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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 7/12/2005
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Another fine portrait, Hugo!
It looks like you told him a really funny joke just before taking this photo!!
Thank you for your kind comment on my fishing boat image.
Best regards, Chris
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Olga Vareli
{K:22477} 1/23/2005
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This man is definetely a 'character' .His sparkilng eyes tell the story of his life.Bravo!
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Megan McCluskey
{K:3762} 5/21/2004
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Such wonderful feeling this shot...thte copr adds to the whimsy. Well done!
: ) Megan
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David Rogers
{K:1082} 4/25/2004
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A very warm human face.... well seen and captured.
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Matteo Patrignani
{K:789} 4/22/2004
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The perception is the guy is coming out of the frame and hugs me... powerful and very expressive shot!
I absolutely agree with you about using colour film for this kind of documentary.
...Just newly on UF and trying to get tips from good photographer.
Thanks a lot and regards, Matteo
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Kam Broumand
{K:-82} 4/21/2004
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Hi Hugo,
Wonderful shot! Well captured. We can see both joy and sadness in his face. Very strong image.
Kind regards
Kam
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Craig Hanson
{K:7836} 4/20/2004
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Really great portrait Hugo! I enjoyed the Dutch TV too! Could actually understand about half of what they were saying because of my knowlege of German. Dank u wel!
Craig
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 4/19/2004
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Lovely and friendly smile and very expressive portrait ;-)
Kiss, Biliana
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Jan Symank
{K:22030} 4/18/2004
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I like the dynamic diagonal composition which is very good for this moment
Jan
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Ahmet Baki Kocaballi
{K:13618} 4/18/2004
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very strong,expressive and spontaneous capture,
i very like it,
congrats
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 4/18/2004
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aaah, this is more like it! welcome back hugo ;^) technically dead-on. nothing to nitpick here. i even like the bit o' grain and especially the blown out background. it offsets the subject very well. as to the subject, he looks very excited about being on TV. great capture!!
take care,
tom
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Tim Bronkhorst
{K:9391} 4/18/2004
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Het ziet er niet uit, maar het is zo ontzetten leuk! De lichtval is erg hard, maar het gezicht is prettig warm van kleur. Bijzonder speelse foto!
Groet, Tim.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/18/2004
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Hi Mauro, Thanks for your comments! I didn't use flash, there was a very strong backlighting though, so I tried to revive the contrast and details with a +1EV overexposure. I think a flash would've created a stronger image, but with a completely different (much less expressive) atmosphere. I decided not to, because of the nature of the documentary.
Cheers,
Hugo
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神 風
{K:10665} 4/17/2004
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Dear Hugo,
Please disregard both of my previous comments because I found out very recently in a most traumatic mood that I have extremely advanced stages of Glaucoma especially in my left 'shooting eye' with 65% of my optic nerve absolutely deteriorated and I should not have taken it out on you.
My images that I have submitted here are old because I can't shoot anything new and my reviews lately compared to yours are terrible indeed!
Sorry and Best of Regards!
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Richard Thornton
{K:26442} 4/17/2004
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Good informal portrait, Hugo, with the subject creating a diagonal composition within the frame. This really has movement and expression. (I hope to be back to usefilm regularly soon.)
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神 風
{K:10665} 4/17/2004
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Ida Momennejad (K: Updating C: Updating) - 2004-04-17 The quality is really low. Guess it was the scanner's fault. I'll still give a 7 though!
Perfect example of 'Ratings Abuse' ... Yes/No?
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I M
{K:224} 4/17/2004
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Composition and moment capture is excellent. But The quality is really low. Guess it was the scanner's fault. I'll still give a 7 though!
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Peggy Christine Skinner
{K:26936} 4/17/2004
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Wonderful portrait. The sheer joy you captured on this gentleman's face is impossible to resist. It just makes you smile back. Great capture Hugo ..alle beste, Christine
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jon parsons
{K:13639} 4/17/2004
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Dear Hugo, wonderful portrait my friend! this picture shows much emotion.. great work....jon
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神 風
{K:10665} 4/17/2004
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You, this image, and your 'Fan Club' irks my soul!
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Seongsoo Nam
{K:493} 4/16/2004
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what a big smile.... nice capture!!!
regards..
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Massimo Di Maggio
{K:-53658} 4/16/2004
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I understand your point of view about color selection for this photo, you are right about this, it?s a good document in comparison to the old monochromatic images. I love B&W because I was born (and I will certainly die) in B&W. I don?t think it?s a bad thing the digital conversion to monochromatic, if it?s not used to remedy a bad photography, btw I purchased a new camera, the Panasonic DMC-FZ10 that can produce directly B&W images, not a simple post-production conversion, I can see B&W images in my LCD when I?m composing the frame and this is a great thing for me. Thanks for the interesting exchange of experiences, now I go to bed, it is late and tomorrow I must go to work!! ;) Good night, Max
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Joćo, Looking at the well balanced tonal range of the background, I think that besides a flash, you could've overexposed by a few +EV stops too. That would lighten the background, but also bring some more contrast and detail into the portrait, too. Very nice expressive shot, and a beautiful scenery. Thanks for your reply,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Joćo Martins
{K:2754} 4/16/2004
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The attachment was lost..
