Part Two of the course moves into photographing people without their knowledge or consent, what might otherwise be known as reportage or street photography. The exercises assume the student has little or no experience with this kind of image making and so are designed to lead him or her into a public place and gradually move in on the subject, shooting first with a telephoto and then wide angle lens. This first exercise is nothing but a warm-up: get out there and shoot.
This morning the wife said we would be doing our weekly food shopping at the Dubai Mall. Great. I'll visit the aquarium. There are always loads of tourists out in front of the big glass wall, all snapping away.
I wore my tourist hat and bag and blended right in. Made eye contact with several people and asked the South Asian guys if I could shoot them. No problem. They love posing.
The only time I felt inhibited was in wanting to shoot a Saudi family. Gulf Arabs can sometimes be sensitive, especially the women, and as I didn't want problems with security I just let them be.
Next up: Shooting with telephoto.
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