Fixed

So I'm back in Perth, Western Australia visiting friends and family for 10 days. I had a pretty busy day but kept my camera with me and my eye open for interesting folk. It wasn't until well into the night after I'd finished swing dancing that I spotted a couple of likely punters next to a park in Northbridge. He was walking his bike along, she was walking beside him chatting a little. I was with my friend a little further up the path. When I spotted them I said "Here we go" and started rummaging through my bag for my camera, quickly throwing him spare clothes and cables to hold.

 

Just as they where coming up to us I turned and asked them for their picture. They accepted after asking what it was for and I started switching my settings to something more appropriate for badly lit night shots. Because it was taking a while I started up the conversation saying he had a nice bike and asking if it was a fixie. He said that it was and we spoke about bikes for a while as I ride a similar bike. I only got one shot of him before the conversation turned more towards his friend.

 

She's involved with six thousand a local Perth culture guide. As we where talking I fired off about 4 shots but unfortunately most of them caught her in mid blink or mid speach, so I won't be posting them as part of the project. I think starting the conversation too early really killed this evening's photos.

 

This is the thirty eighth portrait of my attempt at the 100 strangers project.

Done