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My favorite stranger ever...
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Do we have to ask them if we can take the picture?
That's a beautiful photo, RealtorChick .
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diffuse edited this topic 75 months ago.
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Thanks!
I asked my man, he was super nice about it.
I think if you see someone you would like to take a picture of, make a nice comment about them like "wow, I really like your hair, would you mind if I took your picture?" or whatever. My husband could just crawl under a rock when I do this kinda thing. I love talking to people and can carry on a conversation with anyone about anything. This gentleman was a street corner performer after he sang to me. I hung around with him for a bit and just talked to him. He seemed very happy that I was interested in him and what he had to say.
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I'll go on the prowl tmrw and get a fresh stranger. This pic is a few months old.
BTW - Great mission Dave :o)
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~*Denise*~ (a group admin) edited this topic 75 months ago.
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It seems like if we dont ask permission, we'll be doing something morally wrong. . .haha.
It's up to you though. Do what you feel. :)
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I'm very shy. I have a 12x zoom. What is this permission thing you speak of?
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I have pictures, but I don't ask permission. I'm too shy to ask. Besides, I have a long lens. (grin)
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The asking permission rule has been lifted. But if you are brave enough to ask, getting strangers to pose could be fun :)
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Admitedly not specifically for this Mission, but I'm too sick to go out at the moment. );
I was doing a photoshoot at my cousin's dorm. This is her roomate. Needless to say, she wasn't expecting me to show up and take her picture. I love her cute embarrassed expression, and her crazy hair. =)
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Eric Hamilton edited this topic 75 months ago.
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stellaretriever I know how that goes, I have a son that is pretty shy.
If your out and see someone walking their dog you could compliment how cute their dog is and ask to take a picture of it?
Or use that zoom and catch em without them knowing LOL
I'm going on the stranger hunt in the morning to find more :o)
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Eric sorry to hear that feel better soon :o)
This girl looks like my old room mate same smile, face shape, nose.. the works, only thing diffrent is the hair color. You made me do a double take on that one.
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Way too cold to go hunting strangers here. -17 this morning. If I find any strangers in my house, I'll be sure to ask if I can take their photo though!
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@Eric - Get Well Soon!
@Buzz - you crack me up!
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Druppelsgewijs [deleted] says:
Nursing a cold here as well. Boy, it's hard to keep up with all these missions! Many times, I have wanted to stop a stranger and ask if could take a picture, but I always let the thought pass, too shy, afraid to arouse hostility... It's going to be unseasonably warm this weekend (90ties!), and I just joined a hiking group, so perhaps I get the chance to take a stranger picture :)
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90's?!?! LOL. I would be so happy to see 30's! Enjoy your hike...sounds like the perfect opportunity to get strangers photos. Be careful hiking in that heat though....water, water, water!
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In this case, I asked permission... I don't do it always, but I was very close to them... and cubans are sooooo nice people! They didn't care about me... the chess game was much more interesting.
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Dang, -17 and that's probably in those Farenheit things. I can't even begin to imagine how cold that must be.
Love your guitar player, what a happy looking fellow.
This looks great, a well captured moment in time. They do not seem aware of the camera.
Nice capture, those "No don't take a picture of me" moments often turn up some priceless shots.
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Yup, Farenheit. Warmed up pretty nicely throughout the day. They predict 40's with rain tomorrow. Unfortunately, this will probably cause some melting which will lead to flooding.
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This was the new guy at my local coffee shop. I actually worked up the nerve to ask for a photo. So of course he cheesed it up. I introduced myself after I took the photo, so he is now technically not a stranger anymore.
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Great shot pepper!
Thanks everyone for participating!!
Here's one I snapped today
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Taken at the Grand Canyon.
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This young guy just told me that as long as I DIDN"T get in his way, I was ok...lol.
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Eric i love the shot in the dorm, amazing.
here is a snap i took a few days ago.
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Interesting shot...that rainbow is pretty cool! Thanks for your subMISSION!
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I didn't ask. I was playing with the zoom in my park, and these two were having a fun time, daddy was standing right nearby them. I was about 100 feet away?
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Taken at a party Saturday night. I let her look at the LCD, and she said, "take as many pictures of me as you want!" So I did.
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Eric Hamilton edited this topic 75 months ago.
