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Children at a sugar plantation in the Dominican Republic.
(c) Elmer Laahne 2015.
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(c) Elmer Laahne 2015.
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This photo was taken in the Dominican Republic, on a sugar plantation. I was shooting a film documentary, and I always bring with me a SLR camera, this shot was captured on film, I had a break from filming, and took my camera and went about in their living quarters, when it started raining heavily.Time
The shot was captured around noon time.Lighting
Just natural light, backlight.Equipment
This picture was taken handheld, with a nikon F100 camera, with a medium telephoto lens.Inspiration
I saw there was a thunderstorm aproaching, and thought that could open some opportunities regarding the children, and I was right, I waited and sat down, for moments to play itself out..Editing
This image is originally shot on a colour reversal film, the only post processing, is converting it to black and white, it looked better that way, a little shadow highlight adjustments, thats it.In my camera bag
Today, I have a canon 5d camera, with 24-70, and 70-200 mm lenses, a small flash with softbox, a tripod, remote release, a pola filter, and a range of ND filters. Some times I have a canon eos 1d mark III camera in my gear also.Feedback
Plan your shot ahead of time. Find a position and composition that looks good, wait for the right moments, in this case when the rain started falling heavy, and a few more boys appeared, coming out of their houses, i started shooting several images. Getting wet from the rain, is just fun, when one can get this kind of image.