Steve's Photoblog
A Fellow Photographer
Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 11 April 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Not that I'm a photographer. However, I met this gentleman on one of my trips to the top of Futabayama. He saw my camera and pointed out a mountain on the skyline behind which the city of Kure lies. When I asked if I could take his picture, he indicated no and pointed down the mountain (Futabayama) and said something I didn't understand. A bit later, I headed down the mountain and heard footsteps behind me. He had followed me and motioned for me to follow him. We walked a little further down and arrived at where he lives and he pulled out some of his photographs to show me. He had pictures of Hokkaido, Onomichi and some nice flower shots. After I looked at his photos, he agreed to be photographed. What a really nice chance encounter.
Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands
And what a beautiful portrait it turned out to be. The lighting is perfect.
11 Apr 2007 6:31am
JackGirl from dreamland, Brazil
oh sorry.. happy birthday goes wrong...:(
shame on me
11 Apr 2007 3:29pm
Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece
FANTASTIC encounter, you got the picture well deserved of this gentle person
11 Apr 2007 5:50pm
Dornbrau from Colorado Springs, United States
What a wonderful face study. I'm glad the gentleman came back and let you take the shot.
11 Apr 2007 9:28pm
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Well, I have to follow all these comments made before me. All I can say is that I agree totally. Great story and great portrait... and you definitely ARE a photographer, in the real sense of the word!
3 Jul 2007 5:40am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful natural light and expression. A branch in the up-left corner for not going out would have been perfect... but even like this it is beautiful.
1 Feb 2008 5:01am
