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Stranger # 10, for the 100 stranger group.
100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is Jenna who is an assistant manager. She has 2 teenage sons and have been seperated from her husband for about 6 months and is filing for a divorce. He felt he was unhappy with a family and needed to be happy. She was very nice and very attractive. She has a great outlook on life as in everything is for a reason. She lives in Bonita Springs, Florida
A Apache On İstanbul Streets..
I was totally tired to thinking billions of things when I wanna shoot stylists, muas, props , locations etc.. then I started a portrait diary facesdiary.tumblr.com/ a new face for everyday
He was total stranger in the street one shot / daylight
When I go to an event for my stranger project I try not to get too many shots with the same theme, so I try to limit myself to two strangers per event. When I saw the Pulptress I thought maybe she'll be my number 26. I went up to her and asked if I could take her picture. She immediately agreed and told me about herself.
The Pulptress is spokesperson for Pro Se and New Pulp for the 21st Century! Raised to be a Heroine of unmatched greatness, She uses her skills for the betterment of life for all and to spread New Pulp wherever her high kickin' feet tread! Behind the mask her name is Megan Smith and she is a writer and works as the spokesperson for Pro Se Productions a company based out of Batesville, AR. They are a company specializing in pulp storytelling in various mediums, primarily magazines and comics. There website can be found here www.prosepulp.com/
Thanks for the portrait and good luck with your writing, sounds really cool.
This picture is #026 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
Today after dropping off my little girl at school I went to a meat market that is down the road. I walked in and the first question that was asked of me by Wally was "pick up or drop off", it is deer season here, I said neither. I introduced myself and told him I'd like to take a picture/portrait of the butcher. I explained the project to him and he said yeah that sounds cool let me ask Rick, to see if he's up for it. Rick was open to it and I said great I'll grab my stuff and be right back. Rick Gardner has been doing this for 17 years he started when he was 18. He seemed like a super cool guy and I can tell he and Wally really enjoyed working together. They would kid around and poke fun at each other. Yesterday Rick won $500 on an instant scratcher. The photo shoot was fun and I enjoyed talking to them. During the shoot I accidentally had the exposure lock button on and I was dumbfounded when I was trying to adjust the settings. While adjusting the settings, Rick told me that his kid once touched something on his DVD player that made it B/W and he had to go through pages of the manual to figure it out. Wally had a similar story with the High beams of his car - they weren't working and then his kid made it so it was the only lights he had. All in all it was a really neat experience. They were full of laughs and witty comebacks.
Thanks for letting me take your portrait and it was fun meeting you guys.
I used 2 flashes for this shot. First time to use a stand in a stranger shot...took me all of 20 seconds to set it up - I thought it gave it a little more punch with the red filter - being a butcher shop, for the background. For the main subject I used a full cto and since I was in a tight corner I used my flashbender . The lighting was fluorescent so I adjusted for the WB in camera.
This picture is #040 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project at 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
After stranger #29, I decided to chose my location first and wait for my stranger. First someone I knew walked by, and then a man raced by who was obviously in a big hurry. Finally, Suzy walked out of a nearby store. I was so happy! I approached her like a best friend I hadn't seen in ages. She was probably a bit confused when I exclaimed with glee that I was waiting for a stranger and she's the perfect stranger. :)
Suzy was super sweet. She is a photographer and judging by her website, a talented one. The balloons were for a one year old's photo session. She is six months pregnant so we talked about the difficulties of having your third child. I hope I didn't scare her. ;0P
This is not the setting I had picked out for my portrait. I was thinking of a head shot by an old door, but that didn't work with the balloons. There really was no getting away from a cluttered background. I also don't like the cloudy day feel to this, but it was a cloudy day so eh... Overall I like this one, and I am happy to have met Suzy.
Find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
This is Keith.
"Excuse me, but I'm trying to take photographs of one hundred strangers and I wonder if you'd mind if I took a photograph of you?"
"No problem. Go ahead. Me company have booked me on a train to Newcastle and a hav to wait for near on an hour before it's here. Let me take me hat off first."
