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a really lovely woman and one with an amazing story, met by chance and turns out that she had been in the music business all her working life as a backing singer. Herself the daughter of a band leader of the 40's.
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.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Just a stranger I meet while skating. As my thank you for making me having a good time.
May we meet again.
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
My absolute favorite part of this encounter was when I was making my pitch to Stranger #125, and I expressed to her that I thought that she looked ‘fantastic’. At that point, her boyfriend chimed in and with a big smile said, ”Yes she does!”. I thought it a very endearing proclamation (for her).
I met Catherine at the same festival that I met my previous stranger. The area near the music stage was packed, but a walking area along the river offered relief from the crowds and the opportunity to use the downtown skyline as a backdrop. Once I introduced myself to Catherine and her boyfriend, I found her to be full of positive energy. She was a super-willing participant very happy to pose for a few portraits.
This portrait was captured just before sunset. I, like most photographers, relish golden hour photo opportunities, but I find that I have captured a surprisingly few number street portraits that take advantage of the primo lighting . I guess it is simply not a time of the day when I tend to actively search for strangers. That said, I was acutely aware of my lighting situation, and I really wanted to make the best of it. I did not have my reflector with me, and I figured the biggest challenge was to get Catherine’s face nicely lit without making her squint as she looked back toward the sun. The funny thing is that on my preceding stranger captured in the exact same light, I was purposefully trying to create strong shadows. With Catherine, not so much so. I am pleased with the results we achieved. Maybe I should try to get out in the evening a little more often.
Check out the rest of the stranger street portraits in my project at Paco's 100 Strangers Project and find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
I found this "stranger" in the garden. I haven't seen this color before, but it is a nice poppy too ;-)) It was just one flower, so maybe next year there will be more, we just have to wait and see.
Active Assignment Weekly: "eyEmotion"
Description: Take a portrait from the nose up (human or animal) of someone with their eyes displaying emotion. happy, confused, sad, angry, etc. Make sure to have the main focus on the eyes.
Restriction: You cannot take a self portrait
Dare: Take a photo of a complete stranger displaying emotion through their eyes.
Homeless man I went up and greeted in the park today because of his eyes. I gave him money for food or whatever in return for this photo.
WIT
Homeless man I greeted in the park today because of his eyes. It's amazing the wear and tear you find on these faces. I gave him some money for food or whatever in return for this photo.
Had no idea what sartorialism is until I googled about Mick Taylor who I met a while ago at Bricklane.
This is a very special image for me because this is my first street portrait in which I have experimented with flash photography. This is an area that I have desired to try for quite a while, but frankly I have been a little intimidated to take the leap. It turned out that I was very fortunate with this, my first attempt, because 1. I managed to capture a decent portrait, and 2. I was lucky enough to find the absolute best stranger I could have possibly hoped for. Here’s my story.
Knowing that I was going to be with my friend and fellow stranger photographer Matt Robinson, I figured this would be the perfect time to finally try out the technique of bounce flash. I informed Matt of my intention and he was game (he has already used bounce flash on a few of his stranger portraits). I knew exactly what I wanted…a simple dark background interspersed with bokeh city lights. All I needed was a model. As the light was beginning to fade and day turned into night, I became more and more anxious to find my stranger.
I made eye contact with a man who was standing on the street corner with a small group of people. We acknowledged each other so I figured this was enough of an opening to make my introduction. I approached the group not really knowing which person within that group I should photograph. The fact was that just getting a shot was more important to me than finding the ‘ideal’ stranger. The group consisted of two upscale looking couples. I started making my pitch, and one of the ladies (who would eventually become Stranger #128) excitedly interrupted and exclaimed, “Are you with Humans of New York?!!....Oh my God, it’s Humans of New York!!!! …..Hey, wait a minute. We’re in Philadelphia.” It was quite a funny moment, and of course I was happy to clarify my project.
When I got to the end of my rap, I said, “I don’t usually photograph groups…typically just individuals. All of you would make great models….” As I was saying these words, Stranger #128 looked like she was about to burst. She had the expression of a school child that wanted to be chosen more than anything else in the world….’pick me, pick me, pick me’. I looked at her and said, “I have to go with you because you are awesome.” Needless to say, she was thrilled to be my stranger.
It turned out to be a peculiar evening of stranger photography for me. My first stranger was an aspiring male model, my second stranger was a professional make-up artist, and now I discovered that my third stranger also had ties to photography. Her name was Elizabeth, and she is a wedding planner. She is actually from New York City, and she said that she specializes in high end weddings. She told Matt & I that for her most recent wedding the photographer was paid $40,000. Crazy, crazy stuff.
On to the shoot. It was still a grey twilight, but we were at the end of a dark street that I felt would sufficiently achieve the effect I desired. Elizabeth was full of energy offering up several wedding poses as Matt and I were still sizing up the shot. I did take a couple of shots of her without the flash (not good), but finally I said, “Let’s do this.” Matt stood behind me just to my right side holding up the white reflector, and I took a quick series of shots. I checked them out, and they were a little bit harsh. I asked Matt to take a couple of steps backwards. Click….I took one shot. I looked at my screen and said that I thought it looked good. Matt and Elizabeth quickly huddled around the screen, and they also agreed that it looked like a winner. So that was it. We were done.
