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Waving lights in the dark as I do, I get to witness some strange things in the night. What you don't see is me stumbling around in the dark trying not to trip over tree stumps....
I spotted Rudolph along 3rd Street in Santa Monica and I thought he would be a good stranger to talk to. He was kind and interesting and had a lot of stories about places he had been and people that he had met. He was a renowned classical and jazz bassoonist but a recent injury to his wrist limits that career. Now he's a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and he is turning his focus within the performing arts from music to acting, including commercials, voiceovers and animation.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Group Page.
The light of the day was falling away, but I still wanted one more stranger for my roll that day. I saw Kamilah walking towards me on this long city street with large glass doors and windows that were catching and reflecting the last of the light. I thought I'd give it a try. Kamilah readily agreed to be apart of my stranger project, but as I lifted the camera to my eye it did seem dark through the viewfinder. I slowed the shutter down as much as I dared and with the aperture fully open I took my shots. To be honest I wasn't very hopeful. In the end though I really like the way it came out, the color of her shirt really pops, and the light catches her face well.
Thanks Kamilah for stopping to be apart of my 100 Strangers Project
You can find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Stranger Things
A strange and intriguing location in Hokkaido Japan January 2023
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Michael, strangerized during the one to one "workshop how to shoot portaits in 30 seconds" last year. Micheal, this one is for you my friend ;-)
f5.6 − 1/80 - ISO250 - No Flash - Nikon D800 - Carl Zeiss 50mm
Sometimes when roaming we meet a lots of people.Its so tough to study them.sometime its so much challenging to portray a stranger.This man is one of them !
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This picture is #22 in the 100 Strangers Project - Round 3
Meet Sydney
Was in Bethesda a few days back - after quite a while. Approaching strangers is always a challenge - and its not changed even after 200 plus strangers, and a big gap certainly doesn't help. After a couple of failed attempts I was planning to call it a day - but during my walk back I noticed Sydney at the counters through the glass of a jewelry store. Her sense of dressing and fashion with that hat and a superb personality was attention grabbing even through the glass. Realizing that it was near closing time, I actually stepped into the store (first time have done that) and made my request. And luckily for me Sydney accepted my request and stepped outside the store for a few minutes.
To say that this beautiful young lady was a natural would be a understatement - be it her confidence or her ability to express/pose. Despite the rushed and random nature of these pictures working with a stranger, she just rocked the pictures, despite being on the street. And did I mention the expressive eyes and her enthusiasm and happy vibe. I can only imagine how great she would do in a more coordinated session.
Sydney, besides being a store manager is also a student, working towards a degree in social studies I believe. She has been a trained ballerina which I think shows in the way she carries herself. She's only 22 years, but has already moved 14 times already - across the length and breadth of the USA and also Canada, courtesy of her dad who was a chef. Her favorite quality of herself - her ability to connect with people which was very visible during our interaction. Her favorite memory - her time in Canada leading up to the Olympics and the actual event. Where does she see herself in 10 years - married with a happy family and a successful career.
Thanks a lot Sydney for being a part of my project - it was a pleasure doing these pics. I wish you all the very best for your future and in achieving your dreams
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
For my other pictures on this project: 100 Strangers - Round 2.
For pictures from my prior attempt at 100 Strangers: 100 Strangers - Round 1.
Crescent Beach, South Surrey BC
A walk at the popular Sullivan Point Park during a quieter time of the day. The gloomy cool weather could also be the reason why there were less pedestrians than usual.
This one is out of them cam without any post processing. I just like it as it is ! (post processed photos can be seen here goo.gl/a3QP6G)
Ivana was in the same group of young girls as my previous stranger, Vanja. Ivana is studying together with Vanja. She didn't want that i write more about her, she just wanted to have also some photos. Of course i sent all of them.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
In celebration of the release of the Lego Stranger Things theme, I threw together the main characters that were missing from the set. I love this show, and I am very excited to see Lego embrace it with such an amazing model.
Part 2 of my MCU series is coming soon.
I was out at Middleton again today. I noticed these attractive young women in the ticket line. It sounded like they were going to take a house tour which started in just a few minutes. I didn't want to make them rush, so I didn't ask for a portrait even though I thought either of them would make a beautiful addition to my stranger project.
But, as luck would have it, I noticed them again after the house tour. I asked if they would mind letting me take a shot of them for the project, and Victoria said she didn't mind.
