Final Street Portraits

These are my final street portraits in contact sheet form. I did edit them in Camera RAW to amplify the lighting or to ensure each was in focus.

These are the RAW shots. I upped the contrast on some to make the person stand out from the background, as some were in front of plain backdrops. I used a f1.8 lens so that the background was always out of focus a lot, and just adjusted the shutter speed according to the lighting and time of day that I was taking the photographs. I tried to get some unique shots, such as the man with the sunflower hat/head piece, and the street entertainer who was wearing a silver monkey face mask, and the builder wearing the hard hat and goggles. I admit that the street entertainer may look like they are smiling slightly due to the design of the mask, but I thought it would be a creative addition to my set of street portraits.