The First Photography.ca 100 Strangers Project

Thanks to JAS Photo for coming up with this idea I think it could be a lot of fun. I volunteered to start of with #1. Please keep count as you add to the thread. I know this is a bit of a repeat as I posted him in another thread but I wanted to use his image as a starting point. Can't wait to see the second one! Cheers :)

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Good idea Iggy and Jas - and i JUST shot a stranger..try to post him later.

Ok - Posting my stranger now. Despite the intense gaze he gave me, I did indeed ask permission. (I usually do, not always but usually) Thx - Marko

Here are my strangers....Passion, joy are contagious

Shot at the tunnel entrance to the Calgary Zoo. You can see a Segway at the very front by the doors. Mike

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# 5,6 and 7 shot at English Bay, Vancouver, in the spring of this year. Quite the place for people watching. It is not very easy to take pictures of people without being 'found out' ... but I think the most effective photography of people is the candid shot; to me, it tells a story, raw and unobstructed, honest and true.

#5 The meditating mademoiselle

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#6 ... waiting for his ship to come in????

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#7 ... patiently waiting for time to pass

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This was a GREAT idea JAS! Nice. There are some really interesting shots showing up.

Well, kind of a cheat since I was there in part to take photos. It's hard to get candids when they know you are there to take photos, but I put on the long lens and sniped a few shots. So technically, this is a stranger, one of the many celebrants at Mark's Canada Day Happy Birthday Bash.

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And that would be #8. Don't lose count :eek: ;) Only 92 more to go! :)

Oopsie! All fixed!

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Bert was one of the attendees of Mark's Canada Day Birthday Bash party and when the band took a break,the karaoke was on. Bert got up and sang. While he may have the craggy face of a life hard lived, he sang like an angel. One song was not enough for the crowd who clamored for more but Bert must have been an adherent to the adage leave them wanting more and sang only the one song.

The float season is officially open. We had thunderstorms again Friday. Should be interesting over the next week or so.

Love #9, great shot, JAS ...

many riders come with people who help to get you ready for the show. (for the record I often do it all solo).

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Here's #10. A Toronto Maple Leaf fan waiting for his team to win the Stanley Cup

I screwed up. I should have been #12

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Here's #10. A Toronto Maple Leaf fan waiting for his team to win the Stanley Cup

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Was probably a wee young lad when he first laid down:laughing::laughing::laughing::p
Sad part is he will probably pass on where he lay.;)

#13 - Dying to Read

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Was probably a wee young lad when he first laid down:laughing::laughing::laughing::p
Sad part is he will probably pass on where he lay.;)

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toooooo funny, and toooooo true

However, the image is great, well captured! :highfive:

#14 ... and the question is: who is that desparate guy ready to %$#& his Nikon? What on earth could have motivated him to do so? Was he possessed by the evil Canon spirit?

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Cool shots all - I dig the light in the dying to read shot Ig!

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Cool shots all - I dig the light in the dying to read shot Ig!

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Thank you, Marko.

#15 - This is one of two models that was hanging out in front to Park Lane Mall in Halifax expressing the ideal of "Downtown Fabulous" for passers by.

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#16 That should be enough for supper and a couple of cold ones ...

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#17 This is a very brave man. We have our sewage treatment facility up and running in Halifax these days but I'm not sure I'd be ready to fish in those waters. They say it's safe to swim in but I'm not ready to take the plunge!
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The cellist (is that a word/ s/p) at the wedding I just did...

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#19 Waiting for the walking green ... I wonder if she knew her pose was perfect?

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Lol, cool shot, Matt!

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Thanks, JAS ...

#20 The Point'n Shoot Gal. Another observation during Saturdays shoot. Her eyes are killer ... wish I could have gotten closer.

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#21 - Yesterday I watched this "clean person" at the Baltic Sea :p
(sorry I can't give you faces from strangers without asking them to put them out into the internet - it's forbidden here).

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#21 - Yesterday I watched this "clean person" at the Baltic Sea :p
(sorry I can't give you faces from strangers without asking them to put them out into the internet - it's forbidden here).

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No worries. We're not suggesting you break the law! :eek:

;-) Thank you for encouraging me. Then I'll give you

#22 Father & Son

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#23 - Another Avid Reader

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This thread isn't racing to completion, but it has been on my mind since Iguanasan started it. Perhaps it has to do with the organizing of the Public Photography day in September. I bought the t-shirt. And there are lots of public places full of people in Calgary these days.
It was exhilarating yesterday to take photos of all these strangers. Would I want someone to snap one of me and put it on the internet? I got thinking about the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Applying it here, I wouldn't mind a picture of me published anywhere without my knowledge unless: it was used for commercial gain, it was exploitive or used out of context or it was demeaning or clearly unflattering.
I must say it was strange to be trying to take pictures at a long distance, usually across a street, with the idea of capturing images to post here. Perhaps it's art... capturing the unself-conscious moment.
Then I had the problem of how to collate them. Eventually I settled on trying to use Lightroom 3, which I am evaluating. Made making a collage simple. Thoughts?
Mike

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Spotted at folkfest:

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This thread isn't racing to completion, but it has been on my mind since Iguanasan started it. Perhaps it has to do with the organizing of the Public Photography day in September. I bought the t-shirt. And there are lots of public places full of people in Calgary these days.
It was exhilarating yesterday to take photos of all these strangers. Would I want someone to snap one of me and put it on the internet? I got thinking about the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Applying it here, I wouldn't mind a picture of me published anywhere without my knowledge unless: it was used for commercial gain, it was exploitive or used out of context or it was demeaning or clearly unflattering.
I must say it was strange to be trying to take pictures at a long distance, usually across a street, with the idea of capturing images to post here. Perhaps it's art... capturing the unself-conscious moment.
Then I had the problem of how to collate them. Eventually I settled on trying to use Lightroom 3, which I am evaluating. Made making a collage simple. Thoughts?
Mike

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Hey, Mike. I certainly appreciate your enthusiasm and you've created a very interesting set. JAS assumed there were only 10 because that's all that can be seen since your image is so wide. I hope you don't mind but I will leave the count there. My vision for the thread was that everyone might have a chance to contribute and it makes it difficult if two or three people fill it up in a couple of posts. So, JAS' photo will be #34 and we'll continue from there.

#35 - Granville Mall Reader

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Sort of a one-for-two deal. It's fine. i wondered if the large collage might create a problem. We'll be at 100 in no time I'm sure. By the way, nice captures both JAS and Ig.
Mike

#36 The Baby

Quite a while bakc Greg and I went to Carburn Park in Calgary. Our Photoclub had an assignemet out: "Circle(s)". So we were on the hunt for such objects. We came to a playground, and yes, there were quite a number of circles there. This young mother with twins was there as well, and I asked if I could take a picture of one of the twins, soother and all (soother being the circle). So here it is:

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#37 The decicated Photographer

As I was saying: circles was the theme. Here is Greg taking it to the limits again. This was in early spring, so it was none too warm. However, with him on the ground, I had the opportunity to capture a number of circles, where he only got one! :evil2:

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