On our last day in Havana, we visited a nearby family apartment in Central Havana – several families sharing space in what must have been a much wealthier family’s private home back before the revolution. The natural light through the windows was just beautiful that morning – helping to create some great portrait opportunities like this one.
She’s part of my Faces of Cuba portfolio. Post-processed using Lightroom 5, VSCO Film 04, and Photoshop CC.
This is Maria – the shopkeeper of Maria’s coffeehouse in Las Terazzas – about an hour outside of Havana.
We had a great day out of Havana touring this area – stopping first at Buena Vista, the French coffee plantation high in the hills – and then moving on to Maria’s for excellent coffee. I had the cappuccino which came with an image of Che in dark chocolate on top of the foam!
As we were leaving her café, I snapped this image of Maria – part of my Faces of Cuba portfolio.
Perhaps she’s actually “The Courier” – with that manila envelope in her hand. Or “The Spy”?
She was basking in the late afternoon sun in a late January Havana when I captured this shot. Another in my Faces of Cuba portfolio.
Here’s the next image in my Faces of Cuba portfolio.
On one of our evenings in Havana last January, a small group of us headed off to Cafe Taberna for dinner and a show. We had a table on stage left right up front – it was fun shooting the singers! This fellow was the lead – I caught him in between a couple of his routines watching the show.
Here’s the next image in my Faces of Cuba portfolio.
One evening while we were in Havana we took in the show at the Tropicana. I was lucky – brought along an 85mm f/1.8 lens for my Nikon D600 – and we had seats that matched the reach of the 85mm lens perfectly. It was a great show! And she was a great dancer – I just love her look in this image!
Here’s another image in my Faces of Cuba portfolio – something I just started after working on last night’s image of The Fisherman!
The light pouring through those windows behind into this market in Havana was really amazing. It offered a high contrast opportunity for some great images of this butcher – and his colleagues.
I’ve been trying some new kinds of monochrome conversions – and here’s an example – a shot from the ferry in Havana last January. He was fishing out the side door of the ferry – and working to bait his hook. This edition has a bit of platinum toning in the midtones and shadows.
The Fisherman is the first image in my Faces of Cuba portfolio.
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