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Joćo Martins
{K:2754} 4/16/2004
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Dear Hugo, I said that, because I had a similar situation (see attach), just that. My photo is far far away from yours, but I learn that sometimes I think the flash is not necessary, and it really is. I hope to learn more and more with your work!
Cheers
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Riny Koopman
{K:19998} 4/16/2004
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hi hugo,nog bedankt voor je comment (sailingsboatIII)
de reden waarom ik de foto s in sepia heb uit gevoerd is dat die dag zwaar bewolkt grauw en donker was!
komt ook niet ten goede om het in kleur te zetten!
nog een goed weekend
riny
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Max, thanks for the explanation and your suggestion. I do like B&W portraits, too, but in many cases I feel B&W has become a commonly used post processing step in Digital Photography, intended to create an artistic appearence and is too often concidered to create a "guaranteed" atmosphere. When I go out on a shoot, I usually bring three cameras. One loaded with a colour film, one with a B&W one, and one digital (for the average snapshot) In this case, I didn't even touch my B&W camera, as I had to report the situation 40 years after, and make a report on the vilage in 2004 AD. Taking into account that all images from 40 years ago where B&W, going for the colour version seemed to be appropriate. As those people live off the fields with their weather beaten faces, scarred by the past, I think that colour is the right selection. (with B&W, I would've printed them in a very hard contrast, to emphasise their tough lives) The grin in this man's face is deceiving in that aspect.
I'm being tedious again, but I needed to get this off my chest, and I find this an interesting subject.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Massimo Di Maggio
{K:-53658} 4/16/2004
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I see the difficulties ih this shot, it?s almost a backlit and you just get the right balance about light and shadow, don?t worry, it?s very natural and this is a good thing. Personally I like more B&W in people portraits, I can control the skin color, the shadow play on their face and the strong lights (I never use the flash), so I made a try with your photo, converting it in B&W and the correcting the overexposed area with PS (but this is not an usual operation for me, just to see the final effect). Waiting the next? Bye :)
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Joćo, I appreciate your comment alot. I did learn alot about life and living in Iran, but it didn't exactly make me smile. Hearing the stories of these people after visiting Bam (see portfolio, and being in the middle of the "celebration" of the islamic revolution, left alot of food for thought.
You're right about the flash (I didn't use one) But although the light might have become more balanced, I think it would also created a very different atmosphere. I wonder what you mean by "It could have made the difference", do you think it would've been a good idea?
Cheers,
Hugo
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Joćo Martins
{K:2754} 4/16/2004
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I bet that you have got a even greatter smile after doing this story/series/photos. To know different culture, different dificulties, is to learn more about us. Only someone with "something" like you have, could make such a person (I can imagine the hard life he lived so far...) smile like this! Congrats! I understood that you didn't use any flash, and I think that could make the difference. Cheers
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Telmo Domingues
{K:9639} 4/16/2004
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Truth. An excelent composition about truth... I wonder where are you leading us with this series...
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Thanks for your constructive comment, Max! The hospitality of the people of Duzaj was very moving, and the stories they told expressed both a tremendous pain as well as gratitude. This man didn't say much. He just sat there and smiled. And a Genuine smile too!
I know the photo is not perfect, the situation was quite difficult, and I did loose quite alot of quality in the scan, but the original is over exposed too. The difference between dark and light were huge. Don't think I could've done anything about it, but use a flash, and that would've created an entirely different atmosphere, I think. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.... (settings as filed, but overexposed at +1EV)
Thanks,
Hugo
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Massimo Di Maggio
{K:-53658} 4/16/2004
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A very big smile on a interesting face, it?s incredible that people who suffered great misfortunes still want really to live and tell you the story. I like the frame with the decentered subject, the white space on the right gives a good light to the image and also a sense of joy and serenity, his skin is a bit overexposed, but it?s not disturbing me because my attention is attracted by his happy eyes. Bye Max
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Jeff Cartwright
{K:52046} 4/16/2004
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Hi, ...Hugo : He Must have Liked... you!...Great Happy Photograph! Oh!..and By the Way, a Great! Photograph, Hugo!!!
Regards:
Jeff.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Maria, For that joke, I think you'd better ask Neil...
Thanks for your comment. This guy was really sweet...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Maria Luisa Vial
{K:36017} 4/16/2004
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Hi Hugo, the guy in the picture is very expressive... I think he was very very happy ... happy..... hehehehehhe
So tell me about the joke.... By the way... I love swiss cheese...mmm.... delicious,,
Maria
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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To Al:
http://www.vpro.nl/geschiedenis/anderetijden/index.shtml?4158511+2899536+13916757+16469124
-end -
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Dag Riny, Via onze tolk hadden we van te voren uitgelegd waar we voor kwamen (zie ook mijn beschrijving bij de foto, en de website van anderetijden.nl van de VPRO), maar natuurlijk moet je altijd eerst vragen of je van iemand een foto mag maken, ook in Nederland. (eerlijk is eerlijk, dat doe ik lang niet altijd, de Shopkeepers serie was zelfs alles behalve netjes....) Dank je voor je commentaar!
