Lloyd
@lloydy1104 Jun
Warm fuzzy feelings from photography
Wanted to share this little interaction with put a smile on my face. I went to take a candid shot of this lady on Thursday, as she looked very chilled with the sun catching her glasses. But as you can see in the photo, she spotted me as I press the shutter button. So I went to talk to her, showed her what I do and had a nice chat. I did ask and got a close up portrait, but it wasn't any good. After posting, I got this message which has cheered me up. I spent last year testing myself by trying street portraits, building confidence to talk freely about photographing strangers on the streets. I got quite a if these few positive responses, people saying that the experience lifted their moods. No negatives at all, only two no's. I highly recommend trying street portraits. Even if it's not normally your thing, it will definitely help you with classic candid street photo stuff. I think many of us are introverts at heart, so start at events or with dogs. People love showing off their fur babies.
Ah this is fantastic. We often talk too much about confrontations when the odds of things like this happening are much higher.
love it - thanks for sharing this Lloyd
Nice portrait with a great message to go with it Lloyd. We often hope that we are not bothering people with street photography and neglect to think that we could actually be making their day!
Had a similar interaction this weekend where someone waved me over after they saw me taking their photo. They then asked me to take their portraits and ended up being super grateful for the photos I sent them. I definitely agree that most confrontations do end up being mostly positive.
I had a funny interaction with a stranger this afternoon. I was taking a photo of some city boys having a lunch time pint.
One of them came over and really politely asked that I didn't post the photo anywhere publicly because he had told his girlfriend that he wasn't having a pint at lunch time. ^_^
