Back in 2012, I participated in a weekend Street Photography Workshop with the one and only Eric Kim.
Here's a small batch of images I took with the intention of capturing people eating. This was a rush answer to a question Eric asked.
What's your focus for the weekend?
My underlaying intention for the weekend was, to loose my fear of approaching strangers, more than getting striking images.
So I went, and it felt awful to confront rejection.A couple of the participants never showed up for the second day, as they probably didn't got to take one image. The fear is real!
So for me, it got to a point when I asked myself - What if I pretend to be someone else, or if I take my clothes off in public right now and walked like a crazy person, what would happened?
The answer was...
NOTHING.
Nobody really knows me and they don't really care, and if they do and think I'm crazy for walking towards them and snapping an image, so be it! They'll rage for a few minutes, and nothing would happened.
Or maybe something will for them as to have a story to tell at the dinner table.
To be honest, for the hundreds of people I photographed candidly, maybe two or three were mad about it, most where either curious or they like the attention they received.
So next time you're in the streets, think about what's the worse that can happen, and if the answer is nothing, then go ahead.
