Some good shots snatched from the maws of a difficult day. I’d only slept 4 hours the night before, had an angry blister on my right foot, and had severe diarrhoea which meant I was looking for toilets every 10 minutes. If you know the ratio of toilets to humans in Dhaka you’d know how funny that is. To make things worse, there wasn’t much sun. I worked for 5 hours and got 170 shots.
- Didn’t concentrate so much on close in headshots. It was hard to concentrate so I just tried to get into the flow by shooting whatever. The bus was again a major frustration. It takes around an hour and a bit to get about 7 km.
- I was at New Market so I got some decent Burqa shots although I really want to close that set off and move on.
- Rather than any set work, there were some really powerful, poignant one offs which may work well in a more generic Dhaka set. Lots of mid-shots.
- Went to Gulistan and initially it worked out pretty well, but with the combination of calamities above I became really tired, and once the sun went down was dejected enough that I left.
- One of the good things that came out were some interesting Rickshaw shots. But I have to get closer and shoot up from the chest to get the look that I want.
- I shot mainly through the viewfinder which was a good thing.
- Setting up the Photo Note posts has been a good idea as a way to make use of some of the photos. They are certainly not the best photos but allow me explain what I’m seeing out here. They are usually humorous and people seem to be enjoying them.
- I really have to start worrying about a backup drive. Pehaps I should buy a 500GB drive in Abu Dhabi. I could instantly lose all of my photos at any moment right now. Have to take this seriously.
- Because it was mainly mid shots, focus was good. Usual problems with overexposure with the headshots with the sky in the background.
- Have to superglue some parts of my camera together.
Why tomorrow will be better
- Well, it’ll be better if there’s better sun.
- More concentration on headshots series.
- Work in Gulistan, and Old Dhaka. The right places for this work.
- Take a bit of time out to get over all these ailments. I’m not superman. It’s hard to work with all of the issues that I have at the moment. Since it’s raining, perhaps do some editing work.
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