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Brave man - GL with that

Yeahso wrote:Just had my details confirmed and booking taken for a lone trip to Chernobyl beginning April 2nd.

Expect plenty of shots.

Isn't that now a tourist attraction?

In the same sense that North Korea is a tourist attraction, yes.

spooky ferris wheel

I've read about how people have recently started going back to areas near Chernobyl and started living there, despite them still being dangerously radioactive and not officially designated liveable. Would be cool if you could find any evidence of this. Looking forward to the shots, good luck.

There was a popular internet site a few years back full of pictures from someone who did a solo motorcycle ride through Chernobyl/Pripyat - I'm guessing you saw some of her stuff? Although hers were mainly just snapshots, I can't wait to see what you do with them. Definitely looking forward to these ones.

Yeahso wrote:Just had my details confirmed and booking taken for a lone trip to Chernobyl beginning April 2nd.

Expect plenty of shots.

Jealousy++ Chernobyl is near the top of my list for places to take a photo trip to. Looking forward to seeing your photos and blog commentary on it.

Don't drink the water but I hear you can get a killer Chicken Kiev.

Canon 7D and 24-70mm f2.8 L and some accessories, ordered. Had to order the camera with the kit lens because everything else was out of stock but only wound up costing around $100 more so no biggy...
Will be taking pictures of it probably apr 21st

Yeahso wrote:Just had my details confirmed and booking taken for a lone trip to Chernobyl beginning April 2nd.

Expect plenty of shots.

good luck and watch out for these fuckers

haha, I'm hoping if everything goes right, I'll come back with some kind of superpower.

Here's a picture of a beach:

Er, no Chernobyl is seems for me. Russian government have denied my visa. I'm not allowed to enter the country. No reason given, just a straight denial according to my tour arranger.

Gutted for you. Can you reapply?

"not at this time" apparently, but I wonder if that's the guides language rather than the government.

worth doing some research.

Is there any option of not going via a guide? apply for some kind of working visa as a professional photographer maybe?

That's exactly what I had done. I was going on my press pass as a photojournalist. Sucks man, I'm just waiting to here back from another guide, I'm going to reapply as a tourist and see what happens.

they have something to hide I tell you Besides I figured that most photojournalists rather hide that particular aspect of their visit...after all they are a part of how information (in one form or another) gets out to the public in a big way. Who knows maybe the idea of someone sniffing about is not greeted very well.

Some new pieces of work:

Yeahso wrote:Russian government have denied my visa.

Yeahso wrote:I was going on my press pass as a photojournalist.

it's either this, or you have a criminal record

sys0p sets the bar for q3w photographers.

Awesome shots...

very impressive pictures indeed!

is there anything Yeahso doesnt do well?

xer0s wrote:sys0p sets the bar for q3w photographers.

Awesome shots...

He's in a different league than the rest of us here with cameras, that is certain.

Yeahso wrote:Some new pieces of work:

Sorry to bug you about lighting setups all the time - was there a specific thing you had to do in order to light up the teeth in his mouth that way? Specifically the molars in his lower jaw - I'd think there would have
been more shadow on them.

Nah man. Check where the shadow on his nose falls. It's going slightly up, which tells you the lightsource was sitting low relative to the middle of his face. The mouth was lit with the same light as the rest of the shot.

Yea, I saw that the catchlight in his eyes looked like the source was low.
Did you use a beauty dish here?