The following photograph was taken in Dominican Republic heading west to Santo Domingo in the “Autopista del Este Highway”
Canon PowerShot D10 - 8.3mm, f/3.2, 1/320 sec @ ISO 80
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I have seen this photograph in my head millions of times, but have never being able to produce. Maybe because I never really went out there to look for it or maybe because I was waiting for the photograph to find me.
This time as many times in my photography, the photograph found me. I wasn’t looking for it, in fact, I was on vacation walking along the beach when I saw it and I just had that little bell in my head go off <DING!>. Grabbed my camera and made 2, yes only 2 exposures to get it.
Canon PowerShot D10 - 14.3mm, f/4.5, 1/500 sec @ ISO 80
The fact that I’ve had this photograph in my head for so long, it was just easy to make, I knew how I wanted it to be composed and even how I wanted it to be treated in post-production.
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I present to you, my 5 year old daughter, Carolina. She was just seating there taking it ALL in.
When I saw her sitting there, I just had to take this photograph, but then I had to actually sit next to her and do the same. Take it ALL in!!!
6.2mm, f/8.0, 1/320 sec, ISO 200
Can you blame her?
This is a bit of a confession post. I am one of those photographers that FEARS photographing strangers on the streets. I’m working on that, but for some odd reason, when I’m on vacation, that fear goes away.
Take this shot for example… We were in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for vacation and attended the resort’s bi-weekly beach party. Everybody is having fun and I had my camera with me, of course. I didn’t care who was surrounding me or watching me. I saw this woman on the stage in front of me having a blast and I just couldn’t resist photographing her. Now, I must say that I took approximately 20 images of her and this is the ONE image I keep coming back to.
30mm, f/5 @ .5 sec, ISO 250
I wanted to capture her as she was… having fun… in the moment. I didn’t want her to be frozen in time, as most of these images could be. You see the movement in her hands, dress, but especially in her hair.
Could this photograph be better? Of course it can, but that is NOT the point. The point is that when on vacation I overcame my FEAR of photographing strangers. And BTW, I’m extremely happy with the outcome of this photograph. It is one of my favorites.
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Why is it a prohibited portrait? There was a NO seating/standing sign on this location. It is how we roll! 
ISO: 320
Exposure: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Location: Washington DC,VA
Today I had the opportunity to visit the White House, although we were schedule for a VIP tour, it was cancelled two days ago, but still, we did the touristic thing and walked in front of the house and snapped a couple of pictures.
ISO: 320
Exposure: f/5.0
Shutter Speed: 1/6
Location: Washington DC, VA
