Photographer at Work

Sri Lankan photographer Aamina Nizar and companion, on Dehiwela Beach. August 2023.

^{• 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/320 • ISO160 • Canon R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Special Feature – ETHNOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY: A Brief History

For anyone who was interested in this lecture, but couldn’t register in time, last week, you can now watch it here. It was originally presented on 7th July, to the Sociology Department of the University of Colombo’s Arts Faculty. Don’t be thrown by the Sinhalese intro; the rest is in English.

Hunter and Prey

Johann Latiff catches a rehearsing dancer in some dramatic light at the IDW Dance Championship, at the Royal MAS Arena, in Colombo, in February 2020.

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/250 • ISO10000 • 6DMkII & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Amazed as we are today by the effortless low-light capability of modern mirrorless cameras, this is a good demonstration of how the last of the DSLRs stood up to the challenge. This shot was taken at ISO 10,000 and, in fact, the entire shoot was conducted without ever dropping below ISO 8,000.

Shooters Shooting Shooters Shooting Shooters

Canon Sri Lanka video team in action, filming me at work on Wolfendhal Street, Gas Works Junction, Pettah. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/800 • ISO125 • R6 & RF35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Dependence

Beachboy, Hikkaduwa. January 2022.* Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Caution, Photographer at Work

De Saram Place, Maradana. January 2022.*

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

The Kandy Trip #5

Shermaine Willis and Anuradha Perera, shot on assignment by the Kandy Lake, Sri Lanka, for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy, in October 2018.

Death and a Selfie at Every Bend

Shot in December 2018, on assignment for The New York Times.

Shooting the Sun

Sunrise over Galle Bay, from the Aurora Bastion of the Galle Fort, Sri Lanka. March 2017.

Poseurs in the Mist

A herdsman and his cows wait patiently to be shot by Swiss photographer Christian Hutter on the Horton Plains Road, Ohiya, in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka.