My street portraits are very safe to make in comparison. London and Khartoum is an interesting contrast!
Hi Nigel, street photography, and specially Street Portraiture, I find it very challenging, overall when the type of portraits are not candid like. You obviously have to interact with the person you are photographing, usually not having control of many factors like the background, surrounding, light, timing, etc. With that in mind you approach a stranger and bluntly ask for a shot, if you are lucky the person will be alone if not will be with its buddies, companions, etc, so he/she will not only conditioned by you but also by the others. When you take the shot you have to think about the usual, composition, light, depth of field, point of view, timing... but conditioned by the nerves (which usually do not allow you to think too clearly) and by the timing, the short precious time the person is giving you. When I arrive at the area where I am going to scout for ¨targets¨ I just ask myself, how the hell I am gonna be able to take a single shot? But then the opportunity arises, which is just not something likely to be photographed but also likely to let you photograph it.
And at the end does not matter where you are, Khartoum or London, it´s ALWAYS a challenge!
By the way great portraits Nigel I specially like the last one!
Carlos.
