johanna . 19 years old / denver . colorado
i wasn't feeling particularly motivated to shoot today. i've recently discovered something grand in the website department, so much of my attention has been diverted there. i spent most of the day trying to take care of that and finally made it out of the apartment to shoot in the mid-afternoon.
i figured i would try to shoot someone looking very "irish", being that it is saint patrick's day. i thought people would be a bit more appropriately costumed, but i suppose the good stuff comes out later. then again, i guess it gets less and less appropriate as the hours pass. i had convinced myself that i was see a real leprechaun today and i would use him as my stranger. i am really quite simple sometimes.
i walked down the 16th street mall for quite some time, taking in all the strangers and the sites that inevitably come along with people not knowing they are being watched. there was a fair amount of green, but people were not catching my eye. and then...
and then i saw johanna standing in the middle of 16th street. her hat caught my attention first and then her eyes. did you look at her eyes? they are striking! i was drawn to her... i don't have much more of an explanation than that.
i gave her my pitch and she was happy to oblige. she wanted to know how i came up with the idea and the answer to that is always that i am just not sure. she claimed to be very shy, but i told her the truly shy don't even let me stop them on the street, so she couldn't be that shy. that convinced her.
we went to one corner, but the light was no good, so i asked if she would walk to the next with me. she was nice enough to do so and there we found this little patch of red wall that i figured i could use. i think the pictured turned out just wonderfully.
it takes some guts to stand in front of a camera and let someone you don't know photograph you. perhaps i don't always give them enough credit, so i'll try to do a better job of that.
thanks, johanna! and happy saint patrick's day!
i wasn't feeling particularly motivated to shoot today. i've recently discovered something grand in the website department, so much of my attention has been diverted there. i spent most of the day trying to take care of that and finally made it out of the apartment to shoot in the mid-afternoon.
i figured i would try to shoot someone looking very "irish", being that it is saint patrick's day. i thought people would be a bit more appropriately costumed, but i suppose the good stuff comes out later. then again, i guess it gets less and less appropriate as the hours pass. i had convinced myself that i was see a real leprechaun today and i would use him as my stranger. i am really quite simple sometimes.
i walked down the 16th street mall for quite some time, taking in all the strangers and the sites that inevitably come along with people not knowing they are being watched. there was a fair amount of green, but people were not catching my eye. and then...
and then i saw johanna standing in the middle of 16th street. her hat caught my attention first and then her eyes. did you look at her eyes? they are striking! i was drawn to her... i don't have much more of an explanation than that.
i gave her my pitch and she was happy to oblige. she wanted to know how i came up with the idea and the answer to that is always that i am just not sure. she claimed to be very shy, but i told her the truly shy don't even let me stop them on the street, so she couldn't be that shy. that convinced her.
we went to one corner, but the light was no good, so i asked if she would walk to the next with me. she was nice enough to do so and there we found this little patch of red wall that i figured i could use. i think the pictured turned out just wonderfully.
it takes some guts to stand in front of a camera and let someone you don't know photograph you. perhaps i don't always give them enough credit, so i'll try to do a better job of that.
thanks, johanna! and happy saint patrick's day!
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