1.) Street Portraits- I stayed a fair distance from people for most of my shots. It was hard to catch the right moment in time to make it compositionally pleasing. There is a lot of multi tasking that comes with photographing this way. When I got really close, as in a few feet from them, I asked them for their permission to photograph them. The problem with this method is people wanted to pose and I was missing out on "the moment".
5.) Facial Expressions- When someone looks into the camera you can feel the connection between you and that person. It draws you in. Eye contact is the first thing you notice in a photograph. When the subject looks away you focus more on the action of what they are doing, their body language, and their surroundings.
6.) After you are done- As I went along it got easier to ask people if I could photograph them. To make them feel better I would tell them to pretend like I wasn't even there and continue what they were doing. If you know the person, conversation is always a way to get your subject to relax. Goofing around with them is too. It loosens them up and breaks a barrier of awkwardness.
