100 Strangers : Round 4 : No. 360 : Kieran  by phil_howcroft

100 Strangers : Round 4 : No. 360 : Kieran

Elsie and I went for an urban walk around Arnold this afternoon, Elsie and myself went to the vets to weigh her and ask about the procedure for spaying. We walked along the top level of Arnold and worked our way into the Duck Park via the old railway cutting. I decided to take a look at the skate park and here I met Keiran, who was practicing some tricks. I had a chat and Kieran told me he took the afternoon off work because the weather was good and he could have exclusive rights to the skate bowl before the school students finished school.

I asked Kieran what he did for a job and he is a professional freelance photographer. I told him about my 100 strangers project and he thought it was a great genre to explore. I asked if he would be part of my project and he said yes straight away. I shot images with my Sony RX100 VII and also with my Sony A6000 with a manual focus Zeiss 35mm f2 lens.

As I crouched down to take this photo I had Elsie’s paws and body sat on my shoulder and head. She is a very good photo assistant, always willing to assist me and pickpocket my lens cap from my jacket pocket.

I really like this close up photo, it has a great urban vibe and was shot with the RX100V11

Kieran shoots commissions for Moto Cross and BMX bikes, his company insta has some excellent images from America and beyond. We added each other on social media (Instagram). I took some action photos of Kieran doing his tricks.

Trick shots to appear on my next shot, more images on my Insta Account.

Thanks for letting me photography you Kieran, Elsie loved the meeting too !

Striking portrait of Kieren.
March 21st, 2023  
Such a young , clean-chiselled face ! A lovely eye to eye contact and portrait! fav
March 21st, 2023  
Nice square jaw and good looking fella! Well done!
March 22nd, 2023  
Oh, that’s a good one! Love the eye contact.
March 22nd, 2023  
I like the direct look on this; very fitting
March 22nd, 2023  
Excellent addition for your strangers project. Great portrait!
March 22nd, 2023  
Great portrait, fabulous eye contact
March 22nd, 2023  
nice one
March 22nd, 2023  
Great connection in this one!
March 22nd, 2023  
Great portrait - looking forward to the action shots
March 22nd, 2023  
Excellent full-on portrait.
March 22nd, 2023  
nice one :)
March 22nd, 2023  
Love how you extract a geat story from all your subjects Phil
March 22nd, 2023  
Brilliant shot Phil and how interesting to meet a fellow photographer
March 22nd, 2023  
Great portrait
March 22nd, 2023  
I love tte way Kieran is looking right at you. Great portrait
March 22nd, 2023  
This is quite striking! Such strong features.
March 22nd, 2023  
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Thanks everyone for the fabulous comments on this portrait of Kieran. I sent him some photos by email and he really loves them and used a mono version of this shot for his social media profile
March 22nd, 2023  
Great portrait and love the info. I am hoping that I will eventually soak in knowledge of cameras bits and pieces and usages by being in this group, a bit like my daughter hoped I would learn how to cook due to the amount of cooking shows I watched :)
March 22nd, 2023  
Great info and Kieran is very photogenic
March 23rd, 2023  
Super shot Phil
March 23rd, 2023  
Love your stranger captures. Kieran has a very beautiful face!
March 23rd, 2023  
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