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Photographing two strangers together

Photographing two strangers together

From the course: Street Photography: Posed Portraiture

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Photographing two strangers together

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- After photographing that young couple, I continued my quest through Madison Square Park here and I noticed a very interesting gentleman, a older guy with a very interesting face and I thought, "Okay, this looks like someone that would "make an interesting street portrait." Hi sir. So I started to get close to him, but he immediately said "No." Well, just to confirm, I just said, "Hey, can I talk to you for just a little second?" but it was clear that he was just not interested in having his photograph taken, and that's fine. I mean, I think we've done very well so far. So, it's unfortunate, it would have been a nice shot, but there's always a nice shot around the corner and as it happens, as I continued my walk I noticed two gentlemen having a conversation. And there was a younger guy and an older guy with a great white beard. And I thought, "Okay, that'll be good." Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, I'm a street photographer. I'm taking pictures of people in the streets-- - 20 bucks a…

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