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What is Your Favorite Photo of People Taken During your Travels?

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aopaq	Apr 9 2009, 07:01 PM Post #1
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	The "bikini blogger" made me think about photos we take during our travels and especially those of local people. Do you have a favorite "people shot" of a person/people you saw during your travels? Is there a story you can share about it? I look forward to seeing some interesting pics!

polydemic	Apr 10 2009, 04:35 PM Post #2
Tourist Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 14-July 08 From: Seattle, Washington, USA Member No.: 212482 Nominate me as a Local Expert	I caught site of this sculpture on the waterfront of Vancouver, BC, between downtown & Stanley Park. It's titled "Tool for Rooting Out Sin." -------------------- All the earth is my home and each nation a different room in the same house.

aopaq	Apr 10 2009, 09:04 PM Post #3
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	QUOTE(2olives @ Apr 10 2009, 01:35 PM) This isn't the photo, as it was taken with a 35mm camera in 1998, but this mime looks somewhat similar. That is a great shot...I love the colours and the expression on the mime's face! QUOTE(polydemic @ Apr 10 2009, 05:35 PM) I caught site of this sculpture on the waterfront of Vancouver, BC, between downtown & Stanley Park. It's titled "Tool for Rooting Out Sin." I'm not sure where the "people" connection is here......

starlagurl	Apr 13 2009, 01:16 PM Post #4
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	This is not a photo, but a video I took (sorry it's sideways) of this crazy man in Killaloe, Ontario aka "the place where hippies from Toronto go to die" (not my slogan, haha!) I just thought he was soooo awesome. He sang this song about Killaloe to me and then he just left the party. http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/star...e.avi/tpod.html -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

aopaq	Apr 13 2009, 09:43 PM Post #5
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	QUOTE(starlagurl @ Apr 13 2009, 02:16 PM) This is not a photo, but a video I took (sorry it's sideways) of this crazy man in Killaloe, Ontario aka "the place where hippies from Toronto go to die" (not my slogan, haha!) I just thought he was soooo awesome. He sang this song about Killaloe to me and then he just left the party. http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/star...e.avi/tpod.html Yes, he certainly is quite a character! A still photo would be awesome (assuming it is not sideways!).

nixsboys	Apr 14 2009, 04:39 AM Post #6
Globetrotter Group: Local Expert Posts: 270 Joined: 19-August 07 From: London, UK Member No.: 80958	I love taking photos of people to capture the atmosphere and in most places I do actually ask before taking the photo as some locals can get annoyed. This photo however was taken in Havana, Cuba and only because we were having a game on how many 'Lonely Planet' photos we could get. I am sure if you visit Cuba you will get the same photo - but beware she is scary if you don't give her enough money. We were seen sprinting down the road chased by a mad women just after this pic. -------------------- North Morocco Adventure

raniroo	Apr 14 2009, 06:03 AM Post #7
Sightseer Group: Local Expert Posts: 946 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Sydney Member No.: 19411	At the moment this is one of my favourite photos from travelling....an old Berber woman in Marrakesh, Morocco... -------------------- If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

aopaq	Apr 14 2009, 06:52 AM Post #8
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	QUOTE(nixsboys @ Apr 14 2009, 05:39 AM) I am sure if you visit Cuba you will get the same photo - but beware she is scary if you don't give her enough money. We were seen sprinting down the road chased by a mad women just after this pic. I agree about normally asking. That is such a great picture but I can't imagine the "mad lady" could run that fast in her pink dress and after smoking huge stogies like that! QUOTE(raniroo @ Apr 14 2009, 07:03 AM) At the moment this is one of my favourite photos from travelling....an old Berber woman in Marrakesh, Morocco... I love the character written in the faces of elderly people as well. To provide some female to male balance, the following photo of a Chinese elder outside a Fujian Toulo building is one of my favorites.

starlagurl	Apr 14 2009, 08:32 AM Post #9
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Great pictures guys! Aopaq, you got the composition just right on yours. -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

raniroo	Apr 14 2009, 08:59 AM Post #10
Sightseer Group: Local Expert Posts: 946 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Sydney Member No.: 19411	QUOTE(2olives @ Apr 14 2009, 08:46 AM) QUOTE(raniroo @ Apr 14 2009, 06:03 AM) At the moment this is one of my favourite photos from travelling....an old Berber woman in Marrakesh, Morocco... Rainroo, that is a beautiful photo. I love her expression. thanks i gave her a few coins and she grabbed my hand and was saying "shukrun, merci, shukrun" over and over...(shukrun is arabic for thank you), she wouldn't let go of my hand and she had tears in her eyes...which brought tears to mine...it was a touching moment. -------------------- If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

starlagurl	Apr 14 2009, 09:20 AM Post #11
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	That's so sad. Could you say anything else to her? -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

