I took the bus to the south of the river today, to check out the charity shops for vintage lenses. On the way back I had a quick walk around Hockley and then diverted along George Street. I walked past a shop with an open door and saw Laura sat inside the shop. As I turned the corner I thought she would make a great stranger. So I walked past the open door again and glimpsed inside.
“Yes” I thought "a fabulous stranger. What do I do though? I’ve walked past twice and not caught the eye of any of the people inside the shop".
“I’m going to have to stick my head inside the door and ask for a photo”…
Is it rude?” I thought. “No it’s not, I’m always polite and courteous” So I did an about turn again and walked to the front door.
“Hi, I wonder if you could help me? I’m an amateur photographer. I do street photography and photograph people I meet. I was walking past the shop and saw your tattoos and thought you’d be fabulous to photograph. Is it Ok to take some photos of you?”
With that the ice was broken and Laura said “Yes of course”
“Can you stand in the doorway please, the light will be better?”
I introduce myself to Laura.
“They will be nice photos”
I ask Laura to change poses a couple of times and she follows my guidance.
“Do you work here or are you a Customer?”
“Yes I work here”
I then ask what type of shop it is ( I was concentrating on asking Laura for a shot I didn’t look to see what the shop was !!!)
“It is a tattoo studio”
“Are you a tattooist?”
“No I do piercings”
“Ahh right”
I than Laura for the shots and ask if I can post the images online.
“Is the shop on Instagram?”
“Yes we are”
“OK I will tag your photos to the shop”
I’m really pleased with the photos, using the doorway to create a frame within a frame and shooting wide open has created some amazing portraits of Laura.
https://www.lunacollective.co.uk
@busylady lol Judith , as for daring , I sort of told myself Laura would say yes , so went for it !!!
@beryl beryl you are right the smile is amazing , Laura was having some banter with her work colleagues
@tiaj1402 tia, thank you for your visit and fabulous words , much appreciated
I have three small tattoos, one on my upper arm, two just above my ankle bones. The one on my arm - a fleshy part of the body - wasn't markedly painful; the two above my ankles - where there's not much 'padding' - hurt quite a lot.
The sensation of pain is a very subjective thing, so I can't tell you Laura's experience but I think it's fair to say that, generally speaking, tattoos on parts of the body where there's little or no padding are comparatively more painful in the execution than those on fleshy parts of the anatomy.
In my experience, once the needling's done the area's not really painful and any discomfort is short-lived.
The tattoo artist who did mine told me that the process of colouring the tattoo is more painful for the client than the initial outlining (mine are little more than outlines).
Bit waffly there, sorry! :-D