Laughter Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

I was walking down the old turkish quarter of Al Hodeidah and I came accross a few guys who asked me to take their picture. Since I was trying to get close to this one to get an interesting angle, he just kept laughing and couldn't control himself, so I just started clicking, and this is what came out.

AL Hodeidah is Yemen's second largest port. It is located on the red sea not too far from the horn of africa. This can be seen in the local population which shows a mixture of african and arabic blood.

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markstaples (15670) 2008-01-10 10:53

Hi Daniel
This man's laughter is so contagious! It's set me off laughing myself. A well captured and well framed portrait. Nice work.
Best wishes
Mark
PS Having looked at your profile, did your office recently send out a Christmas card with Carcassonne by night on it? If not, ignore this!!

Tracker (1940) 2008-01-10 10:56

Hi Daniel,
You have taken so expressive picture. May be a bit more light would be better but anyway I like the compo and colours.
Regards,
Denis

noborders (14201) 2008-01-10 11:12

A bit dark as a face, but what a communicative great laugh !!!
Reading your note, I think that you took great advantage of the situation, better this than a stiff pause !
LOL...
Bravo,
Cath.

indraajeet (1773) 2008-01-10 11:19

the laughter contrasts well with the stark background. full of drama. excellent
indrajit

mariandrea (973) 2008-01-10 12:15

Great! it makes you laugh... amazing capture. The combination of colours is very good too. Well done! Bye,

Maria

riclopes (33115) 2008-01-11 0:44

Splendid night captures from Oporto ;-) Olá Daniel, happy 2008 for you too. This is a very enjoyable moment. I can count how many teeth he have ;-) What I find interesting is the interplay of the painting on the wall with him. In fact, the whole background adds much interest.
Regards,
ricardo

Xen (572) 2008-01-11 2:37

This is one VERY healthy laugh this man has.

Great photo. Great composition - very well done!

Deb x

saylan-cb (12726) 2008-01-11 3:46

Bonjour Daniel
Superb photo!A very good composition the colours,frame are beautiful.
TFS/Regards

vincent24 (9038) 2008-01-13 23:47

Salut Daniel,
Je decouvre ta petite serie du Yemen...j'adore celle là!elle nous fait forcement sourire :-))et puis ta note nous raconte le contexte de cette photo de rue...
bonne journée,
vincent

Flavia (10202) 2008-01-14 7:16

Hi Daniel,

I see you are already back. Love the mood here, really fantastic. Pure joy and spontaineity. What a great moment. You have a very special way to get to your subjects.

Cheers,

Flavia

sebinho342 (18744) 2008-01-14 9:39

Salut Daniel, alors c'était bien cet atelier photo ce week end ?
Il en rit a s'en décrocher la machoire ce yéménite, je sais pas s'il se moque de toi ou de ta façon de prendre en photo mais visiblement tu le fais bien rire ;-)
C'est très réussi face a ce mur très visuel, j'aime beaucoup même si le visage est peut etre un chouilla trop sombre.
Nickel