First Test Shot

So on my first shoot I headed out into Manchester and had a walk around the city centre. The weather was pretty kind to me that day and gave me plenty of natural light.

On my travel in to uni everyday I see a Big Issue seller on King St who I knew would make for a good portrait so I headed in that direction. I spoke to this chap but because I didn't have any money on me to buy a magazine he declined my photo opportunity! Homeless men 1-0 Mikey... Lesson learnt.

After continuing my walk I came across this man, Ged. After speaking with him for a few minutes, explaining who I was and what I was doing he kindly agreed to let me photograph him and ask him a few questions for the brief.

I think the first close up image works really well but I don't like the full portrait image. I don't think it tells anything about the story I'm portraying and he could of been anyone. I will have a play about with the images and try a bit of cropping to see if this will give me a better angle on the image(s) and theme.