Hi folks - I'd be interested to see your photos where you approached a person you didn't know and asked them for a portrait. One of my 365 goals is to become more comfortable in doing this, and I'd love to see other people's similar shots. To get the ball rolling here's my most recent "Stranger Portrait", a delightful elderly gentleman I photographed while on a walk a few days ago.
I saw this little cutie at the park and worked up the courage to ask her mom for a picture. I've done it before, with other kids at the park, and it's actually not that hard!! ;) I have yet to ask a adult for their photo, 'cause it's much scarier! also, kids are WAY less self-conscious then adults.
here are a few, sometimes i ask sometimes i dont, depends on how i feel but most of the time i will at least say hey i just took your pic for non commercial heres my name so on, im new too and hope to get better at what I call Street Portraits.
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This guy hangs around Woodstock, NY and yells at no one in particular in his very own language.....heartbreaking - this was a drive by shooting....I shot it while driving by him - I wasn't the one driving......
They were performing so I didn't have to ask, but I still feel very squeamish about taking photos of people I don't know. And the ones I do know don't want their photos taken!!
his photo was the first time I had asked someone if I could take their photo. We were driving by these two practicing and I stopped the car. Standing at the side of the road with my camera, they thought I was odd for sure so they came to the fence asking what I wanted...I straight out said 'can I take your photo'...5 words that terrified me. The said 'sure' and rode away...and gave me a pretty cool show!
Today I asked this lady at the farmers market if I could take her photo. After I snapped it I told her I really liked the cute bunnies on her apron. Then she stuck the two cucumbers up like ears...we both laughed and I asked for another shot.
@bjornert I was strolling and found this guy reading a bible in Ybor City (a historic district of Tampa, Fl). I want to welcome any critiques on this and any of my other photos. Thank you in advance.
@irabat Cool shot - It's a very crisp image. I like the angle and his posture. You can see all the wrinkles on his hand and the hairs in his beard. I don't know how valid my critique would be as I'm no pro, but the only thing I would say critique wise would would be about the composition in the bottom half of the image: I feel like that pillow is a little out of place/distracting and I would love to see the bottom of his feet - he's just a little bit cut off :) I actually don't mind the object on the bottom right. It's blurred enough that it shows that the subject is in a controlled depth of field and that the shot was taken from a bit of a distance. And as far as that pillow goes (is it a pillow?) you obviously didn't have any control over that because it's not like you're going to go up to some person reading on a bench and say "Hey can I move this? It's blocking the photo I'm taking of you that you don't know about!" Lol! All in all though an interesting picture and nice lookin' processing. The tones are earthy and sort of suit the subject in my opinion :)
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Little girl on the beach
I definitely asked her though:
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Lol! You might need a longer lens, ya.. Or this! (I just found this on photojojo)... Wonder if it even works!
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/candid-photography-spy-lens/
Would be cool if it did though!
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Very sweet smiling girl..