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How do you approach strangers? (alien.top)
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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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[–] mgutjr@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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Here’s a photo I took recently in SF. I tend to approach people by complimenting their outfit, look or a detail (hair, a jacket, sunglasses) and then ask if they’d be into a portrait. They usually says yes, but if they decline, I don’t take it personally. I then own the scene. You have to make sure you have the light you want. That you’re analyzing your frame.