29 October, 2010 | ‘Someone Special’ | Dryanovo | Bulgaria | 4 comments
I decided to go for a photo-walk, and took the road to Dryanovo alone, its about a 4km walk by all accounts and took me an hour or so. I walked towards the sound of voices, and found myself in amongst the action in the Town Square on a day when I had said that some ‘street’ portraits were on the agenda. I wanted to get some people pics in amongst the Urbex shots and the still life that I had shot over the days prior.
Dave was busy at home today, and so I took the opportunity to shoot alone for a few hours. Unbeknown to me today was Dryanovos most special day of the year.
A celebration of the architect that built the town, and today was extra special , as the cardinal of the Southern regions of Bulgaria was present in the town, opening the New Museum and giving it his blessing. I was squeezed in amongst the hustle and bustle of excited Towns folk at the entrance to the new museum, when all of a sudden the crowds parted, all eyes fell on me, and someone shouted out “Photographer”. It all went silent for a few seconds when I realized that it was I that was being called to take the official photos, I was ushered into the museum by the Mayors PR assistant, who had assumed that I was official PRESS, I was literally shooting under the cardinals nose, and had a few great opportunities to shoot. Not the greatest light though, and I was without my 580 EXII having assumed that I was going to be shooting outside all day, but I made the most of the opportunity and shot what I could. It was one of those fantastic photographic moments, that could only happen in a small provincial town in Bulgaria. A moment I will never forget……
Thanks everyone, means a lot, I’ll be posting some more street portraits after the site migration, keep checking back…. cheers CJ
comment by Libby at November 2, 2010 8:14 AM
I like this photo – hes like Father Christmas in fancy dress 🙂 But I really love the story of how you got the shot!
Like you say – only in Bulgaria. (If you had tried that in the UK you’d be looking for someone to bail you out 😉 )
I’m please you enjoyed your time here – you just never know what will happen next!
comment by Jon at October 29, 2010 8:58 PM
Wonderful portrait. And I love the story!
comment by DedicatedRR at October 29, 2010 8:30 PM
WOW! What a great story and a great portrait, to boot 😛
- taken|21 october, 2010
- camera|Canon 5D
- lens|Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens
- focal length|55mm
- aperture|f/2.8
- shutter speed|1/320s
- shooting mode|Aperture
- exposure bias|0 ev
- metering mode|Pattern
- iso|200
- flash fired|no
- image quality|RAW
- raw converter|LIGHTROOM + CS3 + Photomatix
- cropped|No
- taken|21 october, 2010
- camera|Canon EOS 5D
- focal length|55mm
- aperture|f/2.8
- shutter speed|1/320s
- iso|200
- flash fired|no
- exposure bias|0 ev
- location|Дряново, България