On auto-pilot
Monday June 28th, 2010, 15:00
This photo isn’t here because I’d find it particularly good. Quite the opposite actually. It was one of those gigs when nothing really came together.
The story was about how international the city of Haaparanta has become and it was supposed to showing from the photo aswell. And the boss-man of Haaparanta, Patrick Oja (second from left) had to be included in the photo. And he was in a hurry to another meeting. Right.
Luckily on the way to meet them I had seen those Indian men selling their goods at the market, so I just grabbed mr. Oja and told him to go ask Mohit Kumar and Pal Singh who were they and what where they doing there. Patrick was as confused as I was, but didn’t hesitate a bit, which I greatly appreciated.
Talking about visual side of the photo: it was completely out of my hand. I kinda panicked since I couldn’t figure any interesting or suprising angle or composition, so I just grabbed my 70-200mm, ran some 50 meters and started shooting. I guess sometimes one just has to trust his spontanous eye for composition and the fact that the situation actually speaks for itself. This time I think I got lucky.
Otherwise this photo is quite typical shot for me right now: I’ve been grabbing the 70-200mm way more often than the wide angle I usually play with, which I’m actually quite happy about. I guess I’ve been trying to imitate Anssi Jokiranta from Lapin Kansa.
Miehen virnistys on kyllä mainio, kuvaajan juoksentelu on jälleen kerran tuottanut iloa kanssaihmisten arkeen.
aivan! juuri se, että tää turbaanipäinen kaveri virnuilee suoraan linssiin ja sen läpi mun toilailuille luo mun mielestä tän kuvan. kannatti hötkyillä.