Photographing others

Photographing others. Another assignment for my Portraiture class. This was one of the most terrifying experiences of my entire life! Nahh, just kidding it was not that bad. But for once in my life I found I was shy?! Most often, I never ever have any problems striking up a conversation with anyone, or photographing a client that I have never worked with before, but for some strange reason going up to random people on the street and asking them if I could photograph them was a huge struggle for me! Who knew?! I totally learned a lesson from this, and it was an experience that made me go completely out of my comfort zone, but I am extremely excited about all the new people I got to meet and interact with. If I had to do it all over again, I totally would love to photograph more strangers, I think I am going to continue to practice photographing strangers in the future, it turned out to be a lot of fun! Oh and of course I brought my friend Daniana along for this 4 + hour adventure so she could help me get over my fear!

This was the first person I photographed. She was very sweet and actually told me she understood how difficult these assignments could be. What was cool was she was actually a photographer as well, so I asked the right person for sure.

This girl was sitting in Boston Common just enjoying a day out with her friend. I totally interrupted her snack time, oops!

This boy was playing frisbee with his friend in The Common. He was adorable, so we approached him and asked if he was willing to be photographed haha.

This girl was a student from Emerson taking a stroll with her friend.

This guy was hanging out at Faneuil Hall smoking a cigarette. He asked if it was a portrait of him acting natural, and of course I said yes so he would be a bit more comfortable being photographed by a stranger. I cropped out the cigarette when photographing him on purpose :P (I have a big thing against cigarettes).

This girl was hanging out with a bunch of friends in Faneuil Hall, they were searching for a place to eat. 

This boy was enjoying some vendor scooped ice cream with a girl :) 

This boy was way too adorable to not photograph, he was enjoying some lunch with his friends in Faneuil Hall.