Hi Marnie .... I often engage the people I photograph. I like to think that much of what I do is a type of portraiture. The people usually know I'm photographing them, often I've spoken with them and know something about their situation. Sometimes I just shoot, but often that's after a bit of observation, to get a feel, hopefully, of how the person moves, what they may be going to do, and so on. However, a lot of shots are missed and some are lucky. But that's the nature of photographing people, whether in a formal situation or "on the street."
Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think people shots are very hard to do, I haven't tried it that much > myself, but I have learned something from looking at frank's and Shel's and Paul's > and Juan's and Godfrey's and other's work on this list. It's hard not to catch > them blinking or moving into awkward positions. > So I don't really know how some of the people shooters do grabs where they > get the face and it comes out well. Guessing -- I presume they really, really > watch the person/people in question, try to anticipate what they will do next, > and that they also take more than one shot if they can too. They also probably > have more throw aways than keepers, but take enough so they will have a keeper > now and then.
