From the course: Photo Critique of the Week

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Working the shot with an interesting subject

Working the shot with an interesting subject

From the course: Photo Critique of the Week

Working the shot with an interesting subject

- [Instructor] How a photographic scenario starts and how it ends are often very different. Hi, I'm Steve Simon, The Passionate Photographer, and welcome to a new edition of Photo Critique of the Week. And I'm going to expand on that a little more because in my experience, this is kind of the image that is the starter. I was in Rwanda walking down the road. I came upon this woman who had this very interesting plant on her head which I've later come to understand is something that brings you luck when you have it in your home. And she was bringing it back to her home, carrying it on her head, something that many people, and you see a lot of women doing this in Rwanda and other African countries that I visited and probably other places in the world. But when I saw this, I thought, well, this is an interesting situation. It's something visually I don't see every day, definitely worth exploring. So I stopped her and I said, I'm a photographer and would it be okay if I were to take your…

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