Today’s Guest Post is from Roel van Noord, who has often contributed to the discussions on this site, but has otherwise been quietly modest about his own photography.
Well, that’s about to change.
Roel, in one of his projects, had the courage to head out on the street and ask total strangers to pose for him. The result: a plethora of fascinating portraits. Despite the diverse cast of characters captured in his images, there is one unifying element: they are all wearing hats.
I’ll let Roel explain how this came to be:
“Hi Peter,
I have been visiting your site almost everyday and I still love it. Thank you for putting in the effort of sharing your images and thoughts which are, at moments, very personal.
Has been a while since we connected… just started my second exhibition this year with a series of street portraits. The theme is goed gemutst (“well hatted”), which in Dutch means something like “looking good” but also “feeling good” (well spirited). Don’t know if there is a similar translation for that in English.
The series was shot in winter and shows people comfy dressed (hats/shawls) against the cold (a bit like ‘if you snooze you loose’, or as we say in Holland, “if you stay at home because of the weather you are always wrong”). You will see here that the weather was fabulous ;o) “
—Roel.
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Thank you very much Roel!
To see more of Roel‘s work, please see here.
—Peter.
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Prosophos 
Mooie portretten Roel, goed gedaan! 🙂 Well done!
very nice to see Roel´s work here, on the blog that i enjoy so much :).
Marc
Great work Roel!
Nice stuff Roel!
I read about your exhibit on DPReview–congratulations (and well deserved)!
Out of curiosity: what were these shot with? The tones, DOF, and choice of focus are all very pleasing.
All the best,
M.
Thank you! Didn’t know about the DPreview, might be another Roel ;o)
All these pics were shot with my Leica M8.2 and the VC 40. f1.4 S.C. Most were shot appr the closest distance. Then some light pp in Lightroom. Silver effex 2 for the borders to match it with my other analog work with the M6ttl.
…What? There’s more than one Roel?!
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My apologies Roel…I guess it was another fellow. Sorry for the incorrect assumption.
Thanks for the info,
M.
Yep. There is more than one. Or it was one of my other personalities ..;0)
No apologies needed!
You have to like that VC 40/1.4…
Nice series Roel and well done on the exhibitions.
Thank you very much guys for the positive comments. Glad you liked my work.
Very nice shots Roel. You have managed to find some interesting faces amongst some very nice winter light. The lens and sensor combo are definitely working for you also!