1 Lens - 1 Hour street shoot - Episode 1 - Framing people with context

Since I have been bogged down and writing my thesis for a couple of months now, my camera and myself have been pretty distant. But I decided to go out and do a street shoot for the very first time in my life for 1 HOUR (cos that's how long I had coins for parking) in down town London, Ontario. Oh, I also got a spanking new Sigma 24-105 f/4 OS Art lens and that was the other reason I went out :). So as usual, I turned my laziness into a challenge and brought just that 1 lens with me.

So, all in all, I came back with about 40 usable  + 20 good shots as a result. They will be presented and discussed as a series of posts in the coming weeks on my blog.

This week, its all about framing people with context. This creates a story in the image and sometimes. the human element is just there to fill in a void or add something to the image. Take a look at the pics I have listed below. I will try to give some catchy titles to some of them, so that you ll see how it works.

By the way, the Sigma lens was superb and was more than I expected from a third party lens. I would recommend it in a heartbeat. 

"Boys will be boys"   - In this picture, the story is completely created by the attractive young girl and the way the guy's head turns to see her.

 Fantasy Vs Reality - The whole idea of this pic for me was to capture the difference between the fantasy comic world and the reality. The subject in this pic looks really tired and feeling down as opposed to the energetic store sign.

 Watch out for the Pacman - This is a case, where the subjects adds a punch to the background.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this subject. 

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Thank you.
Akila.