Stranger 135 - Sefton (From Style Bohemia to Badgers of Bohemia)

What an earth am i talking about? Read on....

 

I was just finishing up a photoshoot for the girl who runs a fashion blog called "Style Bohemia" and as I had always dreamed of using Leadenhall Market as a backdrop we ventured over there.

 

It's normally quiet there on a Saturday and for the most part it was, but there was a pub in the market where I spotted Sefton and thought he would make a fantastic stranger.

 

I needed to concentrate on my shoot and therefore decided to leave it. I thought that it would be rude to not focus on Ani (my subject for the shoot) so I reluctantly put Sefton to the ever growing list of Strangers I missed of which there have been many.

 

However, luck was on my side and Sefton's buddies decided to hijack our shoot. We were coming towards the end so I didn't mind too much and more importantly neither did Ani.

 

After doing some fun shoots I managed to get rid of them long enough to finish up. But since we had made the connection and completed the shoot, I approached him for a portrait and he agreed.

 

Sefton was such a fun and charming guy and full of quotable lines of which here are just a few:

 

"We are not strangers because we are all connected in some way"

 

"We are dots spinning in heaven"

 

"We are all part of the same panaroma"

 

Having heard the above it may not surprise you to know that he is an artist and his website is called "Badgers of Bohemia" (www.badgersofbohemia.co.uk/).

 

I asked him for a question to ask my next stranger which was:

 

"Are you Happy? And if so, what makes you happy?"

 

Since I didn't have a question I turned the question back on him. This was when some of his quotes came out but also you could see his love for his close friends who were there with him. His friend, John grew up with him and they are still close friends and you could see that they were very close. The drinks were obviously a factor but you could see the genuine and mutual friendship they had for each other.

 

I could write so many things about this encounter but I think this should do now. I chose this picture over the other one for this project because this best represented the fun we had on this encounter. You can see the other one here:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/arnabkghosal/28064333724/

 

Thank you Sefton for one of my most memerable and fun stranger encounters. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the

 

100 Strangers Flickr Group Page

 

Connect with me on my facebook page: Shooting the Streets

 

or visit my website

 

As always constructive criticism is appreciated.

 

Strobist Info:

 

Nissin Di866 flash in a shoot through umbrella camera right triggered by Yongnuo trigger and flash controller

 

Done