Don't worry I didn't ask a stranger to marry me. I spotted this girl on Cuba Street in Wellington and chased after her in the hope that she might let me photograph. I complimented her suggesting that she stood out from the crowd and she kindly said yes and let me take a few photographs.

She's from Ethiopia where they have 13 months something I learned from her. After I'd finished photographing her I showed her my shots and she complimented them saying she loved them but declined a copy saying "They're yours now you keep them"

Whenever I photograph people on the streets they always ask me if they should smile or not. I always ask them not to as I want to capture a neutral expression that doesn't give anything away. However sometimes people just can't stop smiling and that's a beautiful thing that must be captured. Here are some before and after photographs.

model: Gloria Ephebe

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Decided this afternoon to do a little creative photography using my Olympus Trip 35 camera.

The last days of summer holidays on the bank of the Rhône in Lyon

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I've shown some sad reality through my photos in the past. Now, I would like to share to you guys the other side of my inspiration in photography...