I was in Nottingham today, my wife and I went for lunch, we used a gift voucher that Claire and Matt had given us for Christmas. Before we went to the restaurant I had a walk around some of my favourite areas of the city.
I saw three students sat on the floor in a courtyard close to their college, they were on their lunch break and chilling out. When I saw them I knew they would say “Yes” to a request for some photos, call it my “stangerdar”!
Meet Seal, an Art and Design student. Her name is French, but Seal isn’t. I loved her style with her fabulous hair, big glasses and piercings, Seal was easy to photograph. I had trouble with my camera, my first photo of Seal was all blown out.
“Ooooh I’m sorry my camera settings are wrong, just let me adjust them”. I thought it may have been the cold weather, it was hovering just above zero and I’d had problems with my previous Sony A7 in the cold. I did notice my EV setting was about +2,75, so I must have somehow adjusted it at some point ! As it’s a setting I don’t often use and Seal and her friends were waiting for me to take their photos, I started to faff around too much with my menu settings to put the EV back to zero.
“I won’t be long, just bare with me”.
I did manage to reset the EV to zero and I started taking some photos.
As Seal and her friends were all sat down on the floor, I sat down to take the photos, to ensure I was shooting at eye level.
I took a few headshots of Seal and then did an aperture wide open arty shot of Seal in focus and her friends, who are all Art and Design students, out of focus!
I thanked Seal for her time and wished her all the best with her course. She said it was really nice to meet me and she liked the photos I showed her.
I then went on to take some photos of her friends.
@corinnec thanks Corinne that's so kind of you . She told me her name is Ciel (french) but her insta says Seal . I think my narrative name may be wrong
Gorgeous portrait shot of her. I thought you had taken pictures of her before but probably I am mixing her for another girl because of her pierced nose. To be honest I don't like piercing but I likke her freckles.
