1/750 sec at f/1.8 | ISO 500 | 50 mm
This was a fun one. As you can imagine, when I saw these people sitting on the street corner, I immediately wanted to take a photograph. I walked up and asked them if they would mind if I took a few photos, and they said they said “Absolutely!”
Then they started smiling, I told them to stop posing and just keep on talking, they then told me that I should have just walked up and taken the picture. I smiled and said, I would have, but I didn’t want to get my ass kicked. They laughed and we all started talking. It just goes to prove that a little humor, a polite request, and you can take a photo of just about anyone.
When I started shooting this. I really wanted to get this cropped/panoramic look. I wanted the focus to be on them, because they are what drew me in… I didn’t want to get too close, because I would have lost the street corner feeling, so I took this photo with the crop in mind.
When the Muse whispers in your ear, listen… then start asking questions. What caused it to grab your attention? What are you trying to show. Where is the voice? How do I want to draw the eye? Sometimes it only takes a couple photographs, sometimes it takes many. Asking yourself questions will help you to define what it is that you want to shoot, it will help you find your vision for the photograph.
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