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Street Photography Portraits is exciting project. How to ask a stranger for permission? Don't forget to smile.
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Today I want to talk about different kind of Street photography Street portraits. Street portraits used to be very big part of classic Street photography and when we see work of old Masters of street photography, we see amazing pictures of people on a street and learn our history through these images.
Now after explosive growth of photography in our societies over the last 20 years, people are much more aware of photography and photographers to some degree lost their magical status. I love doing Street photography it's my personal work, I don't really make any money with these pictures. It allows me to introduce myself to local communities during my travel to better understand life around me. It’s not always easy, but I find results very rewarding.
When I'm talking about street portraits, I'm talking about engagement of a person I photograph, not just grabbing a shot with long telephoto lens. It creates completely different level of image, where I'm not simply showing actions of a person, but I can look in their eyes and to show some of their character and personality. Of course approaching completely strange stranger and asking permission to photograph close up is challenging. I usually make an eye contact and smile and then I ask for permission. Sometimes people will say no, then I will excuse myself and look for another opportunity. I absolutely don’t take it personally, it’s perfectly normal.
I did some portraits in Rome and when I was in Naples, I was thrilled with positive reaction of people around me to my camera. On my last day, before I got onto my evening train back to Rome, I walked the streets of Naples and photograph portraits of people.