"Portraits of 100 Strangers" Subject 1/100

Day one, and so my journey begins. Portraits of 100 Strangers. Today I will start my journey at Old Fort Park, Murfreesboro Tennessee. Filled with hundreds of people every day I figured that this would be as good a location as any.

I have had the opportunity to do a few shoots in this location. Although not an easy task to get a parents consent to let a total stranger take photos of them and their children, it has worked for me before.

I arrived at the park at around 10:15 am. unloaded my gear walked into the park planted myself on a bench and began to write my days events down in my journal. There were several people there but no one seemed very friendly. I tried to strike conversation with several and all I got was a grunt. 11:15 rolled around, I had been there an hour so, I decided to roll on over to the local gas station and grab myself an Ice cold watter.

12:05 pm. I wanted to give the park one more shot for the day. Not long after my arrival a lady with two children came and sat at the other end of the bench. I somehow managed to spark up a casual conversation, as well as introducing myself. Eventually working my way around to telling her what I was up to. I told her that I was on a mission to shoot portraits of 100 strangers. Pausing a moment, I asked her if she would be up for being my model for a short photo shoot. With no hesitation, she agreed.
Thank you Megan and thank the two cute little boys that were with you!

For the shoot I used 2 off camera speed lights bounced out of a reflective umbrella positioned just right of camera about 45 degrees of camera and subject. So sorry I didn't get a setup shot of the shoot. I was so excited about Megan letting me shoot her and the boys that I totally forgot.