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Behind The Lens
Location
On March 1 I and my wife arrived in Taipei for a vacation, and the next day we visited Chungli and had dinner with two couples whose husbands were my colleagues while I taught at a university there. We ate at a nice garden restaurant near the university, in a private room by the koi pond. You can see the calligraphy hanging behind her.Time
It was about 6 pm.Lighting
It was already near dark, and I generally don't use flask. But an ISO of 6400 is sufficient.Equipment
Canon EOS 60D, with 50 mm f/1.8 II lens, hand held and no flash.Inspiration
I took candid pictures of everyone there, but I was particularly drawn to her by the lines on her face and her animated conversation. She is a strong woman, formerly a mountain climber and now devoted to taking care of her husband who had a stroke years ago. As I remember, the one thing that drew me to this pose was her folded knuckles showing strong fingers already ravaged by arthritis.Editing
I converted into Black and White which intensified the mood. I used the simple Snapseed which is now my favorite B/W converter.In my camera bag
Canon 60D. Canon 50mm f/1.8, Canon 28 - 135 mm zoom, f 1:3.5 - 5.6 IS, Canon 70 - 300 mm zoom, f 1:4 -5.6 IS, Tamron 60 mm f/2 macro 1:1.Feedback
For taking portraits of people, I like to engage them in conversations and then occasionally aiming my camera at them without clicking the shutter. Give them time to get used to it and feel relaxed; then you can starting taking a sequence of pictures. Otherwise they might feel they have to pose just to give you one or two shots so as to get rid of that thing in their face.
