The second task for portraiture was to take picture of complete strangers. Since the Christmas market was in Lincoln I decided to see if I can find some more uniquely dressed people to photograph. In the end I decided to take photograph of the people running an Ale stall. I chose these people because their clothing was vintage and not something you would see everyday. I decided to use the environment of their stall as a background. I found it easy to ask them once i spoke with them a bit and they was very happy to help even saying to wait a minute so he could go get his scarf and hat.
With this image I got the subject to stand slightly in front of the tap and kept the tap in focus, this was to show more of the environment and what the persons job is. The boxes and other things also made a mice background and the went around the area gives it a Christmas feel. I’ve also fiddled with the temperature and other parts of the image to create a warm glow effect.
With this image I managed to get the barrels in the background. Like with the first image i managed to give this a nice glow and use that along with the white in the image to create a Christmas like atmosphere. I feel the clothes such as the hat and his suit give the look of an older time, creating a much more unique image, making it look almost period (besides from the more modern environment). I also managed to interact with the subject for them to feel comfortable and for them to give a natural smile. Again this joy and cheer really gives across the message of Christmas cheer which is what I really wanted to show with these two images.