Brian Opal Miner
This is Brian. A man I met whilst travelling through Lightning Ridge. Lightning Ridge is in the outback of N.S.W and is where the Black Opal is found....
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This is Brian. A man I met whilst travelling through Lightning Ridge. Lightning Ridge is in the outback of N.S.W and is where the Black Opal is found.
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Nov, 2015Views
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Chatter Award
Zenith Award
Contest Finalist in Beards and Mustaches Photo Contest
Amateur Winner Wrinkles Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Wrinkles Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Elderly Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Male Portraits Photo Contest
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Behind The Lens
Location
We were in Lightning Ridge which is an opal mining town in the outback of New South Wales Australia. We were driving around the area and i came across Brian at one of the mines. I started having chat with him and asked him if i could take his photo his face had character and told a thousand stories.Time
I took this photo around lunch time on the dayLighting
The image was taken in natural light.Equipment
I used a Canon 5d mark 3 24 to 70 lensInspiration
Brians face had character and he was an interesting person to talk tooEditing
As i didnt like the background i used photoshop and gave it a black background which i think allowed the character of brians face to come throughIn my camera bag
Depending on what i am going to shoot. I have canon 5d with me along with a 24 to 70mm lens and a 70 to 200 mm lens. for Landscape a 17 to 40mm lens.Feedback
Chat with the subject get to know a little about them.Particularly older people they have a story to tell. Focus on the eyes that is where the story is told. The old saying the eyes are the window to the soul.
