Man on a street corner Puerto Penasco, Mexico

I have been in Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico the past few weekends working on a calendar project for a friend. We were out walking around on Saturday afternoon and came upon this fellow who was dancing on a street corner to some music (although I think he would have been dancing even if there was no audible music.) He seemed to be enjoying himself and the attention he was getting from the passing cars and pedestrians. I asked him to pose for a picture and he struck a pose to show me his bicep. Unfortunately I wasn’t fast enough to frame it properly and before I knew it he was moving to the music again. I liked the photo even if there is a bit of sadness in his eyes.

 

Strobist lighting information: I was fortunate to have an assistant with me and he was carrying a 400 watt second Dynalite studio strobe with a small beauty dish attached. The light was powered by a Vagabond battery pack. We worked out a distance that would produce the proper exposure and my assistant would try to approximate it as we set up each shot. This is a great way to work guerrilla style for street photography.

 

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