NAJEA THE CHOSEN 1 & CO. - Venice Beach, LA, CA, USA I had a long layover in L.A. and decided to head to Venice Beach to do some street shooting, and when Najea (second from camera right) offered to play me some of his tunes in the hopes of me buying a CD, I was down, and asked if he wanted a photo, which he agreed to. I was traveling light and used only a bare speedlite hand-held low and camera-right to fill in the shadows left by the strong California sun, and after some post-work this turned out better than I expected.
MAN SITS IN FRONT OF YELLOW - Lapulapu, Philippines When I asked him for a photo he just shrugged his shoulders. Lighting info: One speedlight camera left with a 1/4 CTO gel in a lumequest big bounce attached to the end of a handheld gorillapod. I get some pretty strange looks whenever I try to do street shooting with this set-up, but it pays off sometimes. This guy was in the shadow and taking the shot without flash would've required a significant ISO bump.
OLD MAN AT GETHSAMANE - Jerusalem, Israel