"Thanks. (Click). Oh, that' my train pulling in. I've got to dash. Thanks. By the way, what's your name?"
"Keith."
"Thanks Keith."
This picture is #49 in my 100 strangers project. See the rest of my 100 strangers pictures here. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Taken in York, England, on 19/03/2013
My fourth stranger portrait is of Schenley. After experiencing two consecutive rejections for finding someone to photograph, I was out shopping for bagels and playdo during a recent electrical storm. I stayed at the store for a while to ride out the storm and sought out someone to photograph. Schenley was working and had a helpful spirit regarding the strangers’ project. This picture is #4 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
Peggy loves to collect Pecans. Her daughter brought her to our now former home which was once a pecan orchard. She spent the day picking up a bumper crop of nuts and filled nine grocery sacks with them. It turned out Peggy is from Sealy, Texas, and knew Kay, a woman I met in her dying days who became a major inspiration for my novel-in-stories Evacuation Plan.
Peggy is my 238th portrait in the Flickr challenge to shoot photos of 100 strangers: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/. I'm going veeerrryy slowly this third round, and I'm behind posting some pix.
You can see my full set of Stranger photos (so far) here: www.flickr.com/photos/joemoconnell/sets/72157627547511612...
這週說一個陌生人的故事。
在多數的情況，人與人之間的關係都是從陌生人開始，在還是個靈魂的時候或許就已經在籌備。
陌生人是一種聽起來冰冷卻又富有想像力的稱謂，但有些情況卻是恰恰相反，我有一部分的朋友最後又成了陌生人，就像什麼事都沒有發生。
這是我們和陌生人的故事。
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For the past 30 years Mark has been helping to direct traffic during the annual picnic in Westphalia, Texas. More than 5,000 lunch plates are served near the Church of the Visitation. Nearby in a former nuns' residence photos line the walls of generations of German immigrants who were married in Catholic weddings in the town. Mark works in nearby Temple, but never forgets his roots in the small town named for the Westphalia region of Germany that original immigrants had called home. The little yellow bats are handed out to the traffic guides to point the way. No word on whether any unruly visitors get bopped with them occasionally!
He is my 193rd stranger in the Flickr challenge to shoot photos of 100 strangers: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/. I've been a lot slower with my second 100, but I'm in the home stretch.
You can see my full set of Stranger photos (so far) here: www.flickr.com/photos/joemoconnell/sets/72157627547511612...
This picture is #1 in my 100 strangers project. I actually wanted a picture of one of her friends, a guy with crazy hair, but once I approached the group and explained what I wanted, she pushed the others away shouting that she wanted it to be her! She did tell me her name, but I don't remember it I think I was too shocked that someone had not only said yes to being photographed but actually volunteered!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
I was wandering around Cardiff centre and saw Catherine outside a ladies dress shop in one of the arcades. I asked if she would pose for a portrait and she was surprised at first, but agreed. Catherine told me she ran a dress shop the other side of the arcade called pussy galore.
This picture is #142 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
stranger 06; ms dockville festival, Hamburg(Germany), 10th of August, 2012
When I entered the festival area, I was rather over-whelmed. I had expected the people on that festival to be just really nice and friendly, but everyone simply appeared so interesting. I wanted to walk around and talk to everyone that had something about them, but in the beginning I struggled with ordering my thoughts, so I simply sat down for a while and listened to the music with the others. Later on, when we stood there to see Boy & Bear, I noticed this girl in front of me and she had something about her that I found more than intriguing. Some kind of attitude, a little impersonal but still not unsympathetic, and so I decided to ask her for a photo. I'm glad I did this. I mean, I could whine at this part about how I took so few photos at the festival (I'm not lying, it's not much at all), but I figured it's good that I don't constantly take photos of everything when I don't feel like it. It's more about living the moment than capturing it, and that is why I am so extremely satisfied with the marvelous weekend I had.
I hope this girl sees this photo. She said she looks stupid on pictures, but right here I find her gaze rather endearing than deterrent.
