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Whilst in the Centre Pompidou, Paris I met Dan a fellow photographer from Florida, USA. As we talked I asked him if he could stand in front of the Chuck Close painting that you can see behind him. What struck me was that he has a similar look to the artist himself.

This picture is #070 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com

I have also started a Tumblr blog posting photos that I find all over the net and will be posting my flickr favourites to complement some of my own better photographs. It is proving to be a very interesting process as it make you really look at your own work with that of your heroes and pushes your ideas on.

I just had to ask Phra for his photo as he wandered around the pyramid outside the Louvre, Paris. He shone like a beacon in his orange robes. As it turned out Phra Thammasan Jitpradubchoke was on a day trip to Paris from the Wat Phra Dhammakaya London (Meditation Centre). I believe he runs the centre.

This picture is #069 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com

I have also started a Tumblr blog posting photos that I find all over the net and will be posting my flickr favourites to complement some of my own better photographs. It is proving to be a very interesting process as it make you really look at your own work with that of your heroes and pushes your ideas on.

Continuing with my strangers project I have a few on my HD waiting to been shown the light of day. Been preparing some old psd files for a band down in London.

I spotted Claire in Blackpool over a year ago just outside the Blackpool Winter Gardens. As it happened she turned out to be the girl friend of an x student of mine. As I can remember it was her ear muffs that I was initially interested in. I took this shot with my 50mm 1.4 hence the very shallow depth of field, it is a lens I have not really used to its capabilities I always have one of my 2.8s on mainly the 24-70mm. If I am going to use it more I will get closer to the subject to get more detail.

This picture is #068 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com

I have also started a Tumblr blog posting photos that I find all over the net and will be posting my flickr favourites to complement some of my own better photographs. It is proving to be a very interesting process as it make you really look at your own work with that of your heroes and pushes your ideas on.

I came across Syd as he waited outside Liberty's and Gt Marlborough Street London for his partner to return from shopping. He was on a small tour of Europe that included Paris and London, stopping off at Liverpool to take in a football match v Norwich. We talked for 15 minutes about assorts from football to surfing, what a great guy. I gave him my card and hope that he sees this portrait when he checks out my stream. He only had an hour left in London before he jetted back to LA, USA.

This picture is #067 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com

I have also started a Tumblr blog posting photos that I find all over the net and will be posting my flickr favourites to complement some of my own better photographs. It is proving to be a very interesting process as it make you really look at your own work with that of your heroes and pushes your ideas on.

I spotted David on Carnaby Street being drawn to his tattoo. Whilst talking he told me that he had moved from Hungary 5 years ago.

This picture is #066 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com