I choose to take a number of photographs for this exercise whist on holiday spending a day at Madeira. Being self conscious of people watching me with my camera in my hand, I felt more at ease being a tourist.
I wanted to capture people going about there everyday business. The shop keeper in her doorway, diners sitting having lunch, musicians entertaining in the square and a guy sitting enjoying a cool glass of beer.
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I was most happy with the one photo showing four men. They are standing next to a taxi and look like they could be cab drivers waiting for their next fare. The picture is framed with a tree to the left, a lamp towards the right and a sign post in the middle. The yellow on the post is balanced by the colour on the car, and the blue on the car with the trousers and shirt worn by two of the men. Three men are looking towards a man who has a smile on his face. Altogether I felt this is a well balanced shot of a picture that could tell a story.
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