Persongalleriet #589: Istanbul Snacks

Här kommer några bilder för den som behöver få igång aptiten!

Får det vara friterade degbollar på turkiskt vis?

Eller kanske grillad majskolv?

Rostade kastanjer?

Goda bröd...

...där jag fått lära mig att dessa här nedan heter Simit:

Mums!

Ha en bra vecka, alla!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #587: A to Z of Street Photography!

Har legat lågt med bloggandet ett par veckor. Delvis på grund av urladdningen med att blogga "live" från min Istanbulresa, men även på grund av att jag lagt tillgänglig tid på denna bildmässigt ganska omfattande artikel på deviantart.com om min dag med gatufotokollegerna Alphan Yilmazmaden och Ziaul Kareem i Istanbul. Över 100 bilder, både från mig och de andra. Och där många av bilderna visar på killarnas arbetssätt, och hur vi har fångat samma situation på våra egna sätt.

Här kan du hitta artikeln!

Ha det gott, alla!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #586: Istanbul Up Close, Pt 1

March 12th, 2016.
On my last day of this trip  I was back at the spot with the amazingly dramatic light at the spice market. It was a Saturday and it was crazy how many people passed! Here are just a few of my shots:

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #585: Selfie with Cat & Hen

March 12th, 2016.
I'm used to all the stray dogs and cats here in Istanbul, but to find a hen and a cock strolling around a courtyard in the very centre of the city shook me up a bit.

The blog's title goes with this here pic:

At the other end of the yard was a male specimen of the same species. For a title for the next picture I was thinking of "Three Men and One Cock", but maybe that could be interpreted as a bit mean. What about "Three Men and a Cock", which gives us a bit of literary reference? Or maybe "Three Men and a Rooster", which should be harmless enough not to offend any sensitive viewers that might be out there somewhere??? Enough of titles, here's the photograph in question:

I'm writing this from a hotel near Sabiha Gökcen airport, so this is the last "live" blog this time around. But of course I will show more pictures from this trip and the other trips I have done and from the ones I hope will follow!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #584: The Big Spotlight in the Sky

Trying to learn a thing or two from Master Alphan, yesterday I looked for those little spots of light that can make a subject really stand out from the background. It was a sunny day, which is almost a prerequisite, otherwise you would have to look for electric lighting to do the job. I have especially come to love indirect sunlight bouncing off a bright surface.

For this next shot, I had scouted the scene for a possible street still life, when this guy stopped me in the street and asked me to take his portrait.I asked him to go down the stairs and it turned out it was the door to his place of work!

Later in the day I found a spot with some Hollywood big screen studio lighting right in the heart of the city. The direct sun is on her back and a big, unpainted aluminium wall is shooting the sunlight right back in her face! As the background is much darker, I think the effect is pretty striking!

Now I have to get out on the streets! It's my last shooting day in Istanbul after all!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas