Hanoi and Da Nang Portraits
I can’t bring myself to take Street photographs of the fresh-faced and clueless tourists or office workers that comprise 90% of the people you see in London. But on numerous successive visits to the Far East I started to realise that the experience etched on the faces of particularly the women told quite a profound story. I’ve experimented with all sorts of different perspectives to try and get the flavour of this which is all about the eyes and the face.
In the end I hit upon the Olympus 75mm f-18 lens which is the equivalent of a full-frame frame 150mm focal length. This enables me to focus in on the face whilst blurring out the background and other extraneous features. There are a whole lifetimes described in those eyes.
Photographs in this album include: Hanoi portraits, Da Nang portraits, and more.
For camera settings, techniques and equipment used in shoots like this, see the Technique posts on mcaughtry.photo.