Portraits @ Khek Noi

[NineEleven]

Wow, must have been quite a trip to bring the equipment around. Good works here, esp the last few. My only compliant is that most of them are too "posed", would love to see some natural shots of their daily chores & expressions.

Btw, do they have electricity & telcom lines there?

 

[kopiosatu]

i wanted it posed because if u want natural shots of them, there are way plenty during my previous trips and its just plain photojournalistic

i want to feature the person, show the face, show the group, each with their own story
that was my idea for this trip... just to give them a dignified portrait
some are not used to the idea because they are so used to seeing photojournalism instead of portraits but that's ok.
i just have to let people know that it was my intended idea.

they have electricity and telcom lines, only if they can afford it

 

[kopiosatu]

 

[kopiosatu]

but do note that i'm not saying that it is impossible to get shot of them doing their own stuff with lighting set up, it CAN be done.

just remember that you gotta have an idea of what you want to achieve and go shoot!

i admit that i neglected the action side of things because i purely wanted to do portraits like these instead.

 

[kopiosatu]

these are the people who are helping the needy there.

after these, are images that i just shot without planning.

 

[NineEleven]

i wanted it posed because if u want natural shots of them, there are way plenty during my previous trips and its just plain photojournalistic

i want to feature the person, show the face, show the group, each with their own story
that was my idea for this trip... just to give them a dignified portrait
some are not used to the idea because they are so used to seeing photojournalism instead of portraits but that's ok.
i just have to let people know that it was my intended idea.

they have electricity and telcom lines, only if they can afford it

Hey, please don't get offended. Just different thoughts only.

I have a group of Thai friends who does the same thing for far-out villages & I offered to donate generators.

 

[kopiosatu]

Hey, please don't get offended. Just different thoughts only.

I have a group of Thai friends who does the same thing for far-out villages & I offered to donate generators.

no problem, i do understand that different people have different preferences, sometimes i have to think if i should explain my direction or keep quiet.

there is that family with 2 wives and 7 kids who have no electricity

not sure if they can afford to maintain a generator though

 

[Damien Boo]

Fantastic work. Love it:heart::heart:

 

[NikonMI6]

makes me feel that we singaporeans are very fortunate.. appreciate this series very much..

 

[jason121]

Nice

 

[Taenajedi]

inspiring! well worth the effort of pulling around lighting stuff, I'd like to do something like this in the future.

 

[glchua]

Technically it is very good.

But to me, the most remarkable thing about your work is your interaction with the locals.

Such quality work cannot be made just purely whipping out a camera and shoot.

You had took and made photographs.

 

[kopiosatu]

Ok, more photographs that didn't make it into the original gallery.
some were shots that were taken after we were done with the main shot

for example, i would see something and i would suddenly tell the guy holding the flash to swing round and aim at the subject.

and the images are smaller because i am extracting them from the blog instead of the gallery.

these were the kids looking at us taking photos of the old couple who had no job

this is another shot of the old couple

another shot of the musician

 

[kopiosatu]

i never asked them to pose!

we were both laughing over this photo because i said that it had a patriotic look

 

[kopiosatu]

river washing closer up

these guys were chopping paper edges to make it zig zag for a funeral (yeah, we attended a funeral)

not much chance you get to see someone smoke opium

 

[kopiosatu]

more shots of the chicken lady. she has a Hmong chicken in her hands, the flesh is dark unlike the white ones we consume.

note that the ground is half brown and green. it was wet season when i was there and when water hits the ground, the green = algae. i slipped many times. my camera hit the mud too... oh well. every day i spent shooting, there will be mud on me somehow.

 

[kopiosatu]

ok that's about it, unless u wanna see duckies. i took these while waiting for the 105 year old lady

if u notice her portrait shot, there is a duckling near her feet.

 

[jasonlm]

Great pictures! Very meaningful.

I like your signature too

 

[kopiosatu]

thanks all

once again, i will share the link of the organisation that does the work.
Radion International

feel free to contact them if there is anything you want to contribute!

and for those who are interested, i made a short video of the shoots
Short Video

there is a 42 minute, 4 part "documentary" too, you should be able to see it in the list when u watch the short video.

videography wasn't planned, we had no camera man and clips are very little, but its the best i could do to compile it all

 

[gelosbox]

very nicely taken! :thumbsup: