So often there are people searching the crowd looking to find someone. Hopefully those faces searching for friendly faces find the people that they were seeking. In Edinburgh during the Festival most of the faces that attract lenses are the ones that are trying to attract audiences. It is good to feature staged poses and set up pictures opportunities to create stunning images. It is also good to capture the candid moment. Yet not to try and grab an unguarded expression or to steal a fleeting look. It is good to make the best of a moment that would otherwise have gone unrecorded. If you can wait for the best light and reach for the right angle then you might just take a picture that will set your subject out beyond the stage and create a scene that really shows a faithful image. If you aim to make something rather special then you can always be happy with having found something a little less looked for, but still worth viewing. These pictures reveal a little of the beauty and the pageantry of Edinburgh, but they are portraits and so they focus on the individual within the crowd. Sometimes the faces within the crowd tell a story more complex than the theme of the event. Hopefully these portraits show the faces that you could meet in Edinburgh in August whether you were carrying a camera or a bunch of flyers.
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