Comments on: Break the Ice to Get Better Pictures of Your Subject http://rising.blackstar.com/break-the-ice-to-get-better-pictures-of-your-subject.html Professional Photography Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rohn Enghhttp://rising.blackstar.com/break-the-ice-to-get-better-pictures-of-your-subject.html/comment-page-1#comment-13754 Rohn Engh Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:46:16 +0000 http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=11337#comment-13754 It’s also a matter of timing. . . Being photographed is an excruciating experience for self-conscious people (aren’t we all?) So the first thing they want to do is start talking about the very thing they’re looking at –your camera. If you let them engage you with equipment talk, you’ve lost the lead, and certainly control …plus the chance to let them talk about themselves. It’s also a matter of timing. . .
Being photographed is an excruciating experience for self-conscious people (aren’t we all?)
So the first thing they want to do is start talking about the very thing they’re looking at –your camera.
If you let them engage you with equipment talk, you’ve lost the lead, and certainly control …plus the chance to let them talk about themselves.

]]> By: Jena Ardellhttp://rising.blackstar.com/break-the-ice-to-get-better-pictures-of-your-subject.html/comment-page-1#comment-13705 Jena Ardell Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:59:36 +0000 http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=11337#comment-13705 Great advice!! Quality small talk is something that many photographers tend to forget because they are too focused on the technical aspects of the shoot. Great advice!! Quality small talk is something that many photographers tend to forget because they are too focused on the technical aspects of the shoot.

]]> By: Juliehttp://rising.blackstar.com/break-the-ice-to-get-better-pictures-of-your-subject.html/comment-page-1#comment-13682 Julie Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:12:37 +0000 http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=11337#comment-13682 You can watch Karsh's recreation of that famous shoot - 60 Minutes with Morley Safer http://karsh.org/#/the_work/video/ You can watch Karsh's recreation of that famous shoot -
60 Minutes with Morley Safer http://karsh.org/#/the_work/video/

]]> By: Paul Conradhttp://rising.blackstar.com/break-the-ice-to-get-better-pictures-of-your-subject.html/comment-page-1#comment-13668 Paul Conrad Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:45:06 +0000 http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=11337#comment-13668 Great post Dennis.When I get the feeling a subject is a bit apprehensive, I walk around the room and find something that I can connect with the subject. It may be military service, their love for astronomy or science, or I just get curious about what they do.When you are genuinely curious about their life, they respond in kind and are much more relaxed and will even try some crazy stuff you suggest. Great post Dennis.

When I get the feeling a subject is a bit apprehensive, I walk around the room and find something that I can connect with the subject. It may be military service, their love for astronomy or science, or I just get curious about what they do.

When you are genuinely curious about their life, they respond in kind and are much more relaxed and will even try some crazy stuff you suggest.

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