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How do you approach strangers? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by therake620@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am a quite shy person ad often, when i find an interesting composition-subject (like a person doing something, a goup of people in a nice setting etc), i struggle to capture it because i feel like i’m being rude taking pictures without their approval, but at the same time i think that, by asking them, the spontaneity of the shot would be compromised. What’s your take about it?

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[–] fudmeer@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I tell them why I want to take the photo. “Do you mind if I try to catch the sun in your cigarette smoke? It looks really cool.” “You’re framed really nice between those lamps.” “Could I try to bounce my flash off that wall and onto that sketch you’re doing? I think it’d make a great picture.” It helps me in my intention and puts them at ease knowing my intention isn’t, ya know, sketchy. For candid shots though you just have to do it. Some days I’m too anxious. But if I can get in the zone and just shoot it’s a good thing.

[–] throwaway728477274@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I love the approach of picking something specific and letting them know, because I’m so terrified to be labeled as a stalker lol

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