The theme for Share Six for August is {Faces} and Claire of Wilhemina Photography was the photographer who chose this theme.

This first image was taken as an environmental portrait. This young woman was so beautiful and I loved working with her.

Some of the best {Faces} I have encountered is when I am traveling. Sometimes as a person looking on secretly or sometimes after an encounter with the person.

Australia was one of my favorite places to visit and for this first image I was secretly looking on taking in the cityscape and saw this guy sitting on the step. His face was so focused on the screen that he was not aware of what was going on around him.

We’d been hiking in Macedonia and I was dragging behind Amy and Richard, still taking photo’s of the countryside, when I encountered these two men. With a lot of hand signals they asked me to take a photo of them. I wish I knew who they were so that I could send a photo back to my son-in-laws mother to pass on to them.

This little face says it all. While not totally in focus, I love this image. It was taken of Luka at his baptism in Macedonia. Tradition is that the fathers best man presents the child to the priest. Poor Luka did not know the best man well, nor was he too happy with what was happening to him.

Vegas, the city the never sleeps. We came across this mime act while walking the strip. I have to confess I was very impressed with his act. His face was so still as well when we stopped.

Seattle and the location was Pike Street Fish Market. This was one of the musicians we came across while exploring the market. I loved that she was so into her music. And there is nothing I love better than listening to a violin being played. I went for a very gritty type of image when editing this photo.

I chose this image because while you can only see the side view of his face, I just loved this suntanned Key West resident that hung out by the boats. His face was as weather worn as his body.

Another fun moment at Key West. This guy and I spent some time chatting before I took his photo. He was all about peace and harmony.

Another stop in Macedonia. In the Lake town of Struga, where a river runs through the town, and there is a Lake “beach” as well. This guy was overloaded with beach tubes. I loved the expression on his face.

Back to Key West and this was the first trip we took with (at the time) our future son-in-law. For him everything was new. It was the first time he was visiting the USA, and the first time we were meeting him. The smile on Amy’s face says it all.

Taken in the Bahamas recently, this guy was trying to get us to take a scooter so that we could tour the area. Richard told him we had to walk and he came back with a quick comment that made me laugh. I asked if I could take his photograph and he was more than happy to do so, unlike someone I came across later in the walk.

Faces come in all shapes and sizes, showing laughter, sadness, tears or simply resignation. Faces tell stories. I love the journeys that I go on at times when I meet and interact with different people.

This is a circle blog and as I mentioned, we have some very talented artists in the group. Take some time to follow the links and see what they have for you this month. My incredibly talented friend Claire of Wilhemina Photography is up next. I can’t wait to see what she has to share. You can see more of her work by clicking on her Instagram page.

Until next time, stay well.