Opportunity knocks everywhere.I was with my friends walking down the street to go get some dinner because it was my buddy’s Bday. It was a terrible day for pictures. It was dark. It was cold. It was rainy. There wasn’t that many people out. Nonetheless, I brought my camera out with me because I haven’t taken any portraits lately. I was determined to get at least one. Then, that’s when I spotted some color!
Yellows. Reds. Purples. Greens. Blues. Oranges. Und natürlich, Pink. Amidst the ugly, gloomy rain I found a COLOR SPLASH! The boots. The jackets. The umbrella. The backgrounds. Even the popsicles! :D
I couldn’t resist. And so, I asked these friendly Munich locals, Ricardo and Lydia, if I may take their portrait.
*Technique:
Yea, it’s technically not the best picture. I did, however, manage to capture the colors I saw, which was my intent. This was shot with ISO 1600 and I’m pretty sure @ wide-open (f/1.8). Even then, I think the shutter went to 1/30th or something. Hence the picture is a little soft. Also, I could have moved my stupid umbrella out of the way. But, I didn’t care enough for it though.
I want to note that I don’t ask people to smile in the pictures. It is their natural instinct. I like it. It makes me believe that people, by and large, are happy, friendly individuals.
Oppositely, I think I’m going to start direct people to not smile in all the pictures. I’m comfortable enough approaching people for photographs, but that only gives me the obligatory smile. Then that lends itself to look/feel more like snapshots. It’s not bad at the least, but it doesn’t progress me as a photographer. Now I want to respectfully direct my subjects to give the picture more pizzazz, more “oomph!”
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