Recently got into photographty with a decent canon slr set up.I can find plenty of landscape and buildings to practice on, but I would like some different human beings to practice with. I would find it difficult to go up to someone in the street and say "excuse me can I take your picture". Any ideas much appreciated.
2006-07-12 19:21:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
join your local photography club or local night school.
they will have arranged shoots where they book the models and you all go along and have 15 minutes of shooting each. they will also help you learn about studio lighting.
it's harder working with models than it looks. you have to be able to communicate you requirements quickly and clearly. a good model already knows what looks good, whereas someone off the street will be hard work for a newbie.
for now just ask someone in your family. it doesn't matter who really. just use the practise to get used to body shape, poses and orientation.
2006-07-12 19:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by 'Dr Greene' 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-14 02:01:18 · answer #2 · answered by indieboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question I myself have just bought a new SLR camera and want the same thing so I have thought about advertising my skills in the local paper for weddings etc but make sure that they know you are an amateur and that you are doing it to improve your skill, I am trying to reach people who otherwise would not have a photographer through lack of money, then just charge them your outgoing costs.
Hope this helps
Andrew
2006-07-13 02:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by homecaremanager 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly how you feel. I just recently took a photography class and it required a series of different shots to be taken and turned in. I started just taking photos of friends in different environments like the mall, beach, woods, etc. After awhile i got bored just shooting my friends so i decided to take it to the streets. If i saw a person doing something that i knew would look great in a frame or in my photo book i would just calmly tell them that i was a photographer experimenting with different types of shots and angles and wondered if they would mind me photographing. But if you know that you are going to be putting the shots into a book or selling the image, then u MUST get permission from the person you are photographing.
2006-07-12 19:28:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are very flattered by that particular approach (and some not so much, lol). The way they do it at my college is they advertise in the paper that they are looking for models to photograph, and just so they know you're not up to any funny business, you can put, "May bring escort."
You're doing the right thing by finding a way to ask people to take their picture. Taking it while they are unaware is a tad creepy. Lol.
2006-07-12 19:27:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most artistic photos surely don't have people saying "cheese" in them.
Isn't it better from that point of view to take pics "au naturel" and therefore you don't (by and large) need to ask until after the shoot and then only if you are worried about them suing you.
2006-07-12 19:29:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with friends and then build a portfolio that you could show to strangers before asking them politely if they would be interested in posing for you.
2006-07-14 17:40:52 · answer #7 · answered by Tam C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them you are a Talent Scout for a major modeling agency, and you would like to give them an audition.
2006-07-12 19:23:55 · answer #8 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may give wrong impression, at least about the age. but if feel when you select an avatar for yourself of your liking some thing of your nature reflects in your liking and hence the selection. so i guess that the avatar gives right impression at least to some degrees.
2016-03-27 03:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be HONEST on what you plan on doing with the images and even offer to give them a photoCD of the images for themselves to use.
2006-07-14 08:31:02 · answer #10 · answered by clavestone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