Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Super-Impromptu Portrait: Aeron in Nara

by Jeffrey Friedl Tue, January 15th, 2013 5:40pm JST (12 years ago)

Super-Impromptu Portrait Aeron from Kyoto, in Nara -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/160 sec, f/1.4, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Super-Impromptu Portrait
Aeron from Kyoto, in Nara

I mentioned the other day in “Massive Support Column at Nara's Todai-ji Temple” about a recent photo trip to Nara, an hour's train ride south of Kyoto. I made the trip with Kyoto photographer friend Aeron, who besides being a great photographer is also seriously photogenic (I mean, really, just look at that smile), so along the way I took the opportunity to try some very impromptu portraits.

And when I say “impromptu”, I don't mean something like these from five years ago where I spent 15 minutes, or these from six months ago whee I spent a couple of minutes, or even these from eight weeks ago... I mean really impromptu, where I set up the shot without him knowing, get his attention, and take the shot all within a few seconds.

This says more about his easy smile than my meager photographic skill, of course, but I'll take a shot like that to my name any day.

Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/80 sec, f/4, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos

at the entrance to the Todaiji Temple's Great Hall -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/80 sec, f/4, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
at the entrance to the Todaiji Temple's Great Hall

It was tough, but I got him to suppress the smile for 1/80th of a second.

Serious Business this business of pausing to let me take a shot -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/80 sec, f/4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Serious Business
this business of pausing to let me take a shot

A few other shots he happened to be in...

Non Portrait at the Todaiji Temple (東大寺), Nara Japan -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 105mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Non Portrait
at the Todaiji Temple (東大寺), Nara Japan

Todaiji's Great Hall 東大寺の大仏殿、奈良 -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/2000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Todaiji's Great Hall
東大寺の大仏殿、奈良

Attention to Detail -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Attention to Detail

Exposed Root System I didn't even notice their photographic potential until he pointed them out -- Todaiji (東大寺) -- Nara, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 5000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Exposed Root System
I didn't even notice their photographic potential until he pointed them out

November	5th,	2007	Impromptu Portraits in the Park
July	13th,	2012	Impromptu Portraiture Practice: Bill in Kyoto
November	16th,	2012	Portrait Practice Among the Fall Colors, with Paul Barr
January	13th,	2013	Massive Support Column at Nara's Todai-ji Temple
January	17th,	2013	That Massive Column in Nara's Todaiji Temple Is Nothing To Sneeze At
March	2nd,	2013	Priceless: Candy and Pottery in a Surprisingly Tasteful Display
July	1st,	2013	Hoverfly and Hydrangea
July	25th,	2013	More Shots from Last Month's Visit to Kyoto's Heian Shrine
October	22nd,	2013	Canopy of Bamboo
January	31st,	2014	On the Approach to the Todaiji Temple in Nara
February	21st,	2015	Filming a TV Segment about Mochi and Shiga

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I love these photos. You never get to see the photographer. Thanks for showing another side of the art.

— comment by Andrea on January 15th, 2013 at 11:35pm JST (12 years ago) — comment permalink