Exercise: Making people unrecognisable.
First.
The first of this set I took for the single small figure exercise but realised it sat better in this set of pictures. The scene is Sandwich Bay where I saw this lady walking her dog. I waited until the dog walked out of shot and took this picture. She is dominant in the picture but made unrecognisable by her size and because she is facing away.
Olympus E3. 70-300 @ 70mm. f4. 1.250sec.
Deal Pier is popular with sea anglers so it was a sure bet I would find a couple of locals there even on this cold day. As I chatted to them it was revealed that it was the birthday of the guy in yellow. I took this shot as I sang Happy Birthday to him. They were both wrapped up warm against the wind, wore beards and had similar shaped faces. I left their faces in the shade of the shelter so that a shadow was cast over them. There eyes may have made them more recognisable but their sun glasses hid them from view. Two peas in a pod.
Canon G1-X. 636mm. f8. 1/1000sec.
Third.
I wanted to get a shot where recognition was made difficult by motion blur. I took a position on a bench in Deal High Street and waited. The camera was prefocused and the shutter was set at 1/15sec. The two people featured in the shot were actually together but in the picture it looks like they are racing. Quite pleased with the result.
Canon G1-X. f8. 25mm. 1/15. ND filter employed.
Four.
Self portrait after Henri Cartier-Bresson. Taken in my house with an over head light as the only illumination. My wife held up a large black back cloth. The shadow from the hat casts a deep shadow on my face leaving only my hands and part of the camera illuminated. My left eye looked rather dead and flat so I popped in a very small highlight. I converted it to black and white as a homage to the famous picture of HCB by Jane Bown.
Canon G1-X. 60mm. f5.8. 1/10sec.
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