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I had a great experience while walking around the fabrication workshops in the old Islamic Cairo. Looking into the eyes and emotions of the working people has a different feeling, especially for an architecture oriented photographer. I was a little hesitant (and shy, may be) to face people and ask them for a photo. Many people don’t feel comfortable when you aim the lens towards them. However, I was supported by few of my friends that were used to practice street life photography, that really helped breaking the ice between me and the worker.

لقد كانت تجربة رائعة لي عندما ذهبت في جولة بين ورش تصنيع المنتجات المعدنية بشارع المعز لدين الله الفاطمي بالقاهرة الاسلامية. فكان للنظر في عيون وتعبيرات وجوه العمال الحرفيين أثرا مختلفاً على شخص مثلي، اعتاد أن يلتقط صورا معمارية. وشعرت كثيرا بالتردد والخجل أحيانا من مواجهة الأشخاص وأن أطلب منهم أن ألتقط لهم صوراً. فالكثير من الناس لا يشعر بالارتياح إذا وجهت عدسة الكاميرا تجاههم. ولكني كنت مدعوماً ببعض أصدقائي ممن اعتادوا على ممارسة تصوير حياة الشارع، فكان لهذا أثرا كبيراً في كسر الحاجز النفسي بيني وبين من قمت بتصويرهم.


EXIF: F4 – 1/15 s – 22 mm – ISO 1600

The situation was a bit challenging in terms of camera settings selection, especially considering I’m not used to such type of photos. The challenge was to balance the lighting level while avoiding blurry background (wide aperture), high noise level (high ISO) and shaking objects (slow shutter speed). It’s not a secret, the Zeiss 16-35 mm F4 Lens continued to amaze me giving very sharp images, and in this time, very good handheld image stabilization in a relatively low shutter speed.

كان التحدي بالنسبة لي في هذا الموقف هو كيفية اختيار اعدادات التصوير، مع اعتبار أنني غير معتاد على مثل هذا النوع من التصوير. فقد كانت عملية ضبط الاضاءة مهمة جدا مع محاولة تفادي تشوش الخلفية بسبب اختيار فتحة عدسة واسعة، و تفادي زيادة التحبب بسبب اختيار اعدادات ISO مرتفعة، وأخيراً تفادي اهتزاز عناصر الصورة بسبب اختيار سرعة غالق بطيئة. ولا أخفي سراً، فقد أبهرتني عدسة زايس 16-35 مم كعادتها في انتاج صور عالية الحدة والوضوح، وايضا تقليل أثر اهتزاز العناصر عند التصوير بسرعة غالق بطيئة نسبياً. 


It was obviously a single exposure shot. And it was later processed in Adobe Lightroom. Processing was mainly focused in centralizing the lighting into the main focus points of the photo, the worker and the light beam. Also, I had to tune down little harsh colors (red and orange) of few objects in the background to keep the viewer’s attention where I wanted.

بالطبع كانت هذه الصورة من تعرض واحد. وتم معالجتها لاحقاً باستخدام برنامج لايت روم. وقد تمحورت عملية المعالجة حول تركيز الإضاءة على العناصر المهمة في الصورة مثل العامل و شعاع الضوء الساقط من النافذة. هذا بالإضافة إلى أنني قمت بتقليل سطوع وتشبع بعض اللوان الصارخة لبعض العناصر في خلفية الصورة (مثل اللون الأحمر والبرتقالي) حتى أحافظ على تركيز نظر المشاهد على الأماكن التي أردتها.


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March 13, 2016 Nader

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