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i did not ask permission for this one but it kinda would have defied the point of the photo if i had have asked a posed photo wasn't the look i was going for!
diffuse your photo is awesome lol though i'm caught up by the fact he's all in black apart from his white socks!!! what a fashion faux pas lol
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I tried this today
I am pretty shy but I got up the nerve. I asked the girl at the drive through
She said no :( then she went on to tell me that she hates her picture taken because she feels like she is too fat
I told her she was thin but I know that means little coming from an overweight person :(
really sad she was really almost too thin :( and she was pretty and interesting.
oh well next time :)
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machris (Mary-Ann) edited this topic 75 months ago.
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Congratulations for trying! I know it was big step......keep trying....you'll find soemone who would love it!
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pygmylover, We live in a non-fashion conscious small town. That IS the fashion here, (if we wear socks at all.) I like the way that neither of his feet are touching the road.
Your photo is awesome! I feel so sad and lonely, just looking at it. I'll have to tell myself that actually, she was feeding a squirrel (which I cannot see), while waiting for her two friends who always meet her there, on Fridays, to go skateboarding. Okay, maybe not skateboarding? Maybe they go to the Seniors' Centre to drink coffee and play cards?
~Mary-Ann~, you deserve credit for asking someone sober. I have to stick with drunks and telephoto shots. LOL
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Soccermomjess and I went to a nearby town known for it's antiques and spent the day photowalking. We found a great old time general store there. I know that there is a lot going on here but you can almost read the story. There are two ladies in the foreground who have each just ordered a malt. The gentleman at the counter who is waiting for the girl behind it to dip up his ice cream. There is a young girl behind her who should probably not be on the phone. And way in the back you can see a man behind the Blue Bell sign making fresh pralines in the store window.
I steadied my camera on a sunglasses stand in order to not use the flash.
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I found this kid at the battlefield in Chickamauga, GA
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This guy was in front of us. So I got out of the car and snapped a shot. Best viewed large.
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This skater was a stranger and when he came up on my side of the park we talked for a few mins. He had just come from England for the opening of the Skaters Park.
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I asked the guys at Starbucks drive through and they said yes, but I had the camera set all wrong and it came out weird LOL
So while DH was in the grocery store I saw this guy
I didn't ask I was going to but he looked a bit grumpy to me LOL
it's not that great I knew the window would ruin it, but I had to have something to show for my effort ROFL
M-A
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I took this with a 12 x zoom accross the street.
It seems at his look that he discovered it anyway. I didn't wait to find out ;-)
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Taken from a ferry on my way back home
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Kiwilad edited this topic 66 months ago.
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...to shy to try a 'face to face'-shot - i really have to work on this!
i'm glad 'bout the dog, facing the camera on a fingerflip...
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I just want to thank everyone so much for your participation!
I love this group!
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I didn't ask. He was busy, you see... ;-)
I didn't ask her either, there were too many people in between :-)
I didn't ask, she saw my camera and offered to get doggies to pose for me :-)
I gotta get better about asking. I think I'll do like Buzz and start with any strangers I find in my house. ;-)
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The starbucks picture
doesnt it look like Dh is sleep driving?
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machris (Mary-Ann) edited this topic 75 months ago.
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ziiz Your photo is fantastic!
nulikka Great spotting of a scene to photograph. The composition is excellent. The dog really does "make" the picture because his gaze draws us in.
Pink Albatross How did you ever find the guy sitting on the phones? What a great shot! Maybe you can sell it to Verizon to use in ads? LOL
~Mary-Ann~ That is a really cool shot! The expressions on on each of the faces make it very interesting
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diffuse edited this topic 75 months ago.
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Heh heh. Not sure verizon wants to encourage that behavior. :-)
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A singer on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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Bobshaw edited this topic 75 months ago.
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The funny thing is I have lots of pics of people that i have taken that I don't know - but if I spoke to them long enough to ask if i could take their picture, then they don't seem a starnger to me. Here are three such pics...
The most important stranger in the morning....
Are they still a stranger after you lose two games of chess to them at the car wash?
OK, strangers at the DMV after spending hours to pay taxes. The framing looks off because the major subjects for me were the garbage can on the right and the woman on the left who is becomming a character in my new novel.
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This Guy was really Cool !! and Good !!
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Sometimes it is very easy if it is during an event.
This is at "Mannekin Pis" in Brussels.
