What fun it is to wander around the street with a camera, bumping into people and asking for permission to shoot! Here in Coventry, UK, I am working on a photographic project about people in the street.
I simply packed my cameras, two Ricoh GX200s, a CX1 to be exact plus converters and filters, and walked around town. It is a shame to say so but Coventry is not really inspiring for its streetscape. I worked around the boredom by asking people to be photographed.
So here are some of my works. I went into the boys near Coventry University and, with their permission, photographed them for the best of their skateboard stunts.
I went into two young lovers and even got the chutzpah to do kisses for some photos. The young lady was too shy to say yes. The young lad, as you can imagine, was readily to accede to my shameless request.
What a shame, Nevin!
Comments
Coventry is not one of the best Cities, post war planning did its worse!
I always find the English to be OK about being photographed, though a shot before or two before asking gives bette results as they will often insist on posing!
Keep up the good work I am enjoying your English experience.
Thank you for the extra tip. Somehow this is a matter of preference, isn't it? Actually I wrote on the matter before
http://ricoh-gx.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-are-my-photos-so-hazy.html
Best,
Nevin