Victoria had just recently arrived from Monterrey, Mexico to visit her friends in Charleston. Her friends mentioned that they were giving her the grand tour!
Victoria, I hope you enjoyed visiting Middleton today, and I hope all of you have a very happy New Year! Thanks so much for participating in my project!
This picture is #57 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 was out for the day with some photography friends. We went to Cambridge Market where we met the lovely Emma. Emma runs her vintage stall called 'Ribbons and Rags' every Friday in Cambridge. Prior to that she travelled across the UK with a vintage fayre company.
My friends and I asked Emma if we could take some photos of her, she very kindly agreed and I explained about the stranger project and asked her if she would mind taking part, she was quite happy to.
Emma has some lovely vintage items on her stall, well worth a visit, I hope to return before too long. I couldn't resist purchasing a few vintage bottles.
This picture is #30 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
It's been a while, hopefully i'll get back into uploading some of these more often. I've been majorly slacking!
I met this wonderful lady named Sam as part of this project at Sydney CBD near westfield.
Her face was very captivating to my eyes and that's why I approached her while she was standing by the footpath smoking a cigarette. Although she hesitated a bit but as I showed my blog and the flick page she happily came along to join. We talked about her hobbies, her life and tastes in general.
If you are interested about the whole episode, please head over to my website following this link as it contains much more information and many more images.
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(Constructive) Criticism is welcome as usual
This picture is #31 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
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Sue on the sunny side, when there was a little cloud overhead.
Sue was sitting quietly as I approached her and asked if I might take her photo for my strangers project. At some point near the start of our conversation, I asked if she was OK with me taking a few minutes of her time. She said that she had already been here for 2 hours; she was quite happy to sit and chat. Sue had travelled up from the south coast very early this morning. She had only decided last night to spend the day today in Glastonbury.
Sue, a mother of 3, had last come up the Tor a year ago. At that time she was five months pregnant and huffing and puffing when she reached the top. Today she had been surprised at how easy the ascent was. I still huff and puff, even though I come up the Tor regularly. Sue is a lot fitter than me.
Currently on maternity leave, Sue told me that she works with Yoga, Pilates, Reflexology and Reiki. She looks forward to getting back to working with people, connecting and healing. I think that today Sue was taking a bit of a breather. She told me that she is "releasing the breaks", "traversing the open road" and wants to "allow everything to unfold without limitation".
Sue was sitting on the sunny side of the Tor. I took a few photos as a cloud passed overhead briefly but as soon as it had gone over, the sun was harsh again. We moved to the shade of the tower and Sue sat for a few more portraits before we moved back to the sunny side for a little more conversation.
Sue said that she was pleased that I had chosen her today. I said that I was glad that I had chosen her. We reviewed the photos together and Sue told me which three she liked the best. This photo wasn't one of the three that Sue picked but I have uploaded it because I like it.
Thank you Sue for letting me take your portrait for my project. It was good to meet you today.
Stranger Things Sunday: I’m just catching up from our weekend trip out to Akron, Ohio after a brutal ride home today. I did have the opportunity to shoot the Cuyahoga Valley’s scenic train friday evening, which I’ll get up later on this week. On Thursday afternoon I got a notification that an NS unit was on the point of the regional coming out of Norfolk. It’s fairly uncommon for this to happen, and VERY rare to get an NS unit north of Van Dorn yard in Alexandria these days. While I didn’t have my DSLR with me, and timing didn’t work for me to run home and grab it, my camera phone actually did a reasonably good job in a pinch. So here’s an NS Dash-9 in passenger service pulling an Amtrak train on the CSX RF&P sub from Thursday evening shot with my iPhone. Strange, indeed.
So its been a while since I have been shooting street portraits of strangers and I felt very very rusty.
I have already let two potential strangers by, one because I had just arrived in London and wasn't ready and the second due to the fact that she just met up with some friends, and I wasn't quite in 100 strangers social mood yet.
Anyway, good things come to those who wait, although I did begin to wonder as the light was quickly going down.
The reason I was out was because my subject for my portrait52 project had to cancel and therefore I decided to go into stranger mode.
Velards was the perfect stranger, looking sharp and on a break from his job as a restaurant manager at Bob Bob Ricard. He is Originally from Latvia.
In this shot, I got him to hold the reflect to get some light in his face and angled his head for interest. This was then post processed in Capture One which I am still trying to get to grips with.
