagine anyone feeling tense around you. Lovely images. With that smile Lola, I cannot imagine anyone feeling tense around you. Lovely images.

]]> By: Lola Akinmade http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Lola Akinmade Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:30:35 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-901 JB, Julie, and Tim - Thanks for the kind words. Its been really interesting because I usually stick out like a sore thumb in most of the places I travel to. I'm gradually learning (just intuition) how to make locals relax around me even if for a fleeting moment. JB, Julie, and Tim – Thanks for the kind words.

Its been really interesting because I usually stick out like a sore thumb in most of the places I travel to. I’m gradually learning (just intuition) how to make locals relax around me even if for a fleeting moment.

]]> By: Tim Patterson http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Tim Patterson Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:39:57 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-900 Very nice piece, thanks for that Lola! Very nice piece, thanks for that Lola!

]]> By: Julie http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Julie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:09:40 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-899 Lola- I always enjoy your articles and learn so much from you because I am a pathetic photographer, but this article is my favorite. Your examples based on your own experience as a photojournalist really illustrate the tip so perfectly. I also appreciate how you emphasize how important respect is even when you can envision the perfect shot. I just saw a documentary, "War Feels Like War," in which a newbie photojournalist struggles with her ethics and conscience when photographing a mother at a funeral in Iraq. While her more experienced colleagues were invasive, angling in for "just the right shot," she trusted her innate sense of when it was appropriate to withdraw. And, of course, she still walked away with amazing photos. It's okay that some pictures can only be captured in our memories -- they can still be the seed of a story that can achieve a purpose similar to that of a photograph. Great article! Julie Lola-

I always enjoy your articles and learn so much from you because I am a pathetic photographer, but this article is my favorite. Your examples based on your own experience as a photojournalist really illustrate the tip so perfectly. I also appreciate how you emphasize how important respect is even when you can envision the perfect shot. I just saw a documentary, “War Feels Like War,” in which a newbie photojournalist struggles with her ethics and conscience when photographing a mother at a funeral in Iraq. While her more experienced colleagues were invasive, angling in for “just the right shot,” she trusted her innate sense of when it was appropriate to withdraw. And, of course, she still walked away with amazing photos. It’s okay that some pictures can only be captured in our memories — they can still be the seed of a story that can achieve a purpose similar to that of a photograph. Great article!
Julie

]]> By: Jacob B. http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Jacob B. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:19:29 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-photograph-children-during-your-travels/#comment-898 I once pointed to a cute child in Guatemala and told my wife (the photograher) to take a picture--she informed me about the child trafficking, and the picture was never taken. (side note: I could later see where the locals get this fear, as half the people on my flights to Guatemala were talking about--or visibly finishing--the adoption of a Guatemalan child) Great stuff! I once pointed to a cute child in Guatemala and told my wife (the photograher) to take a picture–she informed me about the child trafficking, and the picture was never taken.

(side note: I could later see where the locals get this fear, as half the people on my flights to Guatemala were talking about–or visibly finishing–the adoption of a Guatemalan child)

Great stuff!

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