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Stranger 62 of 100: Jackie
My first stranger post baby! Melyssa and I drove down to Ft. Collins to restock diapers and frozen food from Costco and do some additional clothes shopping for the baby. Near the mall there is a public sculpture garden with paved trails, a perfect place to walk the baby in the stroller and potentially meet a stranger. I found Jackie and Caris (Stranger 63) working on getting their Pokemon into a gym. Since I play as well it was a perfect way to initiate conversation. I had been little nervous to approach since the stranger jitters had come back because my last stranger was taken over a month ago! After chatting about Pokemon for a minute or two I explained the project. Both Jackie and Caris said yes. Shortly after saying yes, Jackie said, “If I knew was going to be photographed I would have worn a different shirt!”. I told her that it would be a head shot and showed her my stranger album from my phone. As you can tell Jackie had quite the infectious smile, and huge blue eyes, which I took note of right away.
I have to admit I am still getting used to the D7200 and it’s massive spread of focus points. With the D3200 I would have to put most of my effort on nailing the focus and then recomposing. Now, with the extra focus points, I am thinking more about composition. Do I center the subject or do I place her in one of the thirds of the frame? I decided to place Jackie in some shade of a nearby tree with my back to a large white tent hoping that would catch the light in her eyes. I have had trouble shooting under trees in the past because of patchy light (See Stranger 44) I decided to have Caris hold the diffuser to even out the light. I really like the results of this portrait. The warmth and the colors, and of course the huge smile! I think this portrait captured the light heartedness and just all around happy personality of Jackie. On top of that, now that I am over 60 strangers in, I feel like I am getting MUCH better at finding good, soft and diffuse light for portraits.
Thanks Jackie for being a 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/)
Also find out more about the Human Family Project and see pictures taken by other photographers see the Flickr Group ( www.flickr.com/groups/thhumanfamily/)
Stranger 62 of 100: Jackie
My first stranger post baby! Melyssa and I drove down to Ft. Collins to restock diapers and frozen food from Costco and do some additional clothes shopping for the baby. Near the mall there is a public sculpture garden with paved trails, a perfect place to walk the baby in the stroller and potentially meet a stranger. I found Jackie and Caris (Stranger 63) working on getting their Pokemon into a gym. Since I play as well it was a perfect way to initiate conversation. I had been little nervous to approach since the stranger jitters had come back because my last stranger was taken over a month ago! After chatting about Pokemon for a minute or two I explained the project. Both Jackie and Caris said yes. Shortly after saying yes, Jackie said, “If I knew was going to be photographed I would have worn a different shirt!”. I told her that it would be a head shot and showed her my stranger album from my phone. As you can tell Jackie had quite the infectious smile, and huge blue eyes, which I took note of right away.
I have to admit I am still getting used to the D7200 and it’s massive spread of focus points. With the D3200 I would have to put most of my effort on nailing the focus and then recomposing. Now, with the extra focus points, I am thinking more about composition. Do I center the subject or do I place her in one of the thirds of the frame? I decided to place Jackie in some shade of a nearby tree with my back to a large white tent hoping that would catch the light in her eyes. I have had trouble shooting under trees in the past because of patchy light (See Stranger 44) I decided to have Caris hold the diffuser to even out the light. I really like the results of this portrait. The warmth and the colors, and of course the huge smile! I think this portrait captured the light heartedness and just all around happy personality of Jackie. On top of that, now that I am over 60 strangers in, I feel like I am getting MUCH better at finding good, soft and diffuse light for portraits.
Thanks Jackie for being a 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/)
Also find out more about the Human Family Project and see pictures taken by other photographers see the Flickr Group ( www.flickr.com/groups/thhumanfamily/)