This is Rebecka, or Bacon as her friends call her. I met her at the Västerhaninge shopping centre. I was waiting for my flickr contact Jim, and figured I had time to shoot a portrait when I noticed Rebecka. She lives in Västerhaninge. She's a student at the Fredrika Bremer secondary school in Handen as are quite a few of the young people I have photographed. She'd just arrived home from a visit to Kokkola in Finland where her maternal grandparents lives. Her paternal grandfather is Italian. He comes from Udine in Northern Italy, so Bacon has spent many summers in that part of Europe. I told her of a visit to Lago di Garda, and she said she had been there as well. As I sometimes do I mentioned one of my previous portraits, taken here in VH, the priest Sara, and that brought a smile to Rebecka's face as Sara was her confirmation priest. By now Jim had joined us, so I took a few portraits of Bacon and that was that.
What a cute nickname! And what a pretty girl!
ReplyDeleteShe is a beautiful girl and I also like her nickname!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Bacon knows how lucky she is to be photographed by you. Wow. I was just looking back at some of your past portraits and I didn't find a bad one in the bunch. You are really very good with your camera, Steffe.
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Another great portrait of a very sweet-looking young lady. Reminds me of my cousin when she was young(er)...
ReplyDeleteSimply charming, and her eyes are so unusual.
ReplyDeleteun beau sourire, cela fait du bien le matin.
ReplyDeletea nice smile, it is good in the morning.
Another great photo, another time where the person you were shooting was somehow connected to a previous post. You really get to meet some wonderful & interesting people. Someday you'd better put together a book of them all.
ReplyDeleteAnother fine portrait of a pretty young girl, I love her nickname (she has also a beautiful name).
ReplyDeletePrtetty girl Steffe, nice nickname too.
ReplyDeleteSo many connections..
Bravo!!:-)
ReplyDeleteYou manage to take so many good portraits, and nice photos from the area. I seriously think you should go for printing a book, that people can buy. These photos are not "tourist photos" but real life!!
Isn't she lovely. You're so good at capturing the personality of your subjects in your portraits.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful smile and a beautiful portrait.
ReplyDeleteAnother great portrait - not sure about being called bacon though!
ReplyDeleteThanks all. I will try to get a few book together. I could probably get more of this type of coincidences it's all about asking the right questions. It's a different nick name, but I kinda like it!
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