![]() I had less issues about this when I was at art college though. Thanks everyone, now I know I'm not on my own !! I think all the people who have said practice, or taking someone with you, are right.I'm just going to have to get braver and stick with it. Wow.this is exactly what i was talking to my partner about yesterday and something I'm going to have to work on to get the shots I want ! Its even worse when you know that a tripod would really help too lol !! I think practice is the only thing that really works for me - I know that's a boring answer :) Along with those rights, I wonder if there is something similar for Canada.īeing a fairly shy person anyway, I have struggled with this, but I'm slowly getting more comfortable. That way if somebody started asking questions I could show them what I do. One thing I was thinking of doing is print some my best photos out smaller and taking them with me in my camera bag. I think it will get easy the more I do it. I was on my knees in the back alley taking photos of dead sunflowers thinking my neighbors will think I'm nuts. Even today's photo I was a little embarrassed taking. I'm still uncomfortable taking photos in public and haven't even tried taking one of a stranger. My main concern is when people are around and I think they'll be offended that they are in my picture. I felt weird at first but I've gotten better. SO far i haven't taken photos in public places but i am sure people are gonna look at me with the usual "what the heck" look.Īnd the tip from "Cole H(old skool)" was a good one!I already made a copy and it's in my bag!! While I'll admit I have an issue with taking photographs of people, especially strangers, some of that stems from a "just because you can doesn't mean you should" attitude. I suggest y'all print out a copy and throw it in your camera bag. Guess it's part of the learning curve of a new hobby, right?Ĭonsidering the subject, y'all might find this link helpful: On the other hand, if I ask their consent, they'll start posing for me, when in reality, I just want shots of them going about their business and posing is the last thing I want them to do. It's a double edged sword: if I take pictures without their prior consent, I feel like I'm violating their personal space, or worse, they'll get upset and come after me. I've mostly gotten over my reservations about taking pictures of commonplace objects in public, but I still feel a bit weird about taking pictures of strangers in public. ![]() people in general just don't really think of normal life as being photogenic, keeping their picture taking restricted to family gatherings and parties. nothing threatening (as yet), but lots of curiousity. I get a lot of "what" and "why" sort of pictures. One of the things I've noticed as I've taken pictures of non 'tourist' things is how non-photography people view pictures. One of my goals for this project is to kind of force myself to get over that self-consciousness. It's funny, I was just writing about this issue when I posted my picture of the day today. I do tend to go out either when there's likely to be no one or a large crowd.īut then I also get that feeling in foreign countries! I know that feeling well! I do get funny looks but I think the more I do it the better it gets. I imagine I have more days like that in my future this year. I went to our little town's "downtown" and took random shots of the buildings and got a LOT of strange looks. I really have issues with this and now that I'm doing the project 365 I'm concerned! I'm going to have to get over it! Don't they know their markets are colorful and I'm a foreigner? But in my own town, taking a picture of the fruit display? I feel strange. I'm used to taking "random" pictures in foreign places. There's a thread about that in Digital Photography School:ĭ/forum/showthread.php?t=10072
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