Thanks very much Velards for saving the day and being a part of two of my projects.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
100 Strangers Flickr Group Page
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As always constructive criticism is appreciated.
It is with the greatest of pleasure that I introduce you to Charlotte, Stranger #4. We should all hope we live to the age of 97 and still exude such joy! I met Charlotte at her mailbox. The story goes likes this...
I wasn't on a Stranger hunt. I was at a local bike shop taking pictures for my weekly photo challenge. (That in and of itself is another memorable story which I will share with those pictures.) Our paths crossed as she stopped her car in the driveway and walked with a cane to her mailbox, which I was blocking. The scene that she had stumbled upon required some explanation so I began to give her one. She just smiled at me and said, "It's OK. I'm 97 and I've seen lots of things." Of course, I knew then that I wanted her to be my next stranger. Unfortunately I did not have my camera ready to snap her photo at the exact moment that I asked her if I might take her picture. Her face just beamed with surprise and excitement. She didn't stop long for the picture, but was happy to continue to talk to me as I walked her back to her car.
There was nothing uncomfortable at all with this stranger exchange. As all of my strangers to date have been very friendly, I would attribute this ease to the fact that I was already warmed up with my camera and that the encounter was unplanned. I'm so glad that Charlotte was out for her bi-weekly drive to town for groceries, and that our paths happened to cross.
This photo is included in the group 100 strangers:
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This photo is included in the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit:
Facebook keeps counting up the days (You haven't posted in 434 days") and seeing the number rising was one of the reasons to continue the project. The urge to go out and photograph strangers grew again more and more. Some things have changed in my life since the last time like graduating from university and going to work every day. But the nervousness and shaking arms when raising the camera in front of the "first" stranger is still there :)
Meet Theresa. She was walking quickly which in my experience is a bad sign because most of those people tend to say no. As she was hesitating and stating that she didn't have time since she was already late for work. But as you can see, I luckily managed to convince her to spend another two minutes and got her portrait.
That's the reason I don't know much about her except that she studies in Bamberg and apparently works in Munich in the evening.
Theresa, thank you very much! It was a pleasure meeting you, even though it was very quick. If you like to have the full versions, just contact me.
This picture is #52 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.
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I spent the last morning of my summer holidays hunting new strangers: I headed downtown and walked around the main square of Genova when I saw Alessandra and Chiara taking pictures of each other in front of the S. Lorenzo cathedral; I immediately noticed Alessandra's big eyes. I took a look around for a decent background and found some alleys a few meters away, just when Alessandra and Chiara were walking in my direction, in the company of Ivan. I sgowed my card and did a quick presentation of my project: fortunately the trio listened and expressed interest in what I was doing.
Before and after the shooting, we had a pleasent conversation ranging from the project itself, to Genova and the typical attitude of local people and the differences with Sondrio and the Valtellina, the places where they come from.
Thank you guys for your help: hope you've had a great time in Genova and you enjoyed the food!!!
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This picture is #108 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
This portrait is included in the The Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit
Hi I met Jay recently as she was crossing an intersection. Although I was reluctant to approach as she was going home after work, the lights turned red (luckily) which gave me the opportunity to strike up a conversation about the project. It was a brief encounter. It was my third attempt in getting busy people on board. Here are the other ones .
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If you are interested about the whole episode, please head over to my website following this link as it contains much more information and many more images.
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This picture is #51 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
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f5.6 − 1/60 - ISO200 - No Flash - Nikon D800 - Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar T
Meet Danny Carr, on 30th October 2015 he will step from the amateur ranks of boxing into the professional world!
I met 23 year old Danny at a private photo shoot for him. Through a friend I got to hear about him and invited him along for some photos, so the first time he walked through my doors was the first time I'd met him, so I think this warrants him being a 'stranger'.
Holding down a full time job he is pursing his love of boxing into the professional world. He knows it going to be tuff, but he is tuff! Ranked 5th in England and 8th in the U.K (at 9Stone, I think) he is already London Elite A.B.A Champion and a quarter finalist at national level.
Sometimes from the moment you meet someone you get a 'feel' for them and this guy is a genuinely nice guy, in another age, even so young, he would have been called a 'Gentleman'.
A privilege to photograph him, I only hope I've done him justice.
Pop over to my photo-stream to see more photos of Danny, at the same time pop along to the 100 stranger project to see the work of other photographers