beautybwthecracks asked: Were you ever afraid to take pictures of a stranger? I would love to get close enough to take good pictures of interesting people I pass on the street but I just can't muster up the courage to ask them. Advice?
I didnt have the confidence too initially. And my love for wide angle lenses made it more difficult for me as it meant that i had to go closer.
There are some ways like shooting from the hip, or doing a ninja turn of your head to snap your subject in a split-second. But here’s my advice.
Do not dive in and dive out. Getting up close hastily, shooting hastily, and getting out of trouble hastily just makes you so obvious that your subject can feel your every action without even looking at you.
When you’ve got an idea of what you wanna photograph or like when your right subject has showed up, get into the ‘zone’ with him/her. Just casually be around them, like you GENUINELY want to be there. Just act like you are minding your own business, doing your own thing, but observe them from time to time. No rash actions. When you feel comfortable about it, just raise your camera and take a photograph of them like you’ve got all the time in the world. By the time you’ve left, they wouldn’t even know you existed.
But of course, if you want a full frontal posed portrait of them, you’ve gotta ask most of the time.
