Casual Street Portraits

[ldrider51]

I've been working on "asking people to take their picture" at some various street fairs. Here are some results.

Musician, DJ, window washer, Matt Jenkins:


Vendor selling dip mixes:


Author Susan K. Marlow:


Coffee Trader:

[gottasnap]

Very nice! I am too chicken to ask. I tend to stand back and zoom in. Haha! But you got some great shots. Keep up the good work!

[leonaashlee]

Wow, these are really good shots. Good for you for asking people. Most people love to pose for the camera....if you just have guts enough to ask. Nice work

[ldrider51]

Playing for donations toward her tuition at bible college:



Loved these kids posing on a bench carved from a large tree stump for their moms:



Selling me some iced tea from their huge selection of loose teas:



Selling jewelry stuff of some sort. I didn't actually ask her, just zoomed in while she was talking to a potential customer:

[fstopMike]

Good job, Bob and kudos to you for asking and jumping in there in an effort to improve your craft. All of these are very well done.

[flavio]

They are all very nice, very different and yet very simmilar.
It seems that you shoot at all your subjects from their eye level.
That is cool. As an exercise I would suggest you try also from beloww, way below and also above. I was surprized of the results when I first tried that.
I am also impressed by your courage.

[ldrider51]

Originally Posted by flavio

They are all very nice, very different and yet very simmilar.
It seems that you shoot at all your subjects from their eye level.
That is cool. As an exercise I would suggest you try also from beloww, way below and also above. I was surprized of the results when I first tried that.
I am also impressed by your courage.

Thanks. I'll give the varying levels a try next chance I get.

[angeleyes216]

The Indian pow wow is on next weekend and i want to go and take photos...i am also too chicken to ask them to pose and i zoom in...im going to try and get out of this habit and ask...heck they can only say no....these are great shots and you should be very happy with them

[ldrider51]

Originally Posted by angeleyes216

The Indian pow wow is on next weekend and i want to go and take photos...i am also too chicken to ask them to pose and i zoom in...im going to try and get out of this habit and ask...heck they can only say no....these are great shots and you should be very happy with them

My son-in-law, a pro level photog, does a pow wow in northern NM most every year with a combo of candids, actions, and "posed" pictures. Lots of color and very photogenic faces.

[JosieShoots]

Wow, that's pretty neat stuff. I really like the coffee trader one for some reason, it's very lively yet peaceful.