Stranger #3 - Jeff
Despite the coffee cup, Jeff had just walked out of a bar. I asked him if I could take his picture. He was good-humored about it, chuckling "uhhhh, sure" and stood against the corner of Georgetown Records, for me. After I'd taken a few frames, he asked me to explain what I was doing taking pictures of random people. After I described my project and how it's a hands-on way for little old me to get better at portraiture, he smiled and said "that works for me". I know I'm supposed to get to know a little about people for the project, but Jeff seemed like a no-nonsense person, I wasn't going to pepper him with chit-chat while it was raining.
Despite the serious look on his face in the other picture, Jeff seemed like an easygoing guy (a no-nonsense, easygoing person). He was laughing during my fourth and final frame. I like the way he looks taking a drag on his cigarette, here. It's a just go ahead and do your thing, man look. I've included a redux because I like seeing his entire face, especially the pepper in his beard.
postscript: I've got to be completely honest. I can't remember if Jeff's name is actually Jeff, or John. It's something that starts with a J. This makes me so mad at myself, details are important to me. I'm going to go with Jeff since it seems like the name "Jeff" gets a bad rap, sometimes. I even have a cousin Jeff who's a ruffian and has spent some time in prison. When we were kids, he had a three-wheeler that he rode very dangerously and selfishly around the yard while us chaste, "good" cousins could only watch with our mouths hanging wide-open with envy.
Stranger #3 - Jeff
Despite the coffee cup, Jeff had just walked out of a bar. I asked him if I could take his picture. He was good-humored about it, chuckling "uhhhh, sure" and stood against the corner of Georgetown Records, for me. After I'd taken a few frames, he asked me to explain what I was doing taking pictures of random people. After I described my project and how it's a hands-on way for little old me to get better at portraiture, he smiled and said "that works for me". I know I'm supposed to get to know a little about people for the project, but Jeff seemed like a no-nonsense person, I wasn't going to pepper him with chit-chat while it was raining.
Despite the serious look on his face in the other picture, Jeff seemed like an easygoing guy (a no-nonsense, easygoing person). He was laughing during my fourth and final frame. I like the way he looks taking a drag on his cigarette, here. It's a just go ahead and do your thing, man look. I've included a redux because I like seeing his entire face, especially the pepper in his beard.
postscript: I've got to be completely honest. I can't remember if Jeff's name is actually Jeff, or John. It's something that starts with a J. This makes me so mad at myself, details are important to me. I'm going to go with Jeff since it seems like the name "Jeff" gets a bad rap, sometimes. I even have a cousin Jeff who's a ruffian and has spent some time in prison. When we were kids, he had a three-wheeler that he rode very dangerously and selfishly around the yard while us chaste, "good" cousins could only watch with our mouths hanging wide-open with envy.