[Leica] Mondesa out-takes

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Marty, keep in mind that you were a tourist too...that's what I always tell 
myself when I get annoyed at all the other visitors in some pictoresque 
place.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA





On Jun 24, 2010, at 4:50 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> I find editing deeply frustrating, mostly because you see lost
> opportunities.  I don't mind so much when I mess something up, but I
> have identified a new rage: "editing rage" where, luckily, the people
> who mess with you are long gone, so they cannot be berated or worse
> for messing things up.
> 
> There is an excellent company that takes tourists to Mondesa.  Our
> guides and driver work for them.  They show visitors how Africans
> really live and the challenges they face in day-to-day life.  I really
> think what they do makes a difference and changes the views of the
> people who come and see the township.  I found a problem - tourists
> wanted to jump into my pictures.  I don't usually post out-takes, but
> here are three:
> 
> This little guy ran, sometimes doing cartwheels, and then looked back
> at me.  This one might have been an out take anyway because there is
> some rubbish on the ground that looks like it is in his band, but the
> main problem is the top-right tourist:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/runner.jpg.html
> 
> It's the same person in the background here:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/tongue.jpg.html
> you can see her digicam above the head of the boy wearing the beanie.
> She followed me around for quite a while.
> 
> But this one is the worst:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img835.jpg.html
> - as I framed this, I looked right and was yelling at this person to
> stop and get out of the way.  She payed no heed.  Nice arm, huh?
> Thanks.
> 
> Does anyone else find themself screaming at their contact sheets or
> monitor, or do I need some special kind of anger management therapy
> for photographers?
> 
> Vented . . . back to normal programming soon.
> 
> Marty
> 
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