It’s working itself up to be a stormy night. I have to admit if it wasn’t for this project (and everyone’s encouraging comments…thank you so much!), I would have gotten a nice warm blanket and curled up in front of the fire when I came home from college today. But! A hot chocolate in the Happy Pear was just the ticket served by the hilarious and charming José.
Markham rightly said in the comments for my last portrait that I needed to mix things up a bit. Thank you for that Markham because this is one of my favourites so far. I teach a couple of times a week in the IADT (Institute of Art, Design and Technology) and when I went there today I only packed my 28mm lens rather than my 85mm which I’ve been using up until now so I had to find a new way of taking a portrait. I was walking across the Quadrangle on my way to the canteen when I spotted someone in one of the windows. The framing and the reflections jumped at me and I went in and asked if I could take his photograph. The lovely thing about being in an art college is that nobody bats an eyelid or looks at you like you’re crazy when you say you’re doing a personal photography project. It’s more like…”Oh, you too then?”
I think that Christina and Daniella are related to each other, there’s a definite resemblance in the nose and the cheeks. I didn’t notice it until I was editing today’s. Christina charged me €5 for her portrait though 😀
Daniella is a Romanian girl who busks on the main street of Greystones and is so warm and friendly. I’ve been wanting to photograph her for awhile but I guess she was on her Christmas break. Today she was back so I took my opportunity. Doesn’t she have beautiful eyes?
Well, I was over in my parent’s house for the afternoon so my Dad got called on to do the posing…in the garden…in the rain, so thanks Dad!