On Saturday we went into Nottingham. We were there early (before 9 a.m). My wife went to some shops and Ruby (my whippet dog) and I had a walk around the city centre. We made our way to Sneinton market. It is off the main city centre shopping areas but has some nice market stalls and people.
Some of the stalls, especially in the “lanes”, which are the old fruit and veg wholesale buildings, do not start officially trading until 10.00 a.m.
As I was walking through the “lanes”, Ruby in her purple and pink leopard print dog coat, caused quite a stir among the stall holders. She caught the eye of Ni, who had a stall selling little sculptures . Ni shouted her friend Fiona, to come and meet Ruby. As I was engaging in conversation with both Ni and Fiona about dogs and their stalls, I sort of knew I was going to get a couple of stranger shots from the meeting.
Fiona, really loved Ruby’s coat, I said as well as being fashionable it also kept her warm too. I said the colours in the coat matcher Fiona’s hair.
Fiona is a artist and illustrator and had rented some display space in a unit, that in the weekdays is used as hot desk office space and at weekends for workshops, art markets and pop-up restaurants (what a good idea). When I asked Fiona what kind of art she specialised in, she said she worked in Lino printing and her genres were Mythology, legends, folklore, macabre and nerdology. “All a bit weird” were Fiona’s words !!! Fiona also does window painting, tutoringand commissions.
You can see Fiona’s work on her Instagram account and facebook pages
www.instagram.com/minifis_oddities/?hl=en
www.facebook.com/minifisoddities
After Fiona had finished making a fuss over Ruby I asked her if she would take part in my 100 Strangers project. It was raining as we did the photoshoot and the light was really grey, so I was struggling to get any catchlights. I asked Fiona did she want a copy of the photos and we exchanged contact cards. She went to the studio space to collect a card for me. I followed her to the studio and saw that the interior lights might shine and make some catchlights if she looked towards the studio space. So I asked Fiona if she would sit for me again. As you can see, I did manage to get a little sparkle in Fiona’s eyes. If you view large, you can also see the rain falling ! I thanked Fiona and wished her well for the day, I than walked back to Ni’s stall to photograph her.
I am sure you will agree, this is a stunning shot of Fiona, I didn't ask her to take off her mask, we just shot "as is".
Sony A6000, with Sony 50mm f1.8 prime lens, edited in ART and GIMP
