This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 12:46 AM and is filed under Art, Culture, Google My Name And Do My Resume, Im Good At What I Do Bitch, Out n About, Seen some virgin virgos hanging out with venus bitches, Snapshots. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
So, I’m walking down Broadway in SoHo minding my own business when I happened to look up to see this beautiful cocoa brown woman walking my way.
I basically jumped in front of her & asked to photograph her.
Her hair was great, her skin was great, her make up was like totally perfect; almost too perfect considering how hot it was on this day.
While I was photographing her, she explained to me that she had JUST finished a photo shoot with a clothing designer. I mean, talk about timing!
This image happens to be one of my favorite from the street portraits that I captured on this trip.
What I love about this photo are her eyes & glossy cassis lips. The effect over her eyes actually occurred in the camera & was not part of my digital processing workflow.
The same thing occurred in another photo that I took in a portrait composition. I think I may avoid doing portrait comps with this camera although I got lucky a few times with interesting & random results.
You can see more of the beginning of my new NYC Analog Portraits project series here. Be sure to click the “show info link once the slide show starts to get the back story to see my captions.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:11 AM
I can’t wait to see where this project will end up. You have one of the most valuable assets any photographer cannot have enough of: The Courage to Approach People. You are amazing. Keep up the good work. You inspire me.
July 14th, 2010 at 8:56 AM
This is really beautiful..checked out the rest on flickr..amazing!
July 14th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
That random bit of exposure adds something interesting to the image…
July 14th, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Wow, she’s beautiful. I’m so impressed.
July 14th, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Nana – I really stepped out of my comfort zone to make these happen. I know that I am very sociable but stepping up to a total stranger is something totally different, especially my desire not to be denied.
I appreciate your feedback, especially considering that you are so kick ass!
Margarita – Thx so much boo!!!
Mary – I know right! I have no idea what that occurred but Im happy that it worked here.
Liz – Thx! Proves that timing is everything. Good timing that is.
July 15th, 2010 at 12:16 AM
LOVE *sung in a very high-pitched falsetto voice* is to weak to define how much I adore… this capture.
DAMN MAN!
July 15th, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Thx Craig! I honestly cannot stop looking at it! And Im not the type of person that is just all in love with everything that I do but this is magic in my eye.
July 15th, 2010 at 11:42 AM
~~You know what’s totally AWESOME about NYC is that you will always find Interesting and beautiful people to shoot.
Unfortunately since the “D” is slowly progressing, finding interesting people downtown is scarce.
You looked like you did this with ease.
~mary Adeeba
July 16th, 2010 at 10:26 AM
i love this series! i love “warm” photos. :))
July 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 AM
This is great. And, that NY attitude in her eyes is the icing on the cake. lol And, you’re right about that makeup. Flawless considering she was outside in that heat!
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:23 PM
She definitely had attitude & she wore it well. Im still so excited about this photo.