New Joiners - People #385

I have chosen this picture as the winning image for a number of reasons. The intense gaze of the person draws you in, there is such concentration in this captured moment. The natural light is wonderful, illuminating one side of the face and revealing those beautiful colours and tones and topped off with a strong composition, well done great portrait.

It's good to read a little about how you took this picture. It feels very empty, a bit sad maybe but that all adds to its strength and why I've selected it for the top ten. It looks like a challenging environment with those underpass lights and as a technical exercise you could bring those highlights down and increase the contrast overall to give it some extra vibrancy. Have a play in Lightroom if you have access to it, you can create great 'looks' to change the images feel. The composition is great, well done.

This captures an evening on the river well. Lots of different light to control, I like the tone of the sky.

Love this. It reminds me of Christopher Anderson's work (Magnum Photographer). The composition, light and tone all add to that brilliant moment you've captured.

I find this a really interesting shot. It reminds me of a film still, perhaps from a Hitchcock movie or of a similar time. The light on the face is fantastic and the colours throughout the image all add to that filmic look and feel.

You've made a good photographic connection here with your subject Roy and its good to read you become friends, photography can be so much more than just a picture. Aesthetically I really like the tone and grain of the film.

Great to see something here shot on film, that grain and colour is fantastic, quite refreshing to see! Love the boys curious engagement with you and the camera and I love that part of the world. I bet you have a great series from your travels.