Purim 2016 – carnival night in Jerusalem
i’m really happy that i arrived to Jerusalem in a time of the Purim carnival walk by mistake, because i never would do this on a plan. i’m not a big massive carnivals lover – don’t understand me wrong – i love people but only when i can choose the company for the “one on one” collaboration. I exaggerated a little bit – “one on a few” also good for me but “one on thousands” this is too much. so it’s was nice mistake and i enjoyed a walk, an observation and other goodies like beer, chips (yes it was fast food, but exactly what i wanted at this moment) and a loud noise of the big city. i hope that you will not be surprised when you will find the images of a carnival in black and white. yes i removed all the red/green/yellow/blue/other vibrant spots and had left the only emotions and expression of the celebrating people.
enjoy the BW carnival..
thank you
Ah, well, yes…hmmm, …general merriment..the chap with the creepy glasses is quite priceless…looks good if not lots better in Black and white.
Hey Paula ! I was in doubts – from one side a colorful carnival, from another side all these colors as usual distracted me ;-)). Thank you this guy was so cool !
these are awesome, Victor… I can still see the colors though in BW, the shots are so expressive… are these all natural light, have you used a flash? I should go out of my comfort zone to try and take night shots… these are really wonderful!!
Thank you Alexandra. I dont use flash for my night walks and same was this night – the only availabke light of the streets. When i started my journey in the low light photography i known nothing about but everything is about experience and after a few years of doing this i even changed my technique few month ago and got some better (by my opinion) results. So agree with you about the colors here
thank you for your reply, Victor… yeah, a flash would produce different results in the streets, the photos won’t be as genuine I guess… wonderful work, once again!! the closest to low light photography I’ve ever been so far is an early morning sunrise lol 🙂 there was even this carnival recently in a neighboring Balkan country, which I was thinking of visiting but gave up on the idea cuz it would take place at night and I do not know how to shoot that :/ and it’s great you say it took you years, it’s encouraging for others, like me, to know it wasnt overnight 🙂 have a wonderful week ahead, Victor 🙂
I went to a purim party around here on Sunday with the kid. It was a small party, but a nice one.
It was my first time to visit Jerusalem during a purim 😉
Beautiful images… I am not so into Carnaval as well.. Your pictures are making the carnaval look pretty. 🙂 With joy I watched.
Thank you Aline ! I really wanted to see another side of the isual joy of a Carnival. So glad that you found it pretty!
Fantastic shots Victor, I especially love the portraits!
Thank you Sam 😉