Walking through Nottingham’s Lace Market I saw a young lady heading towards me and my eyes were drawn to the colours of her hair. As we came level, I introduced my stranger project to her and she quickly agreed to being photographed.
We’d met by a white painted building so I decided this would make a perfect background for my portrait of Beth. The light was soft and flat so taking the photographed couldn’t have been easier. All I had to deal with were gusts of wind that blew Beth’s hair across her face every so often, so it was just a matter of pressing my shutter button when the wind had dropped.
Beth lives in the city centre and had just been food shopping and was returning home when I met her. Beth told me she was a homemaker.
Beth enjoys doing cross-stitch and crochet, listening to music and going to see live bands. Her favourite type of music is metalcore.
If Beth was to describe herself in one word, what would she choose? “Excellent,” she said.
What is Beth’s greatest achievement? “Staying alive,” she decided.
What is Beth’s guilty pleasure? “Sausage sandwiches,” she told me, and then grinned.
Thank-you Beth for letting me taking your photograph for my stranger project. I hope you like your portrait.
This picture is number 342 in my 100 Strangers project, yes, I’ve decided to do a fourth round. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is my 314th submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/
Nikolay was one of the people I took pictures of on a tatoo convention last year. It was really fun talking to the guy. It turns out he is a mechanic and also a keen biker. He goes by the nickname "Nikki the Stuntman". After I approached him and explained about the project, we chatted about his tatoos and I directed him to some poses. I took a few pictures with overal fun feel on them. I used a handheld off-camera flash with no modifier, so the lightning isn't exactly perfect, nor is the composition of the image.
This picture is #38 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
I am really really pleased to introduce you Diane, my first stranger.
Diane works at David's Tea, where I met her.
While it was pretty cold outside, she was on the sidewalk (with her beautiful smile) where she offered tea of the day to passersby. I was inside when I saw her and the first thing I saw was the sun reflecting on her skin. I thought to myself: she MUST be my first stranger !
When I asked her to pose for me, she immediately agreed, even if she was a little shy.
I returned home with seven photographs, which were all beyond my expectations for my first stranger.
Thank you, Diane, for being part of my project. I hope you love your portrait as much as I do :)
This picture is #1 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.
For all strangers unfamiliar with flickr: You can easily see yourself and all my other strangers in my 100 Strangers set.
This picture is #39 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
Nicole was visiting London from Perth, Western Australia. I took a number of photos some with sun glasses on and some without. This is my favourite
If you are reading this Nicole, thanks for letting me take your portrait! Please get in touch if you want a copy or are not happy with the result and would prefer me to remove it from Flickr.
My 9 year old daughter and I decided to blow away the Christmas cobwebs today in search of our 2nd stranger.
I was feeling very nervous about approaching people, but then spotted a very tall old chap heading into the courtyard of the old 'Lion' pub. I liked the look of his hat, and his glasses looked like they were steamed up so I wondered if he had a story to tell.
He glanced back to look at the mad looking woman with the camera calling 'Excuse me!..' Curiosity got the better of him and he stopped.
I introduced myself, told him what I was doing and asked him if he would like to be
my 2nd stranger. He said 'well I'm very hungry, and its cold...but if it helps...'
It was then that I noticed that his glasses weren't steamed up - the left lens was clouded because his eye was missing.
Anthony told me that he lived in one of the apartments (pictured behind). I told him that the building had once been a maternity hospital and that I had been born there. He had been living there for a few years since his wife had died from pancreatic cancer 10 years ago. He loved living there as it had a great view of the river.
I flapped about trying to get a nice shot of him - wondering if it would be rude to ask about his eye. I decided it would be so I didn't.
Anthony was a lovely, gentle, kind old man who had obviously cared very much for his wife. I wish I could have spent more time talking and less time flapping to learn a little more about him.
