100 Strangers : Round 2 : No. 156 : Eleanor and Charlotte

We went to Nottingham today , shopping for 'father of the bride wedding shoes' (the official shoes were too pointed and a little tight on me )

Whenever we go to Nottingham I am always on the lookout for strangers to add to my project,

Between Market Square and Speakers corner (the Brian Clough statue) I saw Eleanor and Charlotte on a stall promoting a vegan and green lifestyle. They had pamphlets on Veganism and also information regarding our carbon footprints.

I am always a little wary about asking people for stranger pictures when they are campaigning on issues they feel strongly about as I am interrupting them in their campaign.

When I introduced myself to Eleanor and Charlotte they agreed straight away and were really enthusiastic about taking part in the project.

It had turned quite cold in the afternoon and Eleanor asked could she blow her nose before the shoot, which caused roars of laughter among the three of us :)

Eleanor and Charlotte are both from Nottingham and described themselves as 'Animal Activists'.

As for the picture, Eleanor and Charlotte were on their information stall , so it was a case of shooting them 'as is'. The backdrop to the photo is the Nottingham Tourist information office which has quite a few green coloured signs, so I decided to make the shot mono, which works quite well in my opinion,

Thank you for being strangers 156, Eleanor and Charlotte, good luck with your campaigning.

Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers 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

[Annie D]

You've captured their beautiful smiles 😊

[Phil Howcroft]

@annied thanks annie , much appreciated

[Corinne]

Great smiles!

[Allison Williams]

Great B&W. The contrast is crisp and vivid. You definitely don’t want shoesthatpinch on the wedding day. That can really spoil your enjoyment.

[Loopy-Lou]

Fabulous strangers shot, lovely smiles. Hope you found comfy shoes for the special day.

[Casablanca]

Nice looking girls and the nose blowing story was funny! I've only ever had very bad experiences of animal activists, so I tend to give them a wide berth!

[FBailey]

Super candid Phil, more big big smiles:)

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. I'm going to turn completely vegan as from tomorrow if this will bring such a beautiful smile on my face as these two lovely young ladies have. Stunning capture and clarity.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great candid - they look delighted in posing for you !

[Ivan]

Great smiles...fav

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

They look like they're lots of fun and Eleanor (I'm guessing you've named them as they appear in the picture, reading from left to right?) has a delightfully impish smile. Love her hair. Nicely done as always, Phil.

[Phil Howcroft]

@cocobella thanks Corinne , it was a nice photoshoot

@ivan thanks for the fave ivan

@beryl thanks beryl they were indeed happy to pose

@sangwann thakns dione , i am pleased you like eleanor and charlotte :)

@casablanca Casa' thaks Casa' , eleanor and charlotte were both lovely ladies

@fbailey big smiles indeed felicity :)

@bizziebeeme thanks LAura , I deid get some alternate shoes :)

@allie912 thanks alison, I use an option called pseudo grey on my black and white edits which is meant to bring out the full tonal range of the greys

[Phil Howcroft]

@dulciknit you are right alison I named them as they appear (left to right) , well at least I think I did !!!! You are right about eleanor's smile :)

[Pat Knowles]

A lovely photo of these girls, another passionate pair....I don’t agree of course but each to their own! Comfy shoes are a must!

[David]

Good for them! They do look happy about it. You have photographed them so well. My youngest and his partner have gone vegan too... quite passionate about it. Even gone as far as not eating honey because of the exploitation of bees.