Meat Market

[yogestee]

This pretty young Lao girl selling meat in an open market in Laos..It was about 30 deg celcius and no refridgeration..Wonders why people turn to vegetarianism in Indochina..

Canon 350D/Sigma 18-200mm
200th@f7.0
400ISO

Jurgen
Australia

[poker]

I didn't need to read your post to freak out that the meat wasn't being stored properly. Is that chicken on her right???

I like the objects in the shot. The leaves in the back, choping block, scale, MEAT, and the girl in red. Your photos have a lot of story/character.

Can you give a few words on your approach to photographing perfect strangers? Do you shoot them unknowingly, with permission, or what happens when they don't appreciate it after they hear a click or see a flash?

Maybe this will have to be in another forum but I wanted to know your perspective.

Thanks for the photo....very interesting.

[yogestee]

Hi manacsa...I have two approaches to candid photography..One is I hang around near the subject waiting around for something to happen...Doing this the subject get use to me being around and eventually ignore me..When the time is right I rattle off a few images..Another approach is to go in like a storm trooper,get the pic and clear off..Sometimes I ask the subject if it is ok to take a photograph,,most subjects will say yes..In Vietnam for example the subect will often ask for money,,I refuse and move on...There are tribes people who I just don't photograph as common courtesy,,,they still believe I will take their soul...The Akha people in Northern Laos believe this..During my first trip to Indochina in 2004 I photographed a group of Akha women in a market in Northern Laos..One women saw me,came up to me and offered to sell me a small bag of opium..I refused and she got quite annoyed with me..I high tailed it out of there..

BTW,,thanx for your kind words..

Check out my Indochina galleries ----> http://www.pbase.com/jurgentreue/root

Jurgen
Australia

[PlantedTao]

ah, nothing like raw meat and a beautiful woman :blush2:

This photo has great color and composition. I love the way she seems (probably is) bored and not concerned with the pounds of raw flesh rotting away in front of her.
The scale adds a lot to the photo because of the color and I wish we could see all of it...just personal preference.

A beautiful capture and documentary shot of an area I hope to go to one day.
Thanks for the tips also.

Cheers.

[GB1]

Ha ha... she's like "Hi, what's your name..?" Funny title and pose (if you did pose her for this...)

Can't see any way to improve it - it's good the way it is.

GB

[poker]

Thanks for giving me some insight in to your approach. Helps a whole lot.

The website is full of intriguing photos. Inspires me to take photos all day.

A personal project is to try this type of shooting soon (probably next weeks farmers market) and I know I'll do it next time I visit Philippines.

Thank you.