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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 friendly young lady at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester New York. While walking with my family I saw her walking in our direction and immediately noticed the sunlight in her hair. I told her that I'd been admiring her hair and asked if I could take her photograph. She agreed without hesitation and posed for a few quick shots.
I wanted to have the sun in her hair as I saw it. This made getting the exposure on her face while managing the blown out highlights to an acceptable level a little tricky . I got this after a few attempts in different spots and camera settings. She was on the job so I did not take too much time. I thanked her and she went on her way.
This picture is #12 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
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.
I was feeling like I had lost something today as I was looking for my next stranger shot. For heck or high water, I couldn’t find anyone I wanted to shoot. Since this was going to be my 50th, I wanted someone special looking to fill that spot. I had looked for two days to find someone, and couldn’t find anyone I wanted to photograph. I know people that shoot strangers know what I mean - it’s not easy to ask someone for a photograph, so if I am going to do it, I try to find someone with that little extra.
I saw Kari (please let me have spelled it right!) walking across Middleton Place’s grounds, and she was coming into the stable yard where I was. I didn’t hesitate. This was the person I had looked for for 2 days. I loved the way her hair looked, and she had such a pretty face.
Kari was so patient with me as I tried to find a shot that I felt was right. I went to my usual spot where I take portraits, but there was just too much glare, and it wasn’t working at all. I spotted some shade across the yard, and asked her if she would mind walking over there. She was such a trooper, and I really appreciated her patience!
It turns out that Kari was visiting her in-laws for Thanksgiving, and her in-laws live in the same neighborhood that my wife and I do! While I was taking some shots of her, I learned that her and her husband were down from Ohio. When I found that out, I had to tease her a little bit about my being an Alabama fan.
Kari is a seventh grade teacher. So, now we had two things in common, as my wife teaches also (don’t you just love it when you find things in common with the people you meet!). Kari is obviously a really good teacher, as she was nominated for her county’s “Teacher of the Year”.
It was so awesome meeting and talking with all of you. And, living in the same neighborhood, we may run into each other again sometime! Thanks so much for being my 50th stranger. And, now that we know each other and with your in-laws living in same neighborhood as my wife and I, I guess we are no longer strangers! Have a safe trip back to Ohio!
This picture is #50 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.
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.
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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.
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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
A Stranger - 30 Seconds Project
All about the idea of this project can be read here:
Carl Zeiss Interview - English
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
Sometimes, you find a good background, but can’t find the right person. Sometimes, you find a good person, but the backgrounds aren’t the best. Sometimes it comes together.
I was standing in the stable yards of Middleton Place, and was just about to leave because I hadn’t seen anyone I wanted to photograph for the hour or two I was there. I saw this couple looking at the old buggies. I thought the woman would be a great subject. I looked away for a minute or two, and they were gone! But, I lucked up. They came back into the stable yards a few minutes later. I walked up to them, and started explaining the project. Before I had it all the way out, Kasha was good with it.
Kasha and Aaron was visiting Charleston and the surrounding areas from Denver. They had already been to Mount Pleasant, and had made their way to Middleton. They had arrived in Charleston two days ago, and sounded like they had covered a lot of ground already. They would be in the area for a week or so. Kasha and Aaron was so nice. It was a pleasure talking to them. I asked kasha to step into a covered area where the lighting was better. Once in there, I shot just a few pictures, and while I was shooting, Kasha told me a little about herself and Aaron.
Kasha was born a little north of Denver. I asked her if she did any climbing out there, and she said that she and Aaron was more into hiking. When Aaron joined us, we got to talking about places to eat. They had eaten at a Thai place the night before. I was going to recommend a couple of places, but found out they were vegan. Sorry folks - you were on your own with that one!
Kasha and Aaron, I really enjoyed talking with you both, and I hope you have a really great time in Charleston! Hopefully, you’ll make it one of your regular vacation stops!
