Portraits (Streetportraits)
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, quoted by Richard Avedon. Accordingly, a portrait implies 2 things:
A photographer setting up the shot
The subject consents to the portrait
Reasons to take portraits in the streets are, in my opinion, the following:
Working fast and getting used to quickly set your camera and compose.
Approaching a complete stranger and getting out of the comfort zone.
Having interesting experiences.
The challenges to take portraits in the streets are
talking to strangers
nailing your settings in camera
getting a good picture fast
Apart from the above reasons to get into taking street portraits, I started today to get the hang on my camera with vintage lenses and manual focusing at open aperture.
Here the first one taken with a 135mm f2.8 lens form Pentacon initially called the King of Bokeh - old lens produced in the GDR.
