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How to Ask Strangers for Photos: A Street Portrait Approach That Actually Works
There is a specific kind of paralysis that hits when you’re standing in a crowded public space with a camera and you just… can’t bring yourself to walk up to anyone. I know it well. For years as a wedding photographer, I had a built-in permission structure, a contract, a bride who expected me to be in people’s faces. When I started doing street portraits on my own time, that scaffolding was gone and I froze constantly.