I stream on Saturdays (www.twitch.tv/davidtheaussie) I also upload all my images to this site and export the video to youtube (www.youtube.com/@david_theaussie). As part of that routine, I’ll pick a favourite image for the week and add it to my site. I may forget or may not do this every week.
This week’s photo is from Goa, India. I spent about a week there lounging on the beach and doing very little. That’s the point of Goa … to forget about the world. As with all things in India, street kids are very open about begging. Most speak zero English and don’t even speak, they just walk up and put their hand out hopeful of getting something. This is not an indictment of India, it’s an incredible country, but just the nature of a place with incredible poverty mixed with fat white cashed up tourists!
This young lady walked up to me at a cafe and held out her hand. I indicated that I would give her some money if she let me take her photo. She was happy to agree and leaned on the railing at the edge of the cafe and let me take this snap. I got one photo – this one!
Sometimes your best photos aren’t planned. They’re not the ones you’re looking for and they’re not photos that you get 5-10 shots or more and pick the best of the bunch. Sometimes your best photo walks right up to you, you get a shot, and it’s beautiful!