Portrait #1

This man is my grandmother's (mother's side) younger step-sister's eldest son. I'm not sure what that makes us. I met him for the first time when I went to ZhongShan a few weeks ago. The trip was an experience of a lifetime because ZhongShan is where both my parents were originally from. I grew up hearing this other dialect (ZhongShan dialect) in our house and I always knew we were from ZhongShan. Now I finally had a chance to visit.

To make the trip more meaningful, I went with my grandmother. My grandmother's other younger step-sister (not the mother of the man in the portrait), and my two aunts (my grandmother's daughters) also came. It was an exhausting day and we only really spent 3hours total at our destination in ZhongShan but it was great. My grandmother had not seen her sister in ZhongShan for over 40 years and to be honest, this is probably the last time that they will see each other as well since they are both very old.

We were greeted with the warmest and friendliest welcome by my grandaunt and her branch of the family. Lunch was a feast. I spent the rest of the time just watching everyone talk while taking photos. I took many photos of this man because he was so friendly looking and I felt very comfortable around him for some reason. Maybe it's because he reminds me of my dad. A tall thin man whom you can tell has smiled for much of his life by the wrinkles on his face. He's not smiling in this photo but I liked this one.

Shooting Info

Capture Date: October 13, 2005
Capture Time: 13:25:04.7

Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G

Aperature: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/320
ISO Sensitivity: 400
Focal Length: 52mm

Shooting Mode: Aperature Priority
Image Quality: JPEG Large/Fine 3008x2000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Flash: None