Exercise: An Activity Portrait.

Exercise: An activity portrait.

For this exercise I intended to photograph one of the stall holders at the local market.  Unfortunately the Wednesday market is held under cover so the light was rather flat. 

 I continued to the High Street and found our Romanian Big Issue seller standing outside Boots.  Just by chance there was a sign in the window showing the words, “This Weeks Star Gift”.  By having him give me thumbs up he effectively points out the sign to the viewer as though it applies to him.  The Good Will To All message on the magazine cover is nicely seasonal.  He was very reluctant to have his picture taken but after a bit of a chat and me buying a copy of Big Issue he agreed.  The look on the face is a mixture of smile and suspicion.  As he says, “Happy Christmas boss.”
Olympus E3. Lens 11-22.