Portrait of a Stranger I

This former Aggie was explaining to his grandson about the A&M tradition of placing pennies on Sul Ross' boot for good luck when I asked to take a portrait. I wanted to portray their relationship as family as well as their enthusiasm for Texas A&M, so I placed them close together with grandfather's arm around his grandson. I placed the statue of Sul Ross in the background and took the portrait from a low vantage point to include the statue in the picture without getting too far from the subjects' faces (it also figuratively shows how both subjects look up to Sul as an icon of Texas A&M). I asked the grandson, who was much shorter than his grandfather, to stand on the ledge next to the statue so that his face was closer to his grandfather's face, both to show their closeness and to include the statue without getting too far back. The colors as well as the logos on both subjects clothing reinforce that they are Aggies. If I were to retake this photograph, I would lower the ISO and decrease the shutter speed instead.

Done