Thank you Anthony, and I hope you soon got warmed up and had a lovely lunch in your apartment overlooking the river :)
This picture is #2 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
After stranger 95 (Ron), I decided to go "All gentlemen" set. Second in the line is Kevin. He was about to start his rituals for warming up for his workout in the park when I stopped him to take his photo. He agreed and he said he likes meeting new people. I said to him that It would be nice If I have a stranger that has hair that he has. "Sure!" He said. Then he pose for this photo. The first frame was his both arms are wide open but my lens was so tight. Kevin is a dancer, MIT graduate, and traveling out studying cities. He also mentioned that he is working on building a new type of city to demonstrate alternative social structures. Nice! You may check out his website: www.thefoundationstory.com
Thank you Kevin and I hope you see this photo.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers
Meet Emma. Emma is studying Material Science and Engineering at UC Davis and this is her second year. Emma currently has no firm plans after graduation, she is just enjoying the here and now and will consider her future at a later date. An interesting fact about Emma is she an avid hunter, she enjoys hunting deer.
Thank you Emma for taking part in my 100 Strangers Project.
This picture is #079 in my 100 Strangers Project. You can follow my progress in this project at Portraits by David 100 Strangers Project or Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Guy is #025 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.
I went for a walk in the early evening with the main purpose of trying to meet a stranger. That whole sentence sounds strange! Everywhere I looked people seemed to be in a hurry or on their cell phone or had their headphones in their ears. This is also the first time I went out with the purpose to try to meet a stranger in my own neighborhood, someone I might actually see again. I felt more pressure. After a slow mile of walking it was getting cold and blustery and I had not yet warmed up my courage to ask a stranger for their photograph, so I turned around and headed back towards home.
On my way home I passed Guy and I heard him say, "Nice camera." Thank you Guy, because now I have a reason to talk to someone and ask you for your photograph! Guy is very friendly and talkative and upbeat. He has six different part-time jobs and he loves the variety and freedom. He often works catering jobs at the Academy of Art and UCSF and some other large, reputable institutions. Today he is working as a mover, packing a couple's home up and loading a truck so they can move back east. Later this week he is working as a medical model at a healthcare workshop.
Guy loves to talk to strangers and he has no problems or fears about doing it. He gave me some tips and pointers on how to start conversations. He said (as a man with an Adidas baseball hat passes us on the sidewalk), "See that guy with the Adidas hat? I could start talking to him about Adidas and where he got that hat. I saw you with your camera and I knew I could say something to you about your camera." My mind just does not work that fast in that way! I will have to practice. I think something of interest would have to strike me first, but I don't know, maybe Guy is interested in Adidas? I gave Guy my card, but he said he doesn't really do email or the internet much, unless he does it on his new smart phone. He said he would give me a call instead, especially if he heard of some cool band coming into town, since it seems one of his jobs is working with bands.
Guy told me he is not photogenic which I don't think I really believe to be true about anyone. But I will say he did continue talking while I was trying to get his photo and since he has such rapidly changing expressions it was hard to get a photograph where he didn't look a little strange or mid-expression. I chose this image because I felt it conveyed the best lasting impression I had of Guy. I just wish I had captured one that had a better smile. He has a great, warm smile. One other note, I am not sure I am entirely happy with the wide aperture for this shot. For me, the most important focus was for his eyes, but I find the nose out of focus distracting.
I was on the trail of Albert Huffstickler's old apartment when I ran into Steve who lives next door and told me which apartment had been Huff's. You've probably never heard of Albert Huffstickler, but he was pretty much the poet laureate of Austin, Texas. He lived in a small apartment in the Hyde Park neighborhood and walked across the street to a coffee shop to sip some joe, smoke cigarettes and write poetry. He did that for years. Steve said he barely spoke to Huff but remembers reading his own poetry at a nearby cafe one night and seeing Huff's reaction: drawing the shape of a square in the air. Steve worked as an art professor in Florida, but never got the hang of the politics of academia and ended up back in his hometown of Austin. He pulled out this beautiful painting he did of Austin's Sixth Street on Halloween night, painted from sketches done in 1983.
He is my 161st stranger in the Flickr challenge to shoot photos of 100 strangers: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/.
