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This picture is #13 in Round Two of my 100 Strangers / Human Family project.
About a month ago, I went out shooting with Pete, Neil and Sylvia in one of our favorite hunting grounds--Newtown. Everyone else had a fruitful day and Neil even captured Stranger #300! Yet somehow, I managed to come away empty handed.
Photography has been on a back-burner for a while and was only mildly holding my interest, but recently I've been keen to get back into it. So when last weekend gave me an opportunity to shoot with Neil in Melbourne, I had to jump in with both feet (even waking up at 5:30am to catch a flight down).
Neil and I were walking through Centre Pl when I spotted Lindsey. Everyone else seemed to be in a rush to avoid the cold, engrossed in their smart phone or caught up in the hustle and bustle of their morning that her calm demeanor really stood out. And the contrast between her dark clothing/hair and light complexion intrigued me enough to make the approach.
I was initially concerned about the lighting in the dark alleyway, but with a reflector in-hand I settled on a background. After firing off a test shot of Neil against my target background a couple promptly sat right in front of it. Fortunately, Neil suggested framing the shot against the stairway to Lustre Bar which was just beside their table. I really liked how the lights on the stairs would result in faint horizontal lines running through the background and was already envisioning the end product. As you can see, I didn’t exactly reproduce what I had initially imagined.
This is the first time in ages that I really struggled with exposure. The laneway was fairly dim, Lindsey was wearing dark clothes and I shot her against a very dark background, but her face was well lit with the reflector. The first couple frames were rubbish. Being quite out of practice, playing with manual exposure landed me at a much higher ISO than I would have liked (understatement), but I was conscious of maintaining my connection with Lindsey. In the end, I am surprised that the image still came out half-way decent at ISO 4000 (yes, that is three zeros…).
Before I interrupted her, Lindsey was grabbing a bite to eat on her way to work in Bourke St Mall. She immediately agreed to a portrait when I raised the question without even batting an eye which completely threw me off. Having an interest in food, she gave some restaurant recommendations for while I was in town.
In the end, I'm quite pleased with the final shot. It is a very different style for me, but that's part of why I am drawn to it. The best part is that I finally ended my stranger drought!
I hope you like how the image turned out, Lindsey! I'd be more than happy to shoot you a copy if you're keen. Thank you so much for participating in my project and re-igniting my interest in photography again.
Constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated!
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To find out more about 100 Strangers, visit the 100 Strangers Flickr Group
To find out more about Human Family, visit the Human Family Flickr Group
You can see my original 100 Strangers here and round two in this set.
Vestido: YoUnique Couture - Luis Plain Sheer
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Diadema: ERSCH - Tilla Crown
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Maquillaje: [GA.EG] - ES14 Butterfly Eyeshadows
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Muebles: Bloom! Originals - Gaelle Set Dark - N21
Tienda: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20Gardens/128/128/22
Evento: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/N21/128/129/2100
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Melodic Concert Backdrop
DG 113 (LBN 1022 and others) is a reflection nebula illuminated by BD-07 1642 (HIP 33420 and others) a magnitude 6.3 V star in Monoceros. This object is located approximately a degree from M50. The Dorschner and Gurtler Catalog was developed through an investigation of reflection nebulae on the Palomar Sky Survey. The only source I could find is this table - www.docdb.net/history/texts/display.php?article=1963an___....
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged over six nights in November and December, 2019 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
Soeben fuhr Os 28414 aus Tábor im Bahnhof ein - die Lok setzt nun um, um den Gegenzug Os 28417 um 18:04 Uhr zurück nach Tábor zu bringen.
Das warme Abendlicht stand gleichzeitig für das Ende eines traumhaften Fototages, an den ich immer wieder gerne zurück denke. Der Weg zu dieser aussergwöhnlichen elektrifizierten Strichstrecke hatte sich mehr als gelohnt!
Some old tunes not available on Spotify to accompany work today. Before all you audiophiles start complaining about my cheap and nasty stylus that is attached to a cheap and nasty tone arm which is attached to a cheaper and nastier turntable, it matches my even cheaper and nastier selection of vinyl :)
[CAT] UT 113.05 d’FGC en un servei S2 sortint del túnel de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona i amb pas ferm cap a la Ciutat Comtal.
[CAST] UT 113.05 de FGC en un servicio S2 saliendo del túnel de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona y a buen ritmo hacia la Ciudad Condal.
[ENG] FGC 113 series bound for Barcelona.