Just ask!
Give them a smile and let them know why you are taking pictures for any
given situation.
People are less gaurded when you are up front about it.
Regards,
Dean
dntsh@xxxxxxx
www.deanspan.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sull <w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] People Shots - How?
>
>
>Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> This talk of using the P&S/negative film for people shots has got me
>> thinking about my ability with people.
>>
>> I am pretty useless at getting people to agree to a photo. I am normally
>> embarrassed to ask and I feel guilty or self-conscious if I don't ask.
>> Therefore I normally resort to a long-focus lens and sneak one - with
often
>> mediocre results.
>>
>> Does anyone else worry? Do you have a technique? This is not meant to
>> sound like a request for the most used chat-up lines with members of the
>> opposite sex <:-).
>>
>> Chris Barker <><
>>
>> I don't believe that big is better; use Netscape and give MSIE a miss!
>>
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>Just swallow hard and walk up and ask. Most people will be more than happy
to
>let you take their picture. Compliment them on something and it makes it
>easier.
>
>I was at a Harley Davidson Teddy Bear Run and one of the participants was
the
>image of the typival Harley rider..... Long blond hair, beard, eyepatch,
>leather..... I asked if I could take his picture and he said no
problem.....
>I told him that since this was a Teddy Bear run where the bikers were
carrying
>Teddy Bears to a Children's Hospital, he was sure ruining his image. He
>laughed.....
>
>You may have to work a deal with some street people, like a couple of
bucks.
>Get some model releases and shoot away.....
>
>Bob
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> What is the speed of dark?
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