100 Strangers 16/100 Mai and Sayaka - a photo on Flickriver

I met Sayaka (on the right) and Mai (left) in a bar while they were traveling in Kyoto. They were both in their early twenties. Mai had recently quit her job and both were taking a little time out to do a bit of soul searching.

The girls both have a mixture of Japanese and Filipino origins, but are in the process of becoming naturalized citizens here. Mai was lively and outgoing while Sayaka was quieter and more reserved. They were really into social media and Mai said she wanted to be an influencer but lacks the confidence to go all out - so she will probably stay in teaching. They both had cameras and asked if I would help them take photos for Instagram after we had dinner.

It was dark but we went to the station and took a few shots - a couple of which I will post at a later date. This shot was taken in a bar. Unfortunately I had set my shutter speed to 1/125 which was a little fast for the dim light ...hence the ISO 8000...Not the perfect shot by any stretch but I feel I captured their characters fairly well.

This picture is my sixteenth submission in the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at 100 Strangers Flickr Group page www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/

This is also my sixteenth submission to the Human Family Group, which can be found here: www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/

Taken on: March 25, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/1.8, 1/125 sec, 50mm, ISO 8000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF50mm f/1.8 STM
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	8000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.1 (Windows)
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