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Nicholas
Stranger 13 of 100
Wow, it has been a LONG time since I have taken a picture of a stranger. My PhD work has really stepped up the workload over the last couple of months. I was so happy I was carying my camera today, becasue I was walking back to my car and met Nicholas. I could not have picked a better stranger to get me back in the mood of the project. It had been so long the butterflies were back!
I know what your thinking, this isn’t a typical stranger shot, where’s the head? What about the eyes? Where is the smile? Fear not… I have a head shot (and you can see it my album) but I thought this motion shot captured more of my interaction with Nicholas.
The blue helmet that is what really stuck out to me. As you can see from the shot it was a pretty drab day. He was on his bike heading to work when we talked for about a minute and he agreed to work with me and ride by a few times to see if I could to get the background to blur and make it look like he was going really fast. I have always wanted to get a shot like this, of course it is really tough. Prior to riding we agreed that he should look at the camera, making sure not to crash, but by the time I got everything framed he wasn’t looking. It took him riding by twice for met to get the camera settings right but I think we nailed!
Thanks Nicholas for for giving me some of your time before work, being patient while I played with the settings, and for being part of my 100 strangers project!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page (www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/)
Nicholas
Stranger 13 of 100
Wow, it has been a LONG time since I have taken a picture of a stranger. My PhD work has really stepped up the workload over the last couple of months. I was so happy I was carying my camera today, becasue I was walking back to my car and met Nicholas. I could not have picked a better stranger to get me back in the mood of the project. It had been so long the butterflies were back!
I know what your thinking, this isn’t a typical stranger shot, where’s the head? What about the eyes? Where is the smile? Fear not… I have a head shot (and you can see it my album) but I thought this motion shot captured more of my interaction with Nicholas.
The blue helmet that is what really stuck out to me. As you can see from the shot it was a pretty drab day. He was on his bike heading to work when we talked for about a minute and he agreed to work with me and ride by a few times to see if I could to get the background to blur and make it look like he was going really fast. I have always wanted to get a shot like this, of course it is really tough. Prior to riding we agreed that he should look at the camera, making sure not to crash, but by the time I got everything framed he wasn’t looking. It took him riding by twice for met to get the camera settings right but I think we nailed!
Thanks Nicholas for for giving me some of your time before work, being patient while I played with the settings, and for being part of my 100 strangers project!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page (www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/)