Stranger 008/100 - a photo on Flickriver

Stranger 008/100

This is Dennis.

He is a Mod. Well he was at a Mod function. There is a bit of a cross over between various old style sub-cultures and Dennis may even consider himself a bit of Mod and a bit of a Rudy.

We meet in Camden. A shop called the Mod father had a charity fund raiser for stroke care. We chatted very briefly about music, scooters and subcultures we grew up with.

He looked the part and I thought he would be a good subject for my 100 strangers project as well as my general photography and as he was wearing a hat I thought he'd be a good candidate for practicing lighting & fill flash.

Strobist information: Canon speed light 430EX ll at 1/4 power with zoom set at 24mm. Held by a second person to camera left at chest height and 45 degrees to my model.
Daylight was poor, it had just clouded over and started to rain. We were under a shops awning; over head at about 12-15 feet with the flash pointing straight up rather than at my model Dennis.
Hahnel Tuff wireless triggers were used.

I initially had the flash power set at 1/2, took a test shot and Dennis was over exposed so I took the power down to 1/4. In the back of the camera I was happy with the images I had taken but viewing them at home I wonder if using an onmi-bounce would have given me a slightly softer and nicer light.

Again I have been very lucky with my model being very patient and accommodating.

I am emailing Dennis several photos including one with Norman Jay (MBE) who gate crashed our shoot.

Dennis, thank you for your time. I hope you like the images.

Tips, hints and constructive criticism is always welcome.

Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

Taken on: February 22, 2015

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