You can see my full set of Stranger photos (so far) here: www.flickr.com/photos/joemoconnell/sets/72157627547511612...
Oh, and while I've got you, here's my favorite Huffstickler poem, which really tells you the story of the late poet:
One Life
One life I’ve lived this time
is in the back booth of a diner
or cafe, out of the way, drinking
coffee, smoking, watching the
people, writing things down.
In this life, I could be mute,
I don’t talk to anyone, I
just watch and listen and write.
That’s it. This is one person
that I’ve been this life, across
the country, Canada, parts of
Mexico, observing, recording.
It’s a life. It’s a way of
life. It’s a place where I
feel comfortable: nothing I
have to say, no one I have to
relate to. I have had other
lives this time but none more
basic. It’s lonely sometimes
but even the loneliness isn’t
really uncomfortable: it fits.
I could wish that some of my
other lives fitted as well
but that’s carping. We play
the hand that’s dealt us and
hope we leave behind something
of worth but we don’t know.
Somewhere in all those lines
written in all those places
there may be a line that lasts.
If not, there was still the
doing of it, the peace of a
room where people come to eat
or drink coffee or talk and
also, though they’re not aware
of it, to be watched and
written down.
I met again Ban Maharaj (my stranger #37) and he was together with a Backty disciple whose name is Gauravatar. Ban was very happy to see me again! Was happy with his photo too, and suggested me: "Why don't you take a picture of him? Isn't he a great stranger? Look at his face! It's very interesting isn't it?". "It is Ban, it is, I noticed him but I didn't want to be intrusive". But after a while we were speaking all together in front of a bakery and I took the opportunity to explain Gauravatar the 100 Stranger Project. I tried to get the real name of Gauravatar: he's clearly Italian, but he answered like this: "My only name is Gauravatar, the old one has no meaning except for social purposes. For me, having embraced the Hare Krishna movement meant a complete rebirth."
Gauravatar was a smith, he showed me his hands and those hands really told a story. Now he loves to say he's a handyman, depending on the needs of the community he joined.
Gauravatar lives in small village near Rome, he's 53 years old (and IMHO he doesn't show his age at all).
Thanks a lot Gauravatar for participating in my project!
This picture is #38 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
“What is it about the 50’s that’s so attractive?”
"I can relate the curves, I love the glamour and the music was fantastic.”
“And when did the fascination start for you, what do you remember about it?”
“In my early teens, around 13. I remember seeing Marilynn Monroe in ‘Some Like It Hot’”
“Do you think there’s anything from the 50’s which we’ve lost, and could benefit from now?”
“There are less gentlemen in the world.”
I received an email from Roberta yesterday, asking me if I could send her her portrait. It took me a while to remember her as I took her portrait back in Dec 2013. I had some issues with data and computers around that time and I was moving from one machine to another so I had misplaced a day or two of pictures.
Sure enough, I went back and had a look and I had her picture from that day so I processed it last night, and here it is - better late than never :)
This picture is #035 in my second round of the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
While sitting on a train headed to Suburban Station, I noticed the guy to my right was drawing a tiger on a pad of paper. He had sweet dreadlocks and a computer on his lap as well. But that was the end of my interest in this guy. Then, while I was looking at my pictures from Lizzy, stranger #4, Tyger asked me what if I was a photographer. He asked me what I liked to shoot and I said people. I asked him about his art and it turns out he draws, dances, and models as well. He's from DC but went to UArts and currently lives in philly. This picture looks kind of down, but Tyger was anything but. He made the train ride go by in no time and I had to get this shot off between 30th Street and Suburban, while dodging people moving on the train.
This picture is #5 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com.
And please visit my 100 Strangers Set to see the other strangers in my project.
Ali took my photo today, so I felt obliged to take his. Ali is the second stranger in as many days that I've photographed, who is a professional photographer.
Ali works for Lifetouch, a photographic studio that specializes in school portraits. Previously, Ali also worked in photography at Zody's and Gemco (there's a couple of blasts from the past). After those stores closed, he has worked ever since at Lifetouch. All in all, he's been in the photography business for 38 years.