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dicktay2000 edited this topic 74 months ago.
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I not manage to ask for permission as I think this guy also enjoying playing with his new pet.... :)
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"In Suspense -- 97/365" by puggirl365
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Alone and a stranger
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IanDude [deleted] says:
How about a whole bunch of total strangers
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I am Yours, You are Mine
Waiting at the Bus Stop
I didn't ask for either of these (shy). The couple was in front of me and I took the shot when they walked into the sunlight. The second photo was meant to be of a man who walked past me with a long flowing coat, but I didn't catch him. Instead I captured the girl's interesting expression.
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I have become one of those creepy people driving around the city, hanging out my window with a camera and shooting unsuspecting strangers....I Love it! My 3 year old is always yelling "Get that guy Mommy!"
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serakatie, the expressions on the faces of both people in "Waiting at the Bus Stop" are priceless!
Think Floyd , I really like "Trekking with love", both for the composition and for the subject.
Tonight was our 25th anniversary. This guy was at a neaby table when we asked the waitress to take our photo. He moved so she could get a clearer view of us and pretended that he was going to join us in our photo. When she finished, I asked him, "Shall I take your picture now?"
I think he's a very interesting looking person. I wish I could have framed the photo better and included his other arm. I get too nervous around strangers and forget that I'm supposed to be making a good picture.
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"April 19, 2007 - Day 23" by tmac0381
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puggirl365 [deleted] says:
I apparently only take pictures of strange dogs.
"Riding In Cars" by puggirl365
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puggirl365 [deleted] says:
I did it! I did it!
"Sitting On The Rocks Of The Bay" by puggirl365
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In carnival it's easier to shot to strangers:
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here are two from a camping/dancing party this weekend. no permission asked. i'm too much of a chicken.
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Here are a few shots of strangers I took today, didn't really get close to them or let them see I was taking their picture.
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Lucky shot in Piazza Navona... Watch the priest and the man behind i love the way the feet and arms are in sync.... almost spooky
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D. Alan Harris Photography [deleted] says:
Check out the kid in the back.
Last One:
The dog is trained to save this guy's life every night. The owner has sleep apnea and the dog is trained to wake him up when it senses he's having a hard time breathing.
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some people crossing the road at Boston commons
Boston public gardens
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I have no idea who this flower girl is haha.
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She wasn't posing. She was busting me with the big lens.
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He knew I was taking photos as he gave me a nod shortly after this pic.
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In the street
In the pub beer garden
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This couple had just gotten married and were at the bridge and park for their photos..I asked If I could take a photo and here it is..They said YES !!
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My first real "stranger shoot". All these shots were taken at the St. Jacobs Farmer's Market. What fun!
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Grats to everyone who worked up the courage to ask complete strangers if it was ok to snap a pic of them. I have yet to do this mission, but I will within the next 48 hours :-)
I remember a tourist asked me once many years ago if he could take my picture. I said yes. He probably threw it out since I am not photogenic.
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Does it really have to a person? I think this is really hard. I asked permission for this one, but it was not emberssasing
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A gentleman at the farmer's market. I asked permission.
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"Veterans" by Bobshaw [?]
Taken on Whitehall during a march commemorating the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands following the invasion by Argentina on 2nd April 1982.
www.falklands25.com/
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Oh oh .... I can't wait to do this one! Starting tomorrow, we'll have an extra 400+ "strangers" on campus. I think I can find one to take a picture of. :)
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i did not ask for permission, but this woman clearly saw i was getting ready to shoot, so i assumed she didn't mind to be in the picture. hope that counts
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Feeling home sick - i usedto feed the ducks with my granny in england... a long time ago now.
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I'm not sure if these count, but as they're complete strangers to me :)
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"Boxed In" by Bobshaw [?]
"Spot the Unicycle" by Bobshaw [?]
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How about an entire family? I asked them if I could shoot their pickup soccer game on the 4th of July -they even invited me to hang out and have a beer:)- All I promised was to email them some pics of the event
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I didn't ask permission as it would've stopped their progress!
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So sorry! I forgot to reize that one to medium or smaller! Please forgive me this time!
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I didn't ask permission on this one either! Bet you can figure out why?!!
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I don't like asking permission because then is not as natural...Although I do need to start asking for email addresses when I know I've got some super shots so that I can pass them on to people
  
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