Guardian Camera Club: jenquest on portraiture preserving anonymity

Child a blur: Using DOF to preserve the anonymity of the subject. The toys - in focus - are readily available in the shops so shouldn't be able to be used to recognise the child (I hope). These pictures work pretty well. The first one uses the child's toys as foreground interest and the crop on the face is just right. The second picture at the window is also good and it could have been even more of a silhouette. Again in the third frame a prop that might appeal to a child is used, but this time the figure is too obscured. The last three images are also well executed, but it's a shame that having gone to the trouble of finding a model and location, there isn't a bit more variety in the shots - using different focal lengths for example Photograph: jenquest/Flickr

Child looking out of the window: Child looking out towards the garden. I left the flash off to get this dark image Photograph: jenquest/Flickr

Child with a potted plant: A child playing with potted plants. Rather than using his hand to cover his face, I chose to not include the face in the frame to preserve anonymity Photograph: jenquest/Flickr

Man looking at a police car: Managed to drag a friend along to Trafalgar Square to help with this assignment. Here he is sitting on the step of St. Martin in the Fields Photograph: jenquest/Flickr

Man looking on at a group of people: My friend again, this time in Leicester Square, looking out towards a group of people sitting and enjoying the sun Photograph: jenquest/Flickr

Man looking on from a high vantage point: This time my friend is looking out towards Nelson's Column from near the doors of the National Gallery Photograph: jenquest/Flickr