I went to Nottingham on Monday with my whippet. We went on the bus, I used my bus pass and Elsie paid £1-00 for an all day “Rover Ticket” (yes Rover !!!). I also went to check out a venue for a social I’m attending next week. While looking for the venue I passed a “convenience store” and noticed a young woman shop worker was inside the shop. I’ve always wanted to take a photo of a shop worker stood in front of the door to a store, as it allows you to create a “frame within a frame”, which is a classic way to present a photo.
So I went to the door of the shop, I couldn’t go inside the shop as I had my dog with me.
“Hi I wondered if you could help me, I’m an amateur photography doing street photography. Is it OK to take a photo of you? If you stand in the doorway it is a great composition technique and will make a great photo”
Meet Soumika, who agreed to let me take her photo. I asked her to stand in the doorway, while I stepped back and took her photo. I then stepped even further back to get as much of the shop frontage in the frame as possible.
I showed Soumika the photos and she seemed to like them.
I asked Soumika if this was her full time job.
Soumika told me she is a student at Nottingham Trent University and works at the shop part time.
I then asked what she was studying, Soumika told me Biochemistry
That was it, we exchanged Instagram handles and I thanked Soumika for letting me take her photo.
As for the frame within a frame working as a composition technique, you can judge for yourself with the photos
Great shot. I like how you composed this image, though the eyes instead of concentrating solely on the portrait of Soumika, tend to look beyond her to see also what's inside the shop . What do you think, you are the expert?
@marlboromaam thanks for those kind words mags