Portrait Experiments

I experimented by taking photos of people in a cafe in Paddington. As portrait is all about the view being able to engage with the mood, personality and character by the facial expression, I made sure most images have the models looking directly at the camera.

 In the two photos above, I tried to capture the relaxed faces of the models in the cafe. It was difficult to make the models look directly at the camera for a long time but was necessary to show the mood in the picture.

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Here, I tried to capture a more playful mood of the character. I think this picture really shows the personality of the character and lead to a successful experiment.