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This is one of those brilliant street photography moments that you absolutely cannot plan or manufacture. I’m minding my own business photographing a mural in Castillo Caleta de Fuste in Fuerteventura when suddenly I hear this voice behind me ask, “Why aren’t you taking MY photo?” I turn around and there are these two absolutely brilliant ladies marching towards me with massive grins, clearly on holiday, clearly having the time of their lives, and absolutely determined to be photographed. No hesitation, no awkwardness, just pure “we’re fabulous and we know it” energy. They posed, they smiled, and they radiated that gorgeous confidence that comes from being comfortable in your own skin.

Then, they just walked off without even asking my name or what I’d do with the photos. No social media handles exchanged, no “Can you send that to me?”, just a moment of spontaneous joy captured and then they were gone, off to continue their Fuerteventura adventure.

Coincidentally, a couple of days before I’d been reading this thread on Reddit about asking people to pose for a portrait and watched this great Jamie Windsor video on the subject so I was delighted when this happened!

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