Nenets baby photo

RuSuRuSu Registered Users Posts: 355 Major grins
edited September 18, 2009 in People
Just back from the Russian Arctic & wanted to share this baby photo. Not sure ho to upload more than one shot, so here's one. Always interested in feedback...

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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2009
    Hi RuSu wave.gif

    It looks like this was shot in a very dark tent or something? That's a very hard place to shoot! All in all I think you did good. If you had more time, I would maybe try a different lighting. Even though the baby is nicely in the light, the rest is pretty dark, and there are some shadows from the ropes that are quite visible. I'm sure it isn't/wasn't possible for several reasons, though. Where was this taken? who is Nenet?
    Ivar
    www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
  • RuSuRuSu Registered Users Posts: 355 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2009
    Nenets
    Hi Ivar,

    Thanks for the comments - always appeciate input, though you are right in guessing that the photo was taken in a tent (called a chum, it's a teepee kind of tent) on the tundra, way up in the Russian Arctic near the Kara Sea (map-it). The Nenets are a people of the Russian Far north - they're nomadic reindeer herders. There are different Nenets tribes/clans. This baby is the daughter of a Yamp-to Nenets couple.

    People live much as they did hundreds of years ago - no electricity, no phones, etc. So, not only were lighting conditions poor, but I also had very little time to concentrate on photography as I was there for work. On top of all else, I had a lot of problems with lighting in general this trip. Certainly didn't come back with a great set of photos, but a fascinatig trip none-the-less. If you're interested in seeing more, you can check my gallery here

    http://rusuphotography.com/Business-Travel-Rustem/Nenets/9601892_tTD9H#650113439_TZZWm

    Thank again!

    ivar wrote:
    Hi RuSu wave.gif

    It looks like this was shot in a very dark tent or something? That's a very hard place to shoot! All in all I think you did good. If you had more time, I would maybe try a different lighting. Even though the baby is nicely in the light, the rest is pretty dark, and there are some shadows from the ropes that are quite visible. I'm sure it isn't/wasn't possible for several reasons, though. Where was this taken? who is Nenet?
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