This picture is #44 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 Things from Film & T.V. Theme (Lego Purist Minifigures)
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She appeared in My Mother's house one 2 weeks ago.
She looks stray cat .. just she eat the food and gone,,,every day-.
But she is - so Beautiful-..
同じ時間にやってきて、ちょっと 食べ物をあげると、ささっとたべていってしまうので。。
さわりたくてもさわれないのでした。。
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If you are intrigued by this stranger street portrait, I invite you to check out my other 216 stranger encounters in my 100 Stranger albums.
I was after a photo session with some friends on my way home when i saw Natalie with one hand leaning on the floor behind and with the other smoking a cigarette. I immediately was impressed from the scene, like in a hollywood movie. I approached her and asked for a portrait. She agreed, but the pose i saw we didn't manage anymore. I made some more shots with her friend and her dog and sent it to her. I was at the end happy to get a positive feedback from her.
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Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Lucy was sitting outside the library when I asked if I might take her photo. She agreed and I asked if she was waiting for a bus. She said that she was and that she was a bit early. I was pleased that her bus would not be arriving imminently, as we would be able to chat a little and would not need to rush the portraits.
Lucy is in her third year of college. She has been accepted into Cardiff University and will be starting a degree in english literature and music next year. Lucy sings and plays clarinet and piano. I mentioned that liked those instruments. I had shared a house with musicians during my time at university and had been to a concert where one of my friends had played Mozart's clarinet concerto. I also had fond memories of my dad's god daughter playing the Moonlight sonata. Lucy told me that she could play this, it had been a performance piece for one of her exams.
In her spare time, Lucy also enjoys horse riding. I asked if she knew Sorrel my stranger 274, who also enjoys horse riding but Lucy did not. We then made a few portraits, switched places twice and chatted a little more between shots. I saw Lucy's bus arrive and we exchanged words of thanks and goodbyes.
Thank you Lucy for being part of my project. It was good to meet you today. Best wishes for your studies etc.
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After I took several pictures of Cosmo (stranger #36) he suggested to ask his girl friend Leila to be part of the project. She works in a fashion store around the corner and she will sure agree.
So I entered the empty store and saw Leila. I explained the project and showed her a photo of Cosmo on the display of the camera. She was really surprised and accepted. We left the store to shot a few photos in natural light.
Shortly after I gave her a moo card and said good bye.
Thanks so much for being in my project Leila, and I hope you like the results!
So here is my stranger number 37.
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Just a stranger I meet while skating. As my thank you for making me having a good time.
May we meet again.
Two former Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2F's lead two CP units on CSX Q165 at East Chicago IN. crossing the Indiana Harbor Canal on their way to Schiller Park IL.
Canadian Pacific took over the CM&Q recently and is was thought that these former CP units would be stored, instead several are wandering the system.
Coming to the Carnival of Venice one year after my first visit, I spotted several people that I had the pleasure of photographing back then and it was nice seeing their new outfits. Like this girl, who went from a '700 outfit to an '800 one.
While waiting for my next stranger, I was approached by this man who showed me a sheet of paper while speaking some mixture of borken English and broken Italian.
I think he's original from Afghanistan and when he spelled his name I could not understand.
If you followed my work, you'd know that I usually don't take portraits of beggars, I dont usually shoot men and I find it extremely difficult to ask for portraits to people of a certain age: this time I broke all the above rules.
I got very much interested in this man's eyes and it felt almost natural to exchange few money for a few shots: we both got something for almost nothing.
The result, on my camera screen seemed rather dark, but all the few images looked great after some minimal adjustments: I love my 85mm lens!
I just tend to get too close to the subject most of the times...
I thought I would not post this for my strangers project, but at the end I think it's worth it
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This picture is #124 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 was taken at a traditional wedding engagement while I was working. Event was almost over and everyone was busy dancing. I managed to get this portrait shot of her after I took a group shot of her and some friends... Her name skips my mind right now, but she is a staff of the Australian High Commission here in Lagos.
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