Stranger #22 - a photo on Flickriver

Stranger #22

22 / 100 : Tough one.

Damn, it feels like i'm really behind with my photo uploads lately.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's such a bad thing : might it even mean that I finally got over that URGE, the need of showing my work to others in every possible way hoping to get their approval? Yeah, maybe.

On the other hand, it also means that I finally got busier with jobs and commissions and so on.

So, this photo was taken over a week ago, after spending a full afternoon at my favorite spot in the city to find strangers.

Since so much time passed by, I have to admit I don't remember very well our encounter.
The only thing I clearly remember is that she was with a guy, and they both kindly agreed immediately to have their portraits taken.

Now, why did I wait this long to post it, you might ask….

As you know, I decided to follow some rules when I started this 100 Strangers project and one of them was that I couldn't post choose more than one portrait per "session".
Might seem like a stupid rule but I truly believe it helps me to constantly learn and improve how to select images, how to detach from the photos and narrow down to the very best ones (for me, at least!)

But that day, almost right after this one, I took another portrait that really left me a bit speechless… And I got in that weird funk where you can't quite decided which one to post.

Two girls, two amazingly interesting faces, two important portraits…
I got stuck. And I couldn't seem to be able to get over it until….
Well, until I went out shooting again this saturday!

And as soon as I took the NEXT stranger portrait I knew I just HAD to make a decision so I sat down and picked the one that I would like to see the most among those 100 portraits once the project is gonna be complete : this one.

Thanks, stranger!

So, tomorrow I'll post the next stranger but in the meanwhile, why don't you go and check in my Facebook Page for the extras to see if you could understand which was the other portraits I couldn't choose between?

[This picture is #22 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page ]

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Camera Info: Nikon D700 | 85mm (ƒ/1.8D) @ 85mm | ƒ/2.8 | ISO 400 | 1/180 s — Camera Handheld

Taken in: Italia / Lazio / Roma (show map)

Taken on: May 13, 2013

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