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Mr Sweett

Wandering the streets of downtown Macon. Looks like the weight of the world landed on him.

Wandering the streets of downtown Macon. Looks like the weight of the world landed on him.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

settings

Aperture f/2.8 ISO 500 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 200/1

upload_date

Jul, 2018

Views

455

Likes

+104

Awards

Zenith Award

Lucky 3 Award

Peer Award

+41

Superb Composition

+16

Top Choice

+14

Absolute Masterpiece

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

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Behind The Lens

Location

Macon, Georgia while I was doing a model shoot.

Time

It was almost 5 PM and the models and went out to the ally to take some more shots. This street gentleman came up to me asking for money to eat. His look was so interesting I said yes if I could take some shots of him. Asking his name he said Mr. Sweett spelling it for me.

Lighting

I just used street lighting and camera settings since my OCFs were already set-up in the studio and I didn't really want to undo them to bring outside.

Equipment

I used a Canon 6D with no flash or tripod.

Inspiration

Simply, his look, his expression and hair. He looked like a man with the world on his shoulders trying to live life as he can. You can read it in his eyes. I never bothered taking a full or partial body shot only a couple of head shots.

Editing

The only post-processing I did was convert the photo to black and white and added just a touch of contrast, nothing more. I didn't need anymore he made the statement with his look.

In my camera bag

At the time for portraits, I was caring a Canon 6D, Canon 16-25mm L USM f/2.8 lens, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II lens, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM lens lens, and 3 Yongnou YN 560-4 speedlights, triggers, and YN E3 RT II wireless speedlight transmitter along with various filters, remote and other small equipment. For portraits, In this case, I used my 70-200mm lens.

Feedback

Don't be afraid of asking people if you can take their picture, always be respectful and non-aggressive in manner. Take a look around there are many interesting looking people where their character shows in their face and eyes.

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Mr Sweett

Wandering the streets of downtown Macon. Looks like the weight of the world landed on him.

Behind The Lens

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