Rural Photography Documentary: Traditional Romanian Folk
To promote rural tourism, in Romania, many photographers go from village to village to take pictures of local habits and activities, local activities and clothes, objects, houses. I’m one of those who like to shoot a Rural Photography Documentary quite often. During the late summer of 2008, I choose to go in a wonderful village in the Apuseni Mountains on a specific day: the first day of the “Love Festival”, on the “Chicken Mountain Pick”. I wanted to keep distance from people in order to capture instants of their live, not well prepared portraits. In order to do so, I used a tele-ob.: Tamron 70-300 mm. Here I show you an old man playing a local musical instrument. He did a good pose, and the lighting was good too. This is an instant portrait of on old lady covering her eyes from the burning sun. What I like about it is … Read more
