Took my daughter to New York city the other day for lunch and afterwards a stroll down Bleecker street for some street photography. I approached this gentleman with a flute in his coat pocket and respectfully asked for permission to take a photograph of him. He was sort of perplexed as to why I would want to take his photo and shrugging his shoulders responded " Yeah, sure. If you want to...." I snapped this image and respectfully thanked him and bid him a good day. I watched my daughter nod her head as we walked away and looked at me as if saying " hhhmmm... I didn't think it was possible to approach a complete stranger and ask him/her to pose for a picture." My daughter is the shy type and part of this exercise was to show her that you can step out of your comfort zone and try new things.
I have forgotten how wonderful street photography is. I used to walk around the city on the weekends and just get lost taking photographs. I also enjoy the challenge of approaching people and connecting with them thru photographs. I love the hunt for visual dialogue and reacting to what I see.
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