I see this man sitting at Mama Mia's every morning by himself. He is always just staring off into the distance smoking his cigarette. I was very intrigued by him. Today, I went up to him to see if I could learn more about him. I sat down at his table and discovered that he spoke virtually no english. The owner of Mama Mia's stood by me and translated for me. He was such a sweet old man and told me (in greek) that i should be in a vase of water because I am pretty like a flower. When he agreed to let me take his picture I wanted to try a couple different things. With this picture, I wanted to have it be from his perspective. He is never looking at the other customers or interacting with anyone; he is just always staring out into the distance. I set the aperture low to create a shallow depth of field to blur the background. My hope was to create mystery in what he was gazing at. I didn't feel as though his eyes or the front of his face were the most interesting part about him; his disposition was what intrigued me.
What a great experience, Syd. I'm so glad that you embraced the moment and went for the image you wanted. Cool idea to shoot from his p.o.v. as that gives the viewer a feeling of what his perspective of his world is like.
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