Author: travel67
Friday Night Lights
A few photos from this evening’s shoot with high school senior James. A lovely young man, a great location, and some moody lighting allowed us to create some heroic portraits.
Omena Singsing Group, Eastern Highlands Province
Members of the Omena Singsing Group of the Eastern Highlands Province at the Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea
I meant the other white suit Fenton.
Limited Edition Print Christmas Contest
This holiday season I’m going to send one of the followers of Chris Willson Photography on Facebook a free limited edition print of their choice. Choose any photograph in the series as either a 12″x 17″ or 17″ x 24″ fine art print. To enter simply visit Chris Willson Photography on Facebook, like the page, and then share the post about the contest. On December 1st, I will randomly select one lucky winner from the list of sharers. A couple of weeks later they’ll receive an extra box to put under the Christmas tree!
Highland Warriors – Hero Shots
Three hero shots, three heroic highland warriors.
Taro the Akita-ken
Taro, a big lovely dopey Akita-ken (Akita dog) I met in Fukuoka. The most famous Akita-ken, however, is Hachiko. There have been several movies about his life, and of course there is the statue beside Hachiko Crossing in central Shibuya, Tokyo.
The Widow & The Warrior Helmet of Shingen Takeda
As the floats wound their way around Karata City, locals and visitors lined the parade route. On the Monday, among the thousands of spectators, one person stood out. An elderly lady waited on the side of the road clutching a framed photograph of an man dressed in the colors of one of the float teams. The Warrior Helmet of Shingen Takeda approached. Two lines of men dragged the float along the street and up across the bridge. Then something rather magical happened. The giant float with the warrior helmet of Shingen Takenda stopped. The elderly lady was ushered in front of the float, and the teams of men turned to face her. The widow held up the photograph of her husband and the men cheered, and cheered, and cheered again.
Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea – Help! Name that tribe.
Another tribe that somehow I don’t know the name of. At the time I think I’d guessed they were more member of the Kunai Culture Singsing Group (shown in a previous blog), but now it is clear that they have different pattern of red, black, white and yellow face paint. For this next photograph I switched to using off camera flash to illuminate the portrait. It produces a very different style of image, and although I don’t usually go for this “lit” look when shooting travel work it is useful to add some punch and variety to the selection of images from an event.
Tai, The Red Snapper Float, Karatsu Kunchi Festival
The Red Snapper is the most popular float at the Karatsu Kunchi festival. You could hear many people saying “kawaii” as it bobbed past flapping its fins.
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 