Stranger 140 - Velards

So its been a while since I have been shooting street portraits of strangers and I felt very very rusty.

 

I have already let two potential strangers by, one because I had just arrived in London and wasn't ready and the second due to the fact that she just met up with some friends, and I wasn't quite in 100 strangers social mood yet.

 

Anyway, good things come to those who wait, although I did begin to wonder as the light was quickly going down.

 

The reason I was out was because my subject for my portrait52 project had to cancel and therefore I decided to go into stranger mode.

 

Velards was the perfect stranger, looking sharp and on a break from his job as a restaurant manager at Bob Bob Ricard. He is Originally from Latvia.

 

In this shot, I got him to hold the reflect to get some light in his face and angled his head for interest. This was then post processed in Capture One which I am still trying to get to grips with.

 

Thanks very much Velards for saving the day and being a part of two of my projects.

 

Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the

 

100 Strangers Flickr Group Page

 

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or visit my website

 

As always constructive criticism is appreciated.

 

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