100 Strangers: 200 - Elle (Explored)

STRANGER 200!!!!

I made it. I am always looking for the perfect balance of stranger, location and light and I was even more keen to do so given this would be my 200th Stranger.

After searching for 3 days (including a few rejections) I finally found Elle having a chat with her friend Heather. She was in this psychedelic jumpsuit and so the scene was set for me to ask. Of course, things wouldn't be right without me bottling it once and walking straight past. However, I strengthened my resolve walked around the block and thankfully when I returned they were still there. I was rusty with my request but they were excited to be a part of my project.

I asked them to pop round to a street round the corner. And took a few shots in classic 100 strangers style which you see here. I also have a few full length shots which I will share later.

Elle is local to the Shoreditch area in which we took this shot and is a musician herself. One of the very reasons that she loves the area is things like this happen.

Looking back I started round 2 of this project in May 2015, so its taken me a while to get to this stage with the pandemic putting a temporary break on my "sprint" to the finish.

It has always and will continue to be an amazing experience. The reason for why it's taken so long is threefold. Firstly my usual fear of approaching strangers is still there. However, that has been combined with the need to maintain a standard of my previous portraits and has meant that if I didn't find the perfect combination of stranger, location and light then I found it easier to let it go. In addition life has also got in the way.

I will probably do a post to reflect more deeply on the project however I know that in this round 2 I have successfully incorporated using more of the environment in a number of my portraits, incorporated of camera flash to give a high level of production but when it comes down to it, I am still in love with the close in portrait.

I will give more of my thoughts in a discussion thread but for now that's round 2 over and done. Adios

Thanks so much Elle for being apart of my project and especially being my 200th stranger . Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the

100 Strangers Flickr Group Page

Connect with me on instagram where my handle is @arnabkghosal

or visit my website

Taken on: October 18, 2020

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100 Strangers

Street Portraits

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Lastolite Trigrip

Shoreditch

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85mm 1.8

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/1.8, 1/320 sec, 85mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture One 20 Windows
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