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A character in Birmingham….
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Was over in Birmingham for a short visit (Focus in the NEC) last week. A couple of mates and I chatted with this fellow for about 30mins. An absolute gent and full of mad stories of celebraties and musicians. His face was begging to be photographed so I asked and he was delighted. I had ideas in my head as to how I wanted the shot to look with the cigarette loosely hanging form the mouth etc but I didn’t harass the guy and just shot while he continued to chat away to the others. Meeting this guy made my trip….
After someone got me hooked on LJ’s images over on Flickr I decided to give them the square crop and high contrast treatment…!
Tech bit….. shot with a 5D2 and 17-40L… RAW processed in Lightroom and then PS where I overlayed (hard light) a LesBrumes texture from here… http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesbrumes/sets/72157613199718163/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
I like how they turned out….
Taaaa…
Richie
Super portraits Richie…
the overlay adds an air of authenticity,
these work well as a set too … kinda telling a story …
love them
Phil
These are really great Richie. The eyes are so sharp and say alot about this man i think. You should be proud of these, well done.
Thanks so much for the comments people…! I just wanna get out and do some more of these now.
Richie
very nice richie the square treatment unifies them niceley and of course the subject is briliant i like 2 myself the best but I think they are all excellent nice one!
Of the three, number two is the most powerful. Don’t normally go for heavy PP (if that is what you did, I dont understand your description as I dont know anything about it) but despite that they work.
Great shots,, Im just curious when taking these kind of shots should one ask permission or take them when the subject is unawares for better effect, I have tried this once but got some funny looks
Thanks for the comments everyone… appreciated…!
guitarplayinman… funny you ask that. Myself and 2 friends met this man a few times over the day we where in Birmingham and we spoke with him every time. A great character and true gent. No problems at all with taking the pics. In fact once he found out we where photographers he nearly insisted…! These where taken with a 17-40 lens so I was very close… probably about 12 inches at most away from him. It is nerve wrecking asking but most dont really mind. If they dont want a photo taken then thank them and just walk away.
Richie
This is a “Massive” set of portraits. Excellent..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlie_oneill/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
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