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01/14/2006 09:04:28 AM · #1 |
| You both seem to be able to persuade a lot of ordinary people to 'pose' for you. I turn my camera away if I so much as think someone thinks my camera is aimed in their general direction. How on earth do you do it? |
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01/14/2006 09:06:26 AM · #2 |
offer prints for time...
there are models out there who will sit for a photo for their model portfolio..
Originally posted by amber:
You both seem to be able to persuade a lot of ordinary people to 'pose' for you. I turn my camera away if I so much as think someone thinks my camera is aimed in their general direction. How on earth do you do it? |
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01/14/2006 11:12:20 AM · #3 |
ah thats easy, i'm so used to it now, i march up and down a busy street,
sometimes stand in one position and let people come to me, snap them,
some mind, some dont, some ask for their pics to be taken, a lot actually. a few have asked if i am associated to some newspaper and i usually say i am. ;)
i also go back with prints for free within the week.
Message edited by author 2006-01-14 11:41:15. |
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01/14/2006 11:33:46 AM · #4 |
haha, so in other words tell the people what they want to hear? nice
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01/14/2006 11:39:07 AM · #5 |
Not only tell them what they want to hear, but tell them something that makes them feel important.
Lots of people get excited about the possiblity that they could end up in some paper or magazine.
My sister and I got asked to take a picture at a fountain once in Taipei by some guy from Toronto. He said he would take our number and attach it with the picture.
We never got a call and I would seriously doubt if he actually sent the information, but he might have.
The point is, he made us feel important and we were excited about it to the point that we didn't mind having a picture. We still feel good about it. |
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01/15/2006 01:48:36 AM · #6 |
You've all got more ***** than me:) I once tried selling double glazing and offered to pay for a customer's order because I felt guilty for cold calling. She took pity on me. Told me the job was no place for a young girl, especially knocking on stranger's doors at night in the middle of winter. She took me in, sat me in front of the TV, gave me a hot drink and told me to quit the next day for my own safety. I stayed with her for three hours before meeting up with my 'supervisor'. I like to think she was an angel in disguise. WHAT was I thinking?
What I mean is I hate to intrude on other's privacy. I'm sure I'm not the only one here that hates to be photographed? I can't help but feel that everyone else feels the same. But I guess I will just have to grow a spine or a thicker skin and bite the bullet:))
Message edited by author 2006-01-15 01:49:10. |
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01/15/2006 01:58:36 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by amber:
What I mean is I hate to intrude on other's privacy. |
You are getting to it the wrong way.
A local photographer that I highly apreciate once told me: When you go out to take street photography, you must assume that everyone likes their photo taken. (except photographers)
Then you have to look at the scene and just be very sensitive.
When you start with this thought in your head, everything is so much easier. And very soon you'll find out that it's true. Everyone does love to be photographed.
There is a very small minority of people who don't like it, and they are usualy those who think very little of themselves and thus it will be very easy to spot them. Their body speaks the self insecured languge. |
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01/15/2006 08:51:01 AM · #8 |
Edit. Oops. post removed to send PM instead. Sorry, realized afterwards that this was a pointless threadjack.
:)
Message edited by author 2006-01-15 08:52:15. |
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01/15/2006 10:48:27 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by amber:
What I mean is I hate to intrude on other's privacy. I'm sure I'm not the only one here that hates to be photographed? I can't help but feel that everyone else feels the same. But I guess I will just have to grow a spine or a thicker skin and bite the bullet:)) |
Well, I think you're hitting a key point on the head.
Privacy is the most important thing in situations like this. I don't believe that every photographer should presume or assume that people love being photographed, or that those who don't like to be photographed are folks who've got something wrong with them.
No means No, and this applies very well when we're talking about shooting candids or street photos.
One thing that I insist on for myself nowadays: When I'm out shooting on the streets, I make clear my intention of shooting. Whenever possible, I approach people and indicate my intention to photograph. It's done either through gestures (a smile, pointing at the camera and then them, or verbal requests: Excuse me, sorry to bother, but I'm doing a photo project and you'd make a great subject -- would you mind terribly if I take a photo of you?)
I've been lucky in that I live in settings where people more often than not don't mind being photographed, and the affirmative reactions all bolster my confidence in asking the next subject to pose.
But rejections do come and they happen frequently enough. In such cases, it's a smile and a thank you, and I walk away.
If people get the sense that you will respect their rights, they're more inclined to do you the favor and pose. Anger, however, is the rightful reaction from folks who encounter photographers who presume that it's ok to snap snap at them.
It's not about what is legally right, but it's about privacy and we're all entitled to ours. I don't like mine invaded, so I try to not invade others'.
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