Turning a corner In photography.

Oldbones

Oldbones

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I was out the other day, very early in the morning I was out of bed at 4.10.
So I went to town, down to the beach, where I saw a few surfers.
I approached one of them and asked if I could photograph him for my project.
He was more than happy to agree.
Took a quick snap and we went on our separate ways.
At that point I felt very good about having the courage to even ask someone, especially a total stranger.
Its taken me well over a year to pluck up the nerve to ask any one, I have been asked twice in the past but this was my first time to ask someone.
Corner turned!
 
Voilà
Not the best photograph I have taken, but the first time I have asked any one if I could take their picture.
He looked very happy about it, just wish the building behind him was gone.
So this is a work in progress.
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Yes, always be aware of the background - easier said than done under pressure to get the shot. You could clone the building out and crop the left a bit and it would be stronger IMHO. Not sure if he is smiling or grimacing, try to have a bit of banter with them to get them to look a bit less cheesy. Also I think if you both had rotated positions a bit the background would have been the sea.
You could have used the Tamron at about 135mm to 200mm and opened up the aperture to separate him from that background and to blur distractions (if you wanted).
I think 10/10 for effort and turning a corner, congratulations. The image gets 6/10 it's a good start.
Keep it up Oldbones......
 
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