Roisin is a primary school teacher and I photographed her on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light. 

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James is a graphic designer and I photographed him on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light. 

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People I didn’t know reloaded! I started making portraits in the street again. 

One of the first, Maisy from Brighton, student. I photographed her on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light. 
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Well, I am just asking the people to pose for me but to be honest I wouldn’t  advise you to do that unless you will come across very confident in order to manage to convince people to say yes! If you fail to do so and they say no, it will be no, so, you will not succeed. It is a tricky game and all depends on your persuading skills, you need to be powerful and come up with something that will get their attention. 

Sometimes I think it is my misson to capture the beauty of the strangers on the street and this is probably why it comes really easy to me. 

I must stressed that Brits are not necessarily happy to be photographs, they are quite private people and it takes sometimes a lot of efforts to get them in front of the camera.

Soon I will be in America for the same reason, I can’t wait to get around with my camera in the most amazing country in the world! 

I was running a course last winter and it was late when I saw this girl outdoor in front of a coffee shop. I asked my students to give me one minute and I run after the girl and asked her for permission to make a photograph. It was almost dark, light was dim hence I was worried when I pressed the shutter that the image is not going to be very sharp. I held my camera firmly, I held my breath and I squeezed the shutter gently. I looked at the screen and thank God the images was quite sharp. Thank you.

Unknown Model - image made on the street using only natural light.

Update 24th April 2012 - I finally found Florence trough a friend of her whom I photographed on the street. 

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hi there,

thanks for your compliments, I am glad you’ve enjoyed the stories. 

The lens I used for all these images was a Canon 70-200mm and the camera was a Canon 5D.

Yes, we at Photoion Photography School™ run different types of curses and, as most of our students are interested in photographing people most of the courses and workshops have good topics are on portrait photography including the beginners photography course (which include: approaching the subject, composition, lighting, camera settings, lenses, etc.) .

We have one specialised workshop on lifestyle portrait too.

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Cinzia is from Italy and she lives and works in London doing live paintings restoration. I met her in London on the South Bank when she was hanging around with a good friend of her (Jon whom I will post a portrait in the next post). I spotted her straight away in the crowd (it was summer and it was Saturday very busy time). She posed for me with grace and huge pleasure and I was so happy to see the image on my camera’s screen. I just quickly realised that I captured another great story. I thanked her so much and she was pleased to see me happy.  Thank you Cinzia 

Image made on the street using only natural light

Here is Jon, Cinzia’s friend; after I finished with Cinzia pointed my attention towards Jon, he was not a subject to be missed too! Jon was a bit reluctant but in the end he agreed to face muy camera for a few seconds, and that’s exactly what took me to get his story too! Everyone was happy and after we have exchanged our contact details and a quick chat it was time for a beer. Thank you Jon. 

Image made on the street using only natural light. 

This is Kaucarlron, he is form south America, Guyana and he is working as a machinist (machinery) around London. I met him at the Food Market in London on the South Bank. I loved his expression and his features instantly and I stopped him and asked him to pose for me. He was happy to do that and I went back home with this very nice portrait.

Thank you so much Kaucarlron. 

Image made on the street using only natural light. 

This is Ka Wai Lo, she is a student and she studies arts in London; I met her on the street in fornt of the building where I live. I was coming back home and it was very late, it was about 11.00 pm and it was dark. Ka Wai Lo looked so great in that dim light; she was carrying 2 bags with some takeaway food form a local chiese restaurant. Somehow we got to talk (I must have done something) and then I asked her for permission to make a photograph. She agreed without hesitation; camera at hand and as always on and ready to capture new stories. As it was dark I quickly began to asses the environment and find some light! It was very dark and that made this difficult. Well, I juts looked around and I found an advertising panel, those lit by neon lights. I asked Ka Wai Lo to come close to the panel and I snapped a couple of shots. She was happy with the results, she has my business card (as all the models I photographed on the street) but she never got back to me for a copy of the image. 

Thanks you so much Ka Wai Lo for this great portrait and please do keep in touch if you find this post. 

Image made on the street using only natural light. 

Hi Bob, thanks for your suggestion, that’s actually a great idea indeed. Though is not easy to explain in words emotions and feelings and the way you have to communicate with your subject in order to get that great expresion I will definitely try put a book together soon on this subject. We are also working on putting together online courses on all subjects that we offer training face to face on. Best wishes and keep in touch. Ion 

thank you so much Tim, I am glad you enjoy this.

keep looking, more to come

cheers

Ion

Hi there,

Yes, please get in touch to discus and book 

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This is Dominique from Jamaica born from Caribbean parents. She lives and works in London doing modelling as her main job. Dominique was very happy to pose for me and obviously she did a great job in front of the camera facing my huge portrait lens with grace and very relaxed. We examined the image together and we decided that the image was up to the standards; we left happy after we exchanged contact details and introduced ourselves with a short story. Thank you Dominique.

Image made on the street using only natural light.