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06/27/2011 08:29:07 AM · #1 |
I've just returned from a trip to Vietnam.
Great trip.
I paid this guy $50,000 dong for a photo.
I thought it was worth it as he was in a rice paddy, riding a water buffalo with a calf.
   
Then later in the day I paid this woman $20.000dong for a photo. She didnt have a water buffalo so i thought that was fair.
Then i stole these for free
 
People here must have some stories of their own, lets here them
PS $50,000 dong is about $2.50 USD.
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06/27/2011 08:40:44 AM · #2 |
| I bought my 14 year old daughter a $5 bottle of fingernail polish for sitting again for pictures for the Take II challenge in voting. |
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06/27/2011 08:49:35 AM · #3 |
| my two oldest get a dollar when helping or posing for photos. my littlest is happy with a pack of bubblegum. |
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06/27/2011 09:14:21 AM · #4 |
| I paid a cousin $5 to go stand on a hill on a farm and try to look inconspicuous for a Where's Wally challenge ... the farmer later told me it was a favourite haunt of brown snakes (a popular poisonous snake in Australia). |
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06/27/2011 09:19:43 AM · #5 |
I'll usually give a $2-$5 tip to the regulars at the FW Stockyards for taking some pics. For many of them, like Wild Bill, this is their living or a bit of extra retirement income. Except the guy who is dressed up as an indian. He's obnoxious with the manner in which he requests demands tips, so I never photograph him.
Added. I think the most I tipped was $7 for this shot, which is what he charges for a shoeshine, hence the title:
Message edited by author 2011-06-27 09:30:02.
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06/27/2011 09:27:26 AM · #6 |
| This is part of the reason people in some places want $$ for photos.... I just move on. It's mostly in tourist trap areas anyway.... |
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06/27/2011 04:45:44 PM · #7 |
I chatted with these guys first, then tipped this group $1 after taking their picture.
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06/27/2011 05:01:57 PM · #8 |
5$ to this stilt fisherman in Sri Lanka:
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06/27/2011 05:09:35 PM · #9 |
| I don't think I've ever paid anyone... but let me just add, that at first I thought you meant $50,000 dollars and I almost had a conniption, LOL! |
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06/27/2011 05:24:36 PM · #10 |
im in the same boat as Revecca. I thought you meant $50,000 USD!
But now i see that that is not the case! :) I hope you had fun in Vietnam! I have never had to pay someone for their picture! but i have stolen quite a bit in seattle :P |
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06/27/2011 05:33:17 PM · #11 |
| I have not paid anyone for a photo, but just wanted to say that I like your "stolen" photos a lot better than the posed ones. They appear more natural and you get a better sense of the scene when they are not aware that you are "stealing" their photo. |
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06/27/2011 05:35:25 PM · #12 |
I made the mistake of telling my 5 year old "I'll give you a dollar" when he was reluctant to let me take his picture. Now it costs me $1 for every pic, for him to eat his dinner, for him to go (the f*ck) to sleep - pretty much everything. Now I have to borrow money from him for the mortgage payment and that sucks because he charges insane interest rates.
Those are great photos, Lad. Looks like it was a fantastic trip. |
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06/27/2011 08:57:18 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I made the mistake of telling my 5 year old "I'll give you a dollar" when he was reluctant to let me take his picture. Now it costs me $1 for every pic, for him to eat his dinner, for him to go (the f*ck) to sleep - pretty much everything. Now I have to borrow money from him for the mortgage payment and that sucks because he charges insane interest rates.
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That explains a lot. I had been wondering why we never see any new photos of that kid anymore (sorry, can't recall his name at the moment;-p). I thought you had just gone off him big time. |
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06/27/2011 09:29:34 PM · #14 |
[Those are great photos, Lad. Looks like it was a fantastic trip.]
Yes it was a great trip, full of OMG moments when you see what the locals carry while riding their motor scooters.
Worst moment was realizing I had left my camera bag on the baggage trolley while at the air port coming home. It was of course gone minutes later.
Lost in Vietnam 1 x Canon 450D, 1 x 24-105mm L lens, 2 x spare battery, 2 x 8gig sd cards.
No time to leave the air port to find a police station fill in a report as we were about to board the plane leaving the county, so insurance may be problematic with out evidence of a crime.
Great trip spoiled by a moments laps of concentration.
I do have all of my photos transferred to my Ipad that morning thankfully
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06/27/2011 09:31:52 PM · #15 |
$1 each for these Cuban posers
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06/27/2011 11:27:53 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Lad:
[Those are great photos, Lad. Looks like it was a fantastic trip.]
Yes it was a great trip, full of OMG moments when you see what the locals carry while riding their motor scooters.
Worst moment was realizing I had left my camera bag on the baggage trolley while at the air port coming home. It was of course gone minutes later.
Lost in Vietnam 1 x Canon 450D, 1 x 24-105mm L lens, 2 x spare battery, 2 x 8gig sd cards.
No time to leave the air port to find a police station fill in a report as we were about to board the plane leaving the county, so insurance may be problematic with out evidence of a crime.
Great trip spoiled by a moments laps of concentration.
I do have all of my photos transferred to my Ipad that morning thankfully |
Oh my goodness, that must've been heartbreaking! So sorry to hear that! |
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06/28/2011 01:44:28 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Lad:
[Those are great photos, Lad. Looks like it was a fantastic trip.]
Yes it was a great trip, full of OMG moments when you see what the locals carry while riding their motor scooters.
Worst moment was realizing I had left my camera bag on the baggage trolley while at the air port coming home. It was of course gone minutes later.
Lost in Vietnam 1 x Canon 450D, 1 x 24-105mm L lens, 2 x spare battery, 2 x 8gig sd cards.
No time to leave the air port to find a police station fill in a report as we were about to board the plane leaving the county, so insurance may be problematic with out evidence of a crime.
Great trip spoiled by a moments laps of concentration.
I do have all of my photos transferred to my Ipad that morning thankfully |
Ughhhh! That sucks! Well, you can make a movie about going back to Viet Nam years later to rescue the equipment that was left behind. Get Chuck Norris or Stallone to play you. ...oooh, or Charlie Sheen! He's not doing anything and you could probly get him cheap. |
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06/28/2011 02:00:57 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Lad:
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Ughhhh! That sucks! Well, you can make a movie about going back to Viet Nam years later to rescue the equipment that was left behind. Get Chuck Norris or Stallone to play you. ...oooh, or Charlie Sheen! He's not doing anything and you could probly get him cheap. |
Probably more appropriate if I was played by one of the three stooges, the way I feel right now...... |
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06/28/2011 03:11:24 AM · #19 |
I gave my soul for a challenge entry. Ended up with a brown.
Seriously TFP usually costs me about 6 hours of my time. But I tend to recoup that.
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