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I recently did an assignment for Interface, a Swiss Marketing Agency. It was for editorial photos and part of the assignment expected me to photograph Church Square in Pretoria. I thought to share the following two photos that did not form part of my assignment.

This first image, was taken of one of the four Boers (Settlers) at the Paul Kruger Statue. It was a fairly overcast, but still bright sky. To make a silhouette, I underexposed with 2 stops. I later cleaned it up in Photoshop and converted to black & white by using Nik Silver Effex. I also cropped out some unnecessary elements in Lightroom before exporting the photo for viewing.

This next image is an informal portrait of a man,  who calls himself Midas. He was busy washing himself. He got our attention when quarreling with some other folks who apparently told him to not wash there. Living on the street and with the knive in his belt, he surely looks a robust and tough person.

I walked up to him and asked him directly for a portrait, after which he replied that if only I can buy him a half loaf bread. I thereupon gave him a fee and then photographed him in front of the old Justice Palace. I used Nik Silver Effex to convert the image to Black and White and then Nik Color Effex, Tonal Contrast to enhance the textures and sharpness.

I would like to get your comments on these…

ED