Margo wrote " I've browsed your photos and by your own admission, taking shot of people isn't (yet) a comfort zone. Your recent shot of oriental visitors is a great candid. I'd like you to build on what you learned from this shot and take another. If this gives you the heebie geebies, do say...and I'll suggest something else."
The sun was shining and this young lady was in the sun on her phone. I snapped, and no one noticed! I asked her if she minded me uploading the photo.
So here's one for you Margo, but now it's uploaded I can see loads wrong with it- however I do like that we can see her head angle clearly which shows she's looking at her phone.
Whoopee! Good for you. I hope that this will encourage you 'to go where angels fear to tread'. We all had to learn to walk, speak etc. Taking a candid (or whatever we perceive as sacred cows) is no more than developing our skills and adding them to our personal arsenal. Rock on!
@padlock@s4sayer@365anne@salza@megpicatilly Thank you all SO much. I was very self conscious but pleased I asked her permission, worries then that perhaps she felt she couldn't say no !!!
I followed Mr(s) Padlock's advice put in error on one of my photos, to shoot over a person's shoulder from behind!!
Still feels like an invasion of privacy
Well done..I am dreading being given this challenge myself, not my comfort zone either. I also love the contrast between the hard lines of the street furniture and the softness of the human figure.
I think it's a great shot, although completely out of my comfort zone.
I may well have had the front to take the shot - certainly not to talk to her after though
I followed Mr(s) Padlock's advice put in error on one of my photos, to shoot over a person's shoulder from behind!!
Still feels like an invasion of privacy
I may well have had the front to take the shot - certainly not to talk to her after though