tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025185028400769912.post3627037805298675136..comments2023-11-03T23:17:19.383+11:00Comments on One Hundred Strangers: Musingbitingmidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593806233011328620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025185028400769912.post-20681076516632234802009-04-22T19:37:00.000+10:002009-04-22T19:37:00.000+10:00I'm still posing when I use the p&s, tryin...I'm still posing when I use the p&s, trying not to with the SLR, but the poses now aren't as stiff as they were, they look more relaxed.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182743312553270315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025185028400769912.post-10457832230383181432009-04-22T18:22:00.000+10:002009-04-22T18:22:00.000+10:00Totally agree. Once I realised that the issue was ...Totally agree. Once I realised that the issue was not "me", I understood that if I phrased it the right way, nearly everyone would agree to being my subject. I had to explain why I wanted THEM. Not even what I wanted to so with it. We are not that terrified yet. We are not that litigious yet. <br /><br />And I didn't butter them up; I did not brown-nose. I tried to explain in a quiet, friendly (motherly) way what it was about them that would make a good photograph. And it could be just the way their hair glowed in the afternoon sun.<br /><br />The other thing that I realised early on - and which produced better images - was that most people were more comfortable if I insisted that they go about doing whatever it was that attracted me in the first place. The task to make the photo interesting was mine. They were already interesting. I will go through my portfolio (hee hee hee ... how pretentious!!) this evening to see when the last posed photo was that I took.<br /><br />Now to cook a pie for my bubba boy - who turns 28 next week- and is fixing my tv in return for a meal.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.com