I was terribly excited that I had finally just crossed the threshold into flash street photography, and part of me was ready to do more right away. However, after Matt & I discussed it we decided that the experience that we had just had with Elizabeth was so fun and positive that another stranger shoot would probably be a letdown. Therefore we called it a night. However….strangers beware. I am now a night stalker and you may now be approached any time of day OR night as I continue my search for that elusive perfect street portrait.
Check out the rest of the stranger street portraits in my project at Paco's 100 Strangers Project and find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
South Congress street, Austin TX. Austin is a place for street and people photography. It is everywhere, everyday. I miss that part of living there. But it may be only thing I miss about it. Austin, had become a place I would never want to live in again.
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I approached this man and asked him for permission to take his photo. He was really polite and said yea. He kept talking to me about his job in post production. And i just kept photographing as we spoke. This allowed me to get a natural smile from him, as oppose to asking for one.
#1 of #100 Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
AAW September 27 - October 4: Cinematic Photography
WIT: I had this idea to make a dreamscape photo for a cinematic look. It was a dreary day, which helped. I set the camera on a tripod, and put it on a 10-second timer - I ran up ahead, in time for the camera shutter to go off. I had to do it several times, so I got good exercise, lol! I used a Lensbaby, which gave the edgy blurriness, to make it more dreamlike - which could have been done in Photoshop, but I like the idea of it happening organically, in camera. In post, I adjusted the colour and cropped to 16:9 for a more cinematic look.
Meet Tom.
Tom was coming out of the hospital entrance when I saw him. It's always a bit awkward around the hospital grounds, you never know what state people are in, but thankfully Tom was willing to stop and have his portrait taken. We had a brief chat, mainly small talk and nothing too deep as he was a quiet, reserved man but with plenty of style, as his attire clearly shows!
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This picture is #063 in my third 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 is Theo. I was actually on my way to the trainstation and had only 10' left until the train departed when I saw him. He was standing on one of those little balconys in my hometwon, where you have a beautiful view over the village, the castle, the vineyards and the lake. He had a scrapbook with himself, a collection of different brushes and colours and his dog. He observed everything around him very cincentrated adding now and then some colors to his painting. It took me only a few seconds to decide that I'd take the train 30' later and dare to ask him to be my stranger.
This picture is 3/100 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
A Stranger - 30 Seconds Project
All about the idea of this project can be read here:
Carl Zeiss Interview - English
f5.6 − 1/60 - ISO125 - No Flash - Nikon D800 - Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar T
I have officially started my new project 100 strangers
:) I've wanted to do this for a while now, but I just couldn't bring myself to ask strangers whether I could take a photo of them.. But here it is:
Me and some friends from the university spent the weekend in a lovely town called Tryavna. We were walking on the street, freezing, when this man opened the door of his shop and asked us to come in. And I am so glad we did.. He said he has been a pilot, but after he had realized this profession can make you a hero, but sometimes a villain too, he decided to quit and he has been making shoes since then. It turned out that visitors of his shop have been some of our presidents, he showed us newspapers to confirm :) The reason was a shoe heowned which was Vasil Levski's (you can read more about this national hero here ). The legend says that Levski was captured and later executed because his shoe got stuck in a fence while trying to escape.
Uh, and last, he said that he is leaving for the United States in a week to open an exhibition about shoes there :)
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Explore: Dec 9, 2008 #238
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If you are intrigued by this stranger street portrait, I invite you to check out my 100 Stranger albums.
Stranger Portrait: Another guy called Chris. Didn't get time to ask to many questions as he was part of a small group who were all putting the world to right.....I'll catch him again sometime.
This is Niomi, if you want to know about her, see the original photo. This is the frontal variation. Do you have any constructive criticism?
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This is an alternate version of Liv - my first stranger in round 3 of my 100 Strangers project. Main upload in comments -
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This picture is #1 in the 100 Strangers Project - Round 3
Meet Liv.
A great start to the round 3 of my 100 strangers project albeit completely unexpected - in fact it happened a few weeks back and I am just getting to posting now. Having completed round 2 of my strangers project I decided to take a quick break and set some goals to work on for Round 3. More deliberate use of light and more shadows was definitely one such goal. However old habits die hard - was at a restaurant to photograph lifestyle portraits for realtors and arrived early to set-up. As I finished my preparation noticed Liv reserving a seat - the light and the stranger portrait potential was too difficult to resist and I made a request.
Liv is a hairstylist and was waiting for her friends - so happily agreed to spare a few minutes. She loves hanging out with friends and visiting different restaurants and trying new food. Her favorite quality is her friendly nature and ability to relate and connect with people.
I did a few simple shots taking advantage of the soft light streaming through the glass windows. Then since the restaurant was empty and there were large areas of contrasting light and shadows we experimented with the pictures a little. Liv was a natural with no qualms about posing or sitting on the restaurant floor - that she was completely at ease on camera was a advantage. My guests started arriving so we had to wrap up - but I think it was a good start to my next round.
Thanks much Liv for being a part of my project and helping me commence round 3- I really enjoyed our random session. Wish you all the very best. If you would like a copy of the pictures please drop me a note
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.
I spent a good couple of hours in the main square of Genova on a late Saturday afternoon.
Chiara was waiting for a friend near the entrance of Palazzo Ducale; I immediateli like the way she dressed and all the details and when I explained the project Chiara agreed to pose. We moved to the other side of De Ferrari and we were finished a few minutes later.
Thank you Chiara, I hope you like the portrait.
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This picture is #109 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