The Tango
If you're a fan of The Tango, Buenos Aires is the place to be; particularly the "La Boca" neighborhood.
As a photographer, I look for any chance to photograph something exciting that shows what a city is all about...
and for Argentina, it's the Tango.
The main street, Caminito, is where all the action is: Open air restaurants, live bands and dancers to the left and to the right of you as you walk along the street as well as in the main square.
After wandering around the "La Boca" for a few hours, I was hungry and in need of a place to sit down, grab a bite to eat and relax for a while.
Many restaurants along Caminito have tango dancers right out front where you can sit under a canopy, have lunch and watch the show.
However, I wasn't in the mood for the somewhat touristy feel of the main drag, so I walked a few blocks out of the square and found a quiet cafe just as rain started to fall.
Taking a seat next to the window, I watched people scramble to get in out of the rain.
Now, I don't photograph people.
I'm not a portrait photographer and have little interest in posing people for a photo.
But sometimes an image is just screaming to be made.
While I was eating lunch, a pair of dancers turned on a quite CD and started dancing in the aisle from the front door to the counter and back.
It didn't take long to notice how beautifully soft the light was as they approached the open door and how quickly it faded as they moved away.
The natural light provided by the door and the window was a perfect lighting set up.
I grabbed my camera and started following the dancers back and forth.
Shooting with a slow shutter speed was helped by the image stabilizing lens, allowing me to photography hand-held.
I just had to practice panning with the dancers and figure out how to time the shot just right.
Watching the Tango through a cameras lens brings it to a whole new level.
When you're not distracted by everything around you, you feel a connection with the dancers.
The precision, the discipline and the emotion becomes so much more evident.
After some practice shots to figure out what I wanted to do I set about actually creating the photograph.
I followed the tango for a while and took about 15-20 photos before I got the sense that I finally nailed the shot I was looking for.
I think the image I created captures everything that tango is about.
As a photographer, I look for any chance to photograph something exciting that shows what a city is all about...
and for Argentina, it's the Tango.
The main street, Caminito, is where all the action is: Open air restaurants, live bands and dancers to the left and to the right of you as you walk along the street as well as in the main square.
After wandering around the "La Boca" for a few hours, I was hungry and in need of a place to sit down, grab a bite to eat and relax for a while.
Many restaurants along Caminito have tango dancers right out front where you can sit under a canopy, have lunch and watch the show.
However, I wasn't in the mood for the somewhat touristy feel of the main drag, so I walked a few blocks out of the square and found a quiet cafe just as rain started to fall.
Taking a seat next to the window, I watched people scramble to get in out of the rain.
Now, I don't photograph people.
I'm not a portrait photographer and have little interest in posing people for a photo.
But sometimes an image is just screaming to be made.
While I was eating lunch, a pair of dancers turned on a quite CD and started dancing in the aisle from the front door to the counter and back.
It didn't take long to notice how beautifully soft the light was as they approached the open door and how quickly it faded as they moved away.
The natural light provided by the door and the window was a perfect lighting set up.
I grabbed my camera and started following the dancers back and forth.
Shooting with a slow shutter speed was helped by the image stabilizing lens, allowing me to photography hand-held.
I just had to practice panning with the dancers and figure out how to time the shot just right.
Watching the Tango through a cameras lens brings it to a whole new level.
When you're not distracted by everything around you, you feel a connection with the dancers.
The precision, the discipline and the emotion becomes so much more evident.
After some practice shots to figure out what I wanted to do I set about actually creating the photograph.
I followed the tango for a while and took about 15-20 photos before I got the sense that I finally nailed the shot I was looking for.
I think the image I created captures everything that tango is about.
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