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A slightly new style; partially unseen. I’ll always enjoy the raw, candid street shot, the quiet observer. I think that’s something that suits my natural eye. And, occasionally, some people have noted the apparent confidence associated with this form of photography. Oddly enough, though, this is considerably more outside my comfort zone; actually asking random strangers for a street portrait.
This was the very first person I saw yesterday, standing at the corner of the supermarket. Immediately, I just liked her face. She was waiting for her arranged ‘community lift’, to get her shopping home.
She thought it was all very strange that I wanted to take her picture. I told her she had a beautiful face. She laughed quietly, “Maybe thirty years ago.” I asked her to pretend the camera wasn’t there and we chatted while I took a few images. It surprised me how content it made me feel… just a few minutes, talking to a complete stranger. I hope she felt it, too.
I expect there will be more like this one. Although, I somehow doubt everyone will be quite so accommodating!
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Or... "Up here, first left, and then that takes you onto the [lord of the] ring road."
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Quite a character on the street the other day. [But a nightmare to process, due to the contrasty lighting - bright sunlight one side of the street, heavy shadows the opposite. Gah!] I might have another go at him at some point.
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One of those relative rarities, for me, where I saw this guy in the street and asked for a more formal portrait; just felt it was a face that demanded a full frame. Glad I did now. : )
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I first noticed him in his camouflage jacket in the shot below; quietly blending in to the Bath stone. "Sorry," he said. "Am I in your way?" Uh... not exactly. We got chatting in the sunshine [a bit harsh for portraiture!] "My wife's in the shops. I don't do shops," he amusingly continued.
84 years young, he was, and pleasantly chatty, too. Revealed how he'd just come out of hospital: two years ago he slipped and fell in his garden, broke his collar bone. He kept going back complaining of ongoing pain, which the docs put down to his collar bone being stubborn to heal and probably a bit of arthritis creeping in on top. Until, that is, another recent X-ray. He had a broken neck, too! Consultant, who subsequently operated, told him he was potentially one false movement away from paralysis.
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