This set of MMA fighter portraits by Brazilian born (but now based in Barcelona, Spain) photographer João Novaes is just fantastic. I take a lot of pictures at MMA events and have always wanted to do before and after portraits, but the gaps between the fights is never long enough.

These portraits don’t only appeal to me because of the MMA connection, they are just very good portraits in their own right. Nice lighting, perfect amount of sharpness along with a nice depth of field, they just work really well.

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This photography project by Romain Laurent which is titled SOMETHING REAL really appeals to the street photographer in me. The pictures are very nicely composed, have a cool cinematic feel and show the busyness of a city centre without detracting from the subject being photographed. For me especially in the first picture below which is my favourite, the people walking by paying the guy with a bubble over his head no attention really works.

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