Groeten,
Hugo
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Kees and Carolyn
{K:15193} 4/16/2004
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Amazing capture of what must've been a highly emotional moment! Great expression; he looks so full of joy! That is quite an ordeal they went through, and even now they're so thankful! (Also, I like the simple framing on this.)
Carolyn
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Riny Koopman
{K:19998} 4/16/2004
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hi hugo,een portrait met een grote big smile,
kun je zo maar in iran foto s van mensen maken?
mijn complimenten voor deze prachtige photo
groet-riny
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 4/16/2004
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Hugo, you captured this great expression at just the right moment! That smile is wonderful, it's the REAL THING! I also like how you composed this portrait very much.
Very nice work
Lori :)
ps...I visited the site listed above, spent too much time there in fact. Of course I don't understand the language but that sometimes is very interesting, one learns even from faces and tones of voices and of course pictures. (I watched several of the videos)
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Carmem A. Busko
{K:48785} 4/16/2004
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Oh, oh... late again... Roberto has said everything, now.... and this is another shot from you that teaches me a lot
This man seems to be a very special person... and you captured it with your camera very, very well.
Excellent work, as always!
Congrats,
Carmem
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M. Tigrek
{K:2298} 4/16/2004
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Nice portrait.
My best regards.
MT.
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John Hatziemmanouil
{K:40580} 4/16/2004
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Hallo my friend!
First of all on this portrait, the way he lauph is great! This one looks like a man that have difficult life however he ca have fan (and at the same time I have a great life with everything and I cannot even ...smile.... shame on me.....)
Very good!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Teunis, de url staat in het onderschrift....
Groeten,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Saeed, thanks for your comment. This is the way I shot it..... No crop involved, apart from resizing a few pixels....;o)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 4/16/2004
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This photo emphasize the friendly character of this man, I like the "rule" of not filling the frame with a face at the time of shooting ,instead ,relying on cropping at later stage, It is good when you see happiness on the people face, good work,cheers,Saeed
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Carlheinz Bayer
{K:14220} 4/16/2004
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Hi Hugo, This is excellent. The composition & crop is awesome, good use of natural ligt and the smile is priceless. Good work! Carlheinz
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Dag Teunis, Dank je voor je commentaar! Een herhaling zit er denk ik niet in, maar daar ga ik niet over, ik was slechts een middel om het programma samen te stellen. De link is te vinden op anderetijden.nl, bij archief en op aflevering 25 of Iran. UF staat geen externe links meer toe....:(
Groeten,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Dag Teunis, Dank je voor je commentaar! Een herhaling zit er denk ik niet in, maar daar ga ik niet over. Hier wel de link naar het verhaal:
http://www.vpro.nl/geschiedenis/anderetijden/index.shtml?4158511+2899536+13916757+16469124
Groeten,
Hugo
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 4/16/2004
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It is the kind of photo which is impossible to view without smiling. I used this film recently and was very happy with it, but I am surprised at what looks like 'noise' in this image. The scan? Good use of the available light. Sounds like a rewarding assignment!
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WALT MESK
{K:10691} 4/16/2004
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nice portrait.....great smile...
walt.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/16/2004
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Hi Hugo..
I love this type of portrait.. much characteristic one and "worked" from the time. in this, in particular, I love the cut with the subject on the left regarding the frame and this is born to the photo also dynamic... force... as it takes to value the smile!
I find an just equilibrium with the background. with whole of the photo.
and I find also the title just it!
cheers
roby (7)
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 4/16/2004
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Hugo, dit is een portrait met een stralend gezicht ,Prachtig scherp
Het verhaal op de televisie heb ik helaas gemist.
Komt er nog ene herhaling /
Groet Teunis
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Verena Rentrop
{K:15233} 4/16/2004
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very emotional communication between the man and you...only a little bit technology in the middle!!
Great work!
Cheers,
Verena
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luisa vassallo
{K:28230} 4/16/2004
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wonderful smile!!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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a) Tell that to this Iranian!
b) Is that your honest opinion, or are you trying to tell me the holes taste like my feet too?
Cheers,
Hugo....;o)
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Neil Dolman
{K:26883} 4/16/2004
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Sometimes the holes are the best part! ;-)
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2004
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Hi Neil, To counter your comment, I told him the swiss make cheese with holes in it, and he didn't believe me when I said that people actually buy that stuff, and pay for the holes too!
On a more serious note, these people where so incredibly grateful for the help they received 40 years ago, that we were treated like royalty, and this guy was actually overcome with joy.... Pretty intense experience.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Neil Dolman
{K:26883} 4/16/2004
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Beautiful moment captured here Hugo, was he laughing at one of your jokes? or was it the size of your mountains ;-) Sorry couldn't resist that. Top marks for the photo. Have a nice one, Neil
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Johnny K
{K:12635} 4/16/2004
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Excellent shot ! Very expressive !
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