Fire Dancers on Playa Principal

Thanks Charly. Im glad you like them. It's a fun photo technique. I use a long shutter speed and then have a flash fire at the last instant to capture a sharp image along with the movement. For me, I want to feel the dynamic character of the performance.

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Fine Art Photographer. Images are available for purchase here: Ward Cameron on Pixels.com

I hear you but economic realities are different here. It's similar I'm most poor countries. Everybody has to work.

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Fine Art Photographer. Images are available for purchase here: Ward Cameron on Pixels.com

Always saddened to see the children forced to work by their parents here. Especially the mom stays in the background forcing the bobblehead selling children to cozy up to tourists who overpay often not taking the bobblehead and acknowledging it for the begging it is.

IMO, It is only begging when you fail to buy the thing they are selling. Get to know some of these kids. One who is now a married adult put himself (with a little help from others) through school being a little vendor. I haven't seen him in several months but I believe he and his wife are both still going to school.

Thanks Will. If you click on any of the pics, it'll take you to Flickr. A quick scroll down below the pic will show you all the metadata about the image. These were all taken at .4 sec shutter speed with the flash set to fire at the end of the exposure (second curtain sync). It's really important that the second curtain sync be set to get the feel of the fire flowing. I use this technique a lot when I want to capture motion. I will vary the shutter speed depending on how fast the action is taking place. Here are some other examples:

wardc_141031_6367.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_140214_8213.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

For some scenes (like the fish market), I'll put it on a tripod and let the people blur and the fish stay sharp. Here is an example:

wardc_141123_0157.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

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Fine Art Photographer. Images are available for purchase here: Ward Cameron on Pixels.com

Thanks for the heads up. For some reason my flickr photos become disconnected from this page. Here are some updated links:

wardc_151205_1290.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1293.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1294.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1300.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1302.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1305.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

wardc_151205_1304.jpg by Ward Cameron, on Flickr

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Fine Art Photographer. Images are available for purchase here: Ward Cameron on Pixels.com