BoBo the Original
Abbey
It's been some time that I haven't dipped any part of my body in salty water and I decided to have a diving trip this summer, as my son has to contribute a 50 hours of his life to sports, in order to be able to graduate from his IB course before college.
My son Derin and I went to Kas, located in the Mediterenean coast of Turkey and as he took his CMAS One Star Diving Programme classes, I spend some time diving and we had our last dive together.
Some of you might remember me complaining about Turkish people for not willing to participate. As we were in a popular vacation spot there were a lot of foreigners and I decided to take advantage.
It was our second day of our diving trip and the boat had returned to Kas for lunch. We were lunching in a cafe at the harbour and I instantly noticed Abby and her friend Kelly chatting at the next table. Both had the same hat and both have beautiful eyes. At first, the plan is to photograph them together and go for a double portrait but when I started speaking, I completely forgot that.
Sadly my shyness in this stranger portrait thing continues (actually this is totally against my character [I am a social person who can easily interact with anyone and this surprises me as well] and I accuse the attitude of my fellow citizens for that). I decided to take my chances and went to their table.
As usual, I made a hesitant introduction. But after a couple seconds I was pretty talkative and told the two ladies about the project and they were willing to pose for me.
I didn't have my reflector with me (I am going to buy a smaller one). It was the hottest hour of the day and the sun was fiercely shining in the sky but thankfully we were in the shade.
While I was eavesdropping, I though they were from England but I was wrong. Abby and Kelly are from Australia. They were enjoying the free wi-fi and catching up with their lives so I didn't want to be babbler. We talked about Australia being a dangerous place in terms of animal species living both on land and in the sea. I took a couple of pictures, got their e-mails and thanked for their participation and left for the second dive of the day.
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This picture is #30 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Abbey
It's been some time that I haven't dipped any part of my body in salty water and I decided to have a diving trip this summer, as my son has to contribute a 50 hours of his life to sports, in order to be able to graduate from his IB course before college.
My son Derin and I went to Kas, located in the Mediterenean coast of Turkey and as he took his CMAS One Star Diving Programme classes, I spend some time diving and we had our last dive together.
Some of you might remember me complaining about Turkish people for not willing to participate. As we were in a popular vacation spot there were a lot of foreigners and I decided to take advantage.
It was our second day of our diving trip and the boat had returned to Kas for lunch. We were lunching in a cafe at the harbour and I instantly noticed Abby and her friend Kelly chatting at the next table. Both had the same hat and both have beautiful eyes. At first, the plan is to photograph them together and go for a double portrait but when I started speaking, I completely forgot that.
Sadly my shyness in this stranger portrait thing continues (actually this is totally against my character [I am a social person who can easily interact with anyone and this surprises me as well] and I accuse the attitude of my fellow citizens for that). I decided to take my chances and went to their table.
As usual, I made a hesitant introduction. But after a couple seconds I was pretty talkative and told the two ladies about the project and they were willing to pose for me.
I didn't have my reflector with me (I am going to buy a smaller one). It was the hottest hour of the day and the sun was fiercely shining in the sky but thankfully we were in the shade.
While I was eavesdropping, I though they were from England but I was wrong. Abby and Kelly are from Australia. They were enjoying the free wi-fi and catching up with their lives so I didn't want to be babbler. We talked about Australia being a dangerous place in terms of animal species living both on land and in the sea. I took a couple of pictures, got their e-mails and thanked for their participation and left for the second dive of the day.
www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily
This picture is #30 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page