Comments on: AfriGadget pictures from around Accra, Ghana

By: Imágenes de AfriGadget en Accra, Ghana « EspAfriGadget

Imágenes de AfriGadget en Accra, Ghana « EspAfriGadget — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:22:32 +0000

[...] Publicado por Erik Hersman en http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/08/12/afrigadget-pictures-from-around-accra-ghana/ [...]

By: onitsuka tiger

onitsuka tiger — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:22:52 +0000

very reality!

By: converse

converse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:31:37 +0000

humm! nice photography art, i will to give A grade

By: puma

puma — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:12:36 +0000

great peice of work done fanastic pictures i like them very much A+ grade

By: Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:33:47 +0000

These are wonderful pictures depicting everyday life! I have included a link back to your blog from my post today “Around The Blogosphere 13 August 09.”

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:58:49 +0000

The hauling trucks often double as a car when going downhill or when one of the two Ghanaians get tired.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:37:33 +0000

Paul u can try taking the shots from distances like in the pic above with the guys pushing the truck, that i will say will be the only best way but if u want close and personal, then u may have to let them know ur intentions. Cudos on your taking of shots spree. lol

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:30:59 +0000

U r right Paul but not all blacks have the freewill to take shots. For instance i tried taken a shot of a very interesting scene at a trotro station and whoa i was almost beaten up. So u c the whites take pics and get the looks but the home ppl take shots and they get what i will call “thats a journalist, get him.” kind of treatment. lol

By: Jean-Marc Liotier

Jean-Marc Liotier — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:38:08 +0000

@Paul – There is no reason to feel bad about drive-by shooting done discreetly.

http://gallery.ruwenzori.net/main.php/v/travel/2009-Ghana_western_coast_tandem_Pauline/20090215_152735_7425_Ghana_western_coast_tandem.jpg.html

But if you don’t like it you can opt for the other approach to street photography : talk to the subject. Small talk can go far – just saying hello might break the ice. Or slight flattery like “whoah that is a lot of chair you are carrying” while you take a “do you mind if I take a picture” gesture will relax the atmosphere. Or take a minute to actually have a conversation – then you will have all the time you want to take a few pictures and have a good one, and the conversation is often even more interesting than the pictures !

http://gallery.ruwenzori.net/main.php/v/travel/2009-Ghana_western_coast_tandem_Pauline/20090216_130930_7676_Ghana_western_coast_tandem.jpg.html
http://gallery.ruwenzori.net/main.php/v/travel/2009-Ghana_western_coast_tandem_Pauline/20090226_141347_9136_Ghana_western_coast_tandem.jpg.html

Of course sometimes it does not work… Those guys were working – greeting them from afar and taking a single picture with a smile only earned me rude gestures…

http://gallery.ruwenzori.net/main.php/v/travel/2009-Ghana_western_coast_tandem_Pauline/20090215_153014_7429_Ghana_western_coast_tandem.jpg.html

I’m only beginning to grasp the social skills required for street photography, but I guess that the basic approach of establishing human contact naturally works… I just have to practice much more !

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:53:30 +0000

there have been a lot of pictures like these that i’ve wanted to take – stuff seen from a cab or trotro or something – but it often seems to bug people to have drive-by photos taken by white (= not black) people. i mean nobody says anything but you can see it. any thoughts on this or how to approach this?