I really love this capture. Shot with my 70-200, I was able to get just the right amount of DoF to make the main focus of the photo the subject rather than some sign behind him. When I look at the full res copies of my photos (MUCH larger than what your seeing) and I see the crispness of my shots, it makes me fell better that the camera and lens alone (own many cameras and lenses) used to shoot this is over $2500. The lighting was perfect (about 5:45 during fall), but more importantly, the subject was perfect. I caught him as he was walking back to his car from a days work. I don’t know where he works but I’d assume it’s something professional judging by his his suit. The best part of this photo is that he has a slightly melancholy look on his face. In my mind, I assume it’s from the depressing and taxing work he does. Perhaps he does not appreciate his job. Or maybe, he just got laid off. In the second photo he is holding a lunch box. I like to put this story together in my head: he is a child in a man’s suit (get the pun). Or perhaps the juxtaposition of the professionalism derived from his suit and his facial expressional combined with his little red lunch box is profound enough to just make my mind attempt to justify his demeanor. Anyway, he was a very interesting stranger to meet and photograph.
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