This is Tommy from Ireland, he is one of the few homeless people that wonder the streets where I live. He asked me for some change and I asked if I could take his photo and he agreed. He was extremely nice and very polite and yet at the same time very shy; you could tell how lonely he was. I plan to get to know him a little better and through that take a more honest portrait of him. He really interests me.

Taken at 220mm, shutter speed 1/80, aperture 5.6 and ISO-500. Some curves, levels for brightness and colour balancing for tone in photoshop.

Category: All, Black and White, Portraits, People, London, Urban, November 2007