I almost didn't stop for this portrait. I saw Natalia from across the street as I was walking down 19th St NW from Dupont Circle and even gave her a friendly approving half-wave at the sight of her outfit. When I finally decided to approach her I had to walk up behind her to say, Excuse me. She greeted me in a think Russian accent, apologizing, and explain she didn't speak English. She spoke enough. Through short sentences, reading my card, and a bit of miming "photographer" she was surprisingly accommodating. But not after claiming she didn't like having her picture taken, and felt she didn't come out well in photos. Right.