There are plenty of times I see a woman in the distance that I'd like to photograph and hope that our paths cross. And Mercedes was one such case.
And it turns out that another photographer I know in Kansas City has previously crossed paths with her. I don't follow him on Instagram, so I can't say whether he's following heavily in my footsteps or if he's only periodically photographing random people around town.
I will say, though, that I welcome the competition. There aren't a lot of photographers out there doing what I do. And here in Kansas City, I'm not aware of... any other photographers who do almost exclusively street portraiture.
And I'll openly admit that the last shot, the closeup, is definitely not on my list of favorites. I had my 85mm f/1.4 that evening, and it... kind of worked where she was sitting, but even my 50mm doesn't always work well there as shown with my shots of Victoria about a week before these were taken.
