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140806 - 107 - Steven
Meet Steven, is 7/100 in the second round of my 100 strangers project.
Not sure why I was out at dusk with the flash on a perfectly good summers evening, if I hadn't bothered cutting the grass I could have been out in some lovely golden hour light earlier on!
I spotted Steven walking towards me in the street. Maybe common sense should have stopped be but I couldnt help myself "How did you get that black eye?" was my opening line. Steven stopped and smiled, "I got it for winning a poker game" was the response.
He had recently won £400 in a poker game, the black eye was not because he had won but because he was being cheeky to the other players after he won.
"It got me through to the next round of the tournament anyway" he said.
Having been prevented form playing poker for a number of years due to his ex he is now back playing. Although not a professional gambler, he does wonder if he should be (although I maybe wouldnt recommend it based on this black eye!)
Steven also used to do a bit of DJ'ing and has travelled extensively doing it.
I did comment on my last stranger pic that I was going to try and avoid head shots with plain backgrounds, trying to get a bit of variety. Looks like I failed again!
If you look in Steven it was a pleasure to meet you.
More inspirational street portraits can be found in the 100 strangers group here: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
140806 - 107 - Steven
Meet Steven, is 7/100 in the second round of my 100 strangers project.
Not sure why I was out at dusk with the flash on a perfectly good summers evening, if I hadn't bothered cutting the grass I could have been out in some lovely golden hour light earlier on!
I spotted Steven walking towards me in the street. Maybe common sense should have stopped be but I couldnt help myself "How did you get that black eye?" was my opening line. Steven stopped and smiled, "I got it for winning a poker game" was the response.
He had recently won £400 in a poker game, the black eye was not because he had won but because he was being cheeky to the other players after he won.
"It got me through to the next round of the tournament anyway" he said.
Having been prevented form playing poker for a number of years due to his ex he is now back playing. Although not a professional gambler, he does wonder if he should be (although I maybe wouldnt recommend it based on this black eye!)
Steven also used to do a bit of DJ'ing and has travelled extensively doing it.
I did comment on my last stranger pic that I was going to try and avoid head shots with plain backgrounds, trying to get a bit of variety. Looks like I failed again!
If you look in Steven it was a pleasure to meet you.
More inspirational street portraits can be found in the 100 strangers group here: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/