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One light, One lens, 100 - part 5 of 1 2 3 4 5

by Kevin Wilson Published 01/12/2016

Another couple of details needed to be taken care of: firstly, removing them from their daily routine could prove tiring, so I allocated a maximum of 15 minutes with each - this seemed to be the perfect time. Finally, pretty much every portrait was taken with the subject sitting in a wheelchair.

decided to make things as simple as possible, as in the title of this article:
“One light, one lens, 100”.

My choice of lens was the 50mm and illumination was the available light, supplemented with reflectors. I also used a very shallow depth of field, in many cases pretty much wide open; this to ensure fast enough hand-held exposures.

Some of the centenarians were remarkable; one lady completing the Daily Telegraph crossword each day, at 105 years old.

All had stories to tell which made interesting conversation.

I asked another lady, who was also 100, a question, “to what do you put down to your longevity?"

She paused and replied, “When I was younger, I used to smoke full-strength cigarettes, as I became more refined, I took to red wine, then, moving into the home last year I gave up sex." She smiled wryly. Great sense of humour.

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