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Stranger #1/100 (Explored 24-01-2015) *
This picture is #001 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Not really stranger number one but the first one I am posting. I guess I should put them in order but I forgot the other peoples names. I do know where to find them and hope to post them soon(ish). I went into a few shops looking for interesting people.
So this is Peter. He is a piercer based in London.
I meet Peter when I went into a tattoo shop and the tattooist that has done some previous work for me introduced us.
We chatted very broadly about music and street fashion/style/youth culture.
I told him that I am learning photography and told him about the 100 strangers project, then asked if I could take his portrait.
The reason I wanted to photograph him was simply because I think he has a friendly face.
I was pleased that he'd said yes and also relieved that the initial approach was already dealt with by way of an introduction while talking to the tattoo artist.
I had to take a few shots to try and get the exposure right as I made a school boy error and forgot to put my settings to a near usable setting following some night photography.
I remembered to quickly review the images as I was taking them and noticed that the background was not good in the first shots. It looked like he had things growing out of his head. So I asked him to stand in front of some art work on one of their walls.
This was the least noisy place within the shop. I guess I could have asked him to come out of the shop but I already felt like I was starting to take up his time. That was just me putting pressure on myself rather than Peter who was actually incredibly patient and funny. He made it very easy for me.
If I could go back and retake this image I would probably ask him to step either forward or backwards as I have lost a little detail on his forehead.
I'm not sure if his arms need to be in focus? I hope once I start to feel more comfortable taking pictures of strangers I will notice things like this and perhaps try different apertures once I get a bit quicker at adjusting my settings.
Stranger #1/100 (Explored 24-01-2015) *
This picture is #001 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Not really stranger number one but the first one I am posting. I guess I should put them in order but I forgot the other peoples names. I do know where to find them and hope to post them soon(ish). I went into a few shops looking for interesting people.
So this is Peter. He is a piercer based in London.
I meet Peter when I went into a tattoo shop and the tattooist that has done some previous work for me introduced us.
We chatted very broadly about music and street fashion/style/youth culture.
I told him that I am learning photography and told him about the 100 strangers project, then asked if I could take his portrait.
The reason I wanted to photograph him was simply because I think he has a friendly face.
I was pleased that he'd said yes and also relieved that the initial approach was already dealt with by way of an introduction while talking to the tattoo artist.
I had to take a few shots to try and get the exposure right as I made a school boy error and forgot to put my settings to a near usable setting following some night photography.
I remembered to quickly review the images as I was taking them and noticed that the background was not good in the first shots. It looked like he had things growing out of his head. So I asked him to stand in front of some art work on one of their walls.
This was the least noisy place within the shop. I guess I could have asked him to come out of the shop but I already felt like I was starting to take up his time. That was just me putting pressure on myself rather than Peter who was actually incredibly patient and funny. He made it very easy for me.
If I could go back and retake this image I would probably ask him to step either forward or backwards as I have lost a little detail on his forehead.
I'm not sure if his arms need to be in focus? I hope once I start to feel more comfortable taking pictures of strangers I will notice things like this and perhaps try different apertures once I get a bit quicker at adjusting my settings.