i get quite nervous with people, i think i am worried about being watched and worried i will offend them by drawing attention to their interesting features. I think there is also the reaction time issue, where you need to just keep pushing the trigger, not waiting for the perfect composition.
Today while i was having a practise with a B&B i was playing with some of her statues and dolls heads and i was having a ball. I totally lost myself in the moment and i think the shots came out kinda cool. This was just a doll, but from some angles she looked pure evil, see....
Then another i found on a shelf, i tried to make her smug.
And then, oh my god, i spy these amazing faces in her garden and i am in heaven! im climbing on top, underneath, head between my knees....i need photography yoga pants.
Ok, so here lies the problem. When i snap real people my shots become boring and awkward. I think these shots are saved cos the girls are beautiful.
But this opportunity i am really quite angry at. Heres an amazingly interesting looking dude, but my shot is just dull. I guess with someone you dont know (ie he was a homeless man in a park) its hard to get up his nose, but i didnt really capture any emotion at all. eye level is dull, and no expression is dull.
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