We went to Skegness for a daytrip on Thursday.
It is mandatory for people from Nottingham to make a daytrip or two during the year.
We walked about 12.5 miles up and down the coast on a sunny but very bracing day (temp ranging from 3C to 5C)
In Skegness town centre there are two iconic fish and chip shops next to the roundabout by the clock tower. In summer they are always packed with happy diners enjoying a Great British tradition.
On a cold February afternoon they weren't quite as busy and I took a picture of them. The manager clocked me taking a picture and I nodded in acknowledgement. I thought the manager or his young assistant might make great strangers, so I introduced myself to them and told them about the 100 strangers project.
Neither of them were that keen on having a photo took, but the manager said he knew someone who would love to and introduced me to Kat, who was working behind the counter.
So I went through my intro again explaining about the project,
Kat agreed to become stranger 122. I took quite a few pictures of Kat, but wanted to show her work environment, so I included part of the sign-age for the shop i.e. "Frying Cod and Haddock" which was part of the menu display.
Kat has worked at the shop for just over a year and lives in nearby Sutton on Sea.
Kat was really friendly and at ease as I directed her how to pose and where to stand.
Oh and the chip shop was named "Harry Ramsbottoms" , which both Kat and myself smiled at as it was a cheeky play on names to the UK chip shop brand "Harry Ramsdens"
The chip shop was spotlessly clean, so Kat and her team were doing a good job in maintaining an excellent level of hygiene
Thank you for being stranger number 122 Kat.
The image was edited in Darktable and GIMP.
I am sure you will all agree that Kat is a lovely "front of house" face for Harry Ramsbottoms :)
To find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers, look at the following Flickr Group page
https://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
My own strangers can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57144254@N08/albums/72157657822400168
I like the depth in this, a nice separation between Kat and her background with the 'tells' of the fish wallpaper and heated cabinets clear but not distracting.
Kat herself is nicely lit and does indeed look very wecoming.