raniroo	Apr 15 2009, 02:11 AM Post #12
Sightseer Group: Local Expert Posts: 946 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Sydney Member No.: 19411	QUOTE(starlagurl @ Apr 14 2009, 09:20 AM) That's so sad. Could you say anything else to her? NO BECAUSE I WAS SO MOVED I WOULD HAVE STARTED SOBBING! There was a little boy near her in the lane way and he thanked me too, apparently she was very poor and her husband had passed away and that I had helped her out.... -------------------- If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

nixsboys	Apr 15 2009, 07:39 AM Post #13
Globetrotter Group: Local Expert Posts: 270 Joined: 19-August 07 From: London, UK Member No.: 80958	QUOTE(aopaq @ Apr 14 2009, 06:52 AM) QUOTE(nixsboys @ Apr 14 2009, 05:39 AM) I am sure if you visit Cuba you will get the same photo - but beware she is scary if you don't give her enough money. We were seen sprinting down the road chased by a mad women just after this pic. I agree about normally asking. That is such a great picture but I can't imagine the "mad lady" could run that fast in her pink dress and after smoking huge stogies like that! QUOTE(raniroo @ Apr 14 2009, 07:03 AM) Ahhh but you didn't see her shoes -------------------- North Morocco Adventure

aopaq	Apr 15 2009, 08:08 AM Post #14
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	QUOTE(nixsboys @ Apr 15 2009, 08:39 AM) Ahhh but you didn't see her shoes OK so I assume she was wearing Nikes or Air Jordans... But if she had caught you, what could she have done .... blow stogie smoke into your eyes?

nixsboys	Apr 15 2009, 08:15 AM Post #15
Globetrotter Group: Local Expert Posts: 270 Joined: 19-August 07 From: London, UK Member No.: 80958	QUOTE(aopaq @ Apr 15 2009, 08:08 AM) QUOTE(nixsboys @ Apr 15 2009, 08:39 AM) Ahhh but you didn't see her shoes OK so I assume she was wearing Nikes or Air Jordans... But if she had caught you, what could she have done .... blow stogie smoke into your eyes? True true I think I was more afraid of the Body odour to be honest -------------------- North Morocco Adventure

starlagurl	Apr 15 2009, 09:22 AM Post #16
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	QUOTE(raniroo @ Apr 15 2009, 03:11 AM) QUOTE(starlagurl @ Apr 14 2009, 09:20 AM) That's so sad. Could you say anything else to her? NO BECAUSE I WAS SO MOVED I WOULD HAVE STARTED SOBBING! There was a little boy near her in the lane way and he thanked me too, apparently she was very poor and her husband had passed away and that I had helped her out.... I hope you did help her out... -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

sianeth	Apr 15 2009, 10:59 AM Post #17
Jet Setter Group: Local Expert Posts: 2643 Joined: 9-June 07 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 60100	Ohhh, I have a few. Here are two, both from Ghana. This is the football team I was coaching... I love them! And it won't let me post this image cause its in the wrong format, but here is the link. This is playtime at school... http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/sian...g.bmp/tpod.html

huckabmm	Apr 15 2009, 04:59 PM Post #18
Pathfinder Group: Local Expert Posts: 392 Joined: 9-December 08 From: Nashville, TN USA Member No.: 264395	This is one of my favorite. We were in Toledo, Spain and we saw these Nuns caring for a homeless man. Quite a sight... Honestly, we felt bad about taking a picture, and I would never do it again, but you can't deny its a moving shot... -------------------- -Matt "Be a traveler, not a tourist." "Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur Give Life My upcoming trips: 1. A week at the Outer Banks, NC; June '10 2. Somewhere in South America, Early 2011

aopaq	Apr 15 2009, 05:24 PM Post #19
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	QUOTE(sianeth @ Apr 15 2009, 11:59 AM) Ohhh, I have a few. Here are two, both from Ghana. This is the football team I was coaching... I love them! Great shots! the expressions on the kids faces are so varied and interesting! What kind of "hoop" is the boy rolling? QUOTE(huckabmm @ Apr 15 2009, 05:59 PM) This is one of my favorite. We were in Toledo, Spain and we saw these Nuns caring for a homeless man. Quite a sight... Definitely quite a sight! Very poignant pic!

djchurch	Apr 16 2009, 11:26 AM Post #20
Voyager Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 14925 Nominate me as a Local Expert	I'll be honest. people male for the most fascinating shots most of the time. While I still have trouble sometimes approaching people for shots, or interrupting what I think is a private moment, they are often my favourite ones in retrospect. I couldn't come up with just one, so with apologies, I'm posting a few. -------------------- Travels Beyond Common Sense - www.travelpod.com/members/djchurch

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