Lifetouch was at our school today taking photos of all of our students, creating instant student ID cards. These photos will eventually make it into our yearbook at the end of the year.
When I sat down for my photo today, Ali was on the other end of the camera. I watched him work throughout the day as I brought my other classes to get their photos taken. You could see that he truly enjoys making kids smile and getting the best shot possible of each one.
The last class of the day, my off period, I went back and watched what he did from his point of view, behind him. He had so much patience and energy.
Once the last photo had been taken, I approached him and asked him if I could take his photo which he willingly obliged. At first, he thought I wanted to take a photo of him with the standard gray mottled backdrop, but I told him I really wanted a shot of him with his gear that he used today, so he adjusted his gear down, posed and I got the shot.
This picture is #6 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
This portrait was the first one I took at the 100 strangers meetup in London this Saturday. It was great to meet some fellow 100 strangerers and make new friends. We were all at different stages of this project and this provided a great learning experience for me which I am thankful to all of you for.
Anyway I saw Kade sitting around of one of the side streets of Brick Lane and was immediately drawn to his style. Unfortunately, Kade had recently been the target of racially hatred having been attacked in the Elephant and Castle Area. Whilst I have not been exposed to this level or racism, I have had experience of it and it's horrible. He has slowly began to get out and about again and it was good to see him in Brick Lane.
This is stranger no 14 in my project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
Stranger #5 / 100 from my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Philippe
1rst word that comes to your mind: banjo
While I was exiting the Place des Arts subway station, I saw Philippe in a long corridor with the funky disguise and playing "happy-cheer-up-banjo-songs", like I call them and found it so original I had to ask him to be # 5. So I told him about the project and he agreed to take a picture and share an anecdote. When asked for the word, the first word that came to his mind was "banjo", which made sense!
Tell me the 1rst FUN anecdote or story that comes to your mind and that happened to you lately: He lives with a girl roommate and he says that she is in love with him but it's not reciprocal. A month ago, he invited a potential girlfriend back home and they slept in the same bedroom. The next morning, his girlfriend got up to go to the washroom and as soon as she opened the bedroom door, she was greeted by the jealous roommate that was waiting in the living room with a baseball bat ready to swing. They were both scared as hell because he told me his roommate was an alcoholic that drank a full vodka bottle every 2 days and he almost called the cops because he didn't know how she could react. He waited a bit and decided to go in the living room to remove the bat from her hands. Hopefully, that was the last day of their rent and she left the next day.
**You may trace the whole project here**
After the first portrait, both my friend and I decided to stay at the same place and wait for the right model to come. A few potential strangers pass by me but I don't have the courage to approach them. This is when the girl in this photo came. She came with a few of her friends. By the time she pass by me I just walk forward and introduce myself and the project. She agree with me that I could take her photographs.
At the time I take the first portraits of Jake (stranger #1), I realised i have problem positioned him with a cleaner background. That place is at the middle of cities and it is hard to find a clean background to position your subject with. I decided to put the subject under a shaded area and backlighting the subject with the relatively bright background. Her spectacles also hid away her faces expression. I asked her to take off the spectacles for a better facial expression.
Since both of us are Chinese so we spoke with each other in Mandarin. At first I asked her to make a serious (正经）expression but she heard it as shock (震惊). This two words sound exactly the same in mandarin but got a totally opposite meaning. It is real funny for the miscommunication between us.
I took a few shots for her, one with the specs and one without. The results came out pretty well. The bright background isolate the lady and make her stand out from the photo.
I did a huge mistake for not asking for her name. I only realised after a while and I was not able to find her back to ask for her name. Dear pretty lady, if you are reading this, you may leave a comment below about the photos and tell me your name. Once again, thank you very much for your willingness to be my second strangers.
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Stranger #1 / 100 from my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Cynthia
1rst word that comes to your mind: love
Cynthia, met at the park close to my home. It took me forever to work out the courage to start this thing. I hung around in the park trying to find good reason to do something else, and just before I convinced myself, I turned around and met Cynthia. She looked like a very nice person and I loved the flashy colors and original umbrella even though the weather was horrible, so I stopped her and told her about the project and she just quickly agreed and said yes to everything, which was really nice! (She's a "YES" girl!). When I asked her for the 1rst word to come to your mind, she almost answered before I had time to finish my sentence: "love".
This picture is #95 in my second 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
See my first set here: Bomvu's 100 Strangers"
I was on my way to the entrance to the tube feeling satisfied with a good evening of stranger photography. I walked past Karis here and got a flash of a stunning face, lovely hair and the most stunning pair of eyes. Well there's always time for one more!
I was quite chuffed because when I asked her she said no. Normally I don't push and am quite passive if someone is not up for it straight away. But I really wanted to photograph her so I did a bit of selling by saying OK and then offering to show her some of my previous work. We went through my moo cards and I pointed out one of the pictures with a lovely lass with eyes similar to hers. I asked her what she thought of that one and when she said it was good, pointed out that her eyes look like that and that's what she could expect. She finally agreed and I was over the moon.
Karis (I hope I have that right, I recorded a note on my phone and I think that's right but it could also be Karen) was an excellent model and posed, smiled, was serious exactly as requested. I took three pictures straight on with a close up crop and we checked those on the camera. I thought they were great but she was not so sure so we tried three more slightly side on which she preferred. This is one of them though in truth I would post any one of the six to the group.
Karis was waiting to meet up with a friend and was going shopping so I wished her well and headed off.
Well Karis I hope you like your picture as much as I do.
Constructive criticism gratefully received
Yesterday was the first day of my new project "100 stranger". The idea is to take a portrait of 100 different persons in 2011.
I was walking around the Hafen-City in Hamburg when I saw this pretty girl with her boyfriend. So I introduced myself and told them about my new project and asked both for permission to take a few photos.
Luckily, they both kindly accepted. They come from Spain and spent their holiday in Hamburg. Her Name is Silvia.
So here is my stranger number 1, the pretty girl with the blue winter hat.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
I was standing on a corner in Philadelphia's Chinatown recently when I noticed this young lady walking across the street. She stopped near me, apparently to wait for the light to turn green and cross, so I asked if I could take her picture, telling her quickly about the 100 Strangers project. She obliged with a smile, allowing me to snap a few pictures before crossing the street.
Autumn is #45 in my project. To learn more about the 100 Strangers project and see work by other photographers, check out www.100strangers.com
In the evening of my first day of 100strangers project, arriving in Paris, I take the subway. In front of me, a guy in suit is playing on a gameboy. I found his style pretty nice, he looks like Neo in Matrix. During 10 minutes, I hesitate to ask him for the project: the wagon is very crowded, and personally, if someone ask me to take pictures of me in such place, I'm not sure to accept :S
Finally, I take out my camera, start to set up the parameters by taking photograph of the floor, then ask him. He smile, say he didn't think be very photogenic, but accept.
This guy was the #016 in my 100 strangers project and the last of this first day. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com/
I'm about a quarter way through the 100 stranger project and besides learning a bit about the strangers I've encountered, I think I've learned a little bit about myself as well. I've learned that I really love meeting people, despite it sometimes being difficult or even uncomfortable when I first start out. Maybe it's that uneasy feeling though, that feeling of not knowing who you're going to meet, maybe that's what gives this project its edge because I always find myself looking at the clock, waiting for the part of the day when I can jump out of the day's routines and do something spontaneous like saying hi to a stranger. Anyways, I just felt really happy today as I went out and realized how grateful I am for being able to do this project.
Today's stranger is Natalie. I'm not really a fashionable person myself, but one of the first things I noticed about Natalie was how well her gold earrings matched her outfit and complemented her long brown hair. Natalie was with her mom when I stopped her in her tracks and inquired of a photo. Luckily, she said yes and I began grabbing a couple of shots. I offered to take a mother-daughter portrait as well, but her mom politely refused. However, seeing how much fun Natalie was having getting her picture taking, she changed her mind and hopped into frame.
So, thank you Natalie, you have become stranger #26 in my on-going stranger project.
Check out more of other's stranger photos at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
Meet Dave, a Glaswegian now living much further South. He met his partner, who is from London, online, and they chose to live half way between the two places - close to a beach that allows dogs.
He also runs along the beach 4 times a week, regardless of weather. It was only the recent storms that stopped him, although he did think of heading out in it ! He is now pleased he didn't!
This picture is #14 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
Don't get run over.
I first noticed Lynn, wearing her fashionable bicycle garb, inside the dry cleaning establishment where we were both picking up items. As she was getting her package stowed on her bicycle I introduced myself and my project. She immediately consented to a photograph.
I was using a long lens, which required me to stand at the mouth of an alley where a very loud delivery truck was approaching. I snapped the shot just as she was warning me not to get hit. Due to the noise, I didn't get a chance to speak at length with Lynn. I did find out she doesn't rely on her cool white bike exclusively for transportation. Her other sweet ride is a Miata.
Nice to meet you, Lynn -- if only briefly. Be safe out there!
This picture is #2 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
"We arrived last night to Israel, we spent the night here on the beach, but this morning we've found a youth hostel so we checked in. In any case we won't be staying too long in Tel Aviv, we're going to see Jerusalem, Ein-Gedi and other interesting places.
"We are from Heidelberg, Germany. We are male nurses, have taken the same course over there.
"Yes, you are right, there should be more male nurses and less macho stuff!"
Mike DeVries - Barefoot Waterskier
March 13, 2010
Outside temp 45º
He is standing in a cooler full of warm water to bring his feet back to life
I met Monica on Brick Lane this Saturday when I went out stranger shooting despite the terrible weather. I spotted her walking with her hood on just after the rain had relented a little and approached her for a photo. I chose the background more on proximity rather than anything else but I did note that the brick tones matched her jacket and I feel that it has brought out her greenish eyes too. Also, I couldn't not have a 100 stranger project without the obligatory wall shot with the shallow dof :-)
Monica is Polish and owns a Studio nearby and design hats. As she wasn't fluent in English conversing with her was difficult but was comfortable posing for me.
Monica is stranger no 21 in my project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
Denis is one of these strangers that we approach with fingers crossed.
I met Denis in the "Quartier des Spectacles", near the "Place des Festivals". I approached him by explaining him the project and by saying to him that he represented well the difference which I look for. The one that I want to approach through this project.
In spite of his shyness, Denis agreed to be a part of my project, confiding me that this difference was quite recent.
By taking the first shot, I noticed that Denis was uncomfortable so I told him that I understood that it is intimidating and that I was going to be fast.
After our short session, Denis thanked me and told me that he was flattered that I asked him to be part of my journey. I answered him that I was very grateful for this encounter and that it belonged to me to thank him.
Thank you so much Denis for being part of my project. Your trust and your generosity sincerely touched me.
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Denis est l’un de ces strangers que l’on approche avec les doigts croisés.
J’ai rencontré Denis dans le Quartier des Spectacles, près de la Place des Festivals. Je l’ai abordé en lui expliquant le projet et en lui disant qu’il représentait bien la différence que je recherche. Celle que j’ai envie d’aborder à travers ce projet.
Malgré sa timidité, Denis a accepté de faire partie de mon projet, me confiant que cette différence était assez récente.
En prenant la première photo, j’ai remarqué que Denis était inconfortable alors je lui ai dit que je comprenais que ça puisse être intimidant et que j’allais faire vite.
Après notre courte session, Denis m’a remercié et m’a dit qu’il avait été flatté que je lui demande de faire partie de mon projet. Je lui ai répondu que je lui en était très reconnaissante et que c’était à moi de le remercier.
Merci beaucoup Denis d’avoir accepté de faire partie de mon projet. Ta confiance et ta générosité m’ont sincèrement touchée.
This picture is #14 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.
For all strangers unfamiliar with flickr: You can easily see yourself and all my other strangers in my 100 Strangers set.