very interesting read
a few years ago i did this kind of the personal project and asked absolutely strangers for a portrait and was surprised as well how many ppl said YES and loved the result.
and additional effect that a conversations we started after the one minute session was much longer - 30-60 minutes with the long stories of their life.
Conclusion - everyone need an attention
personally i love the portraits with an attitude much more that random candid images taken with zoom lens :-)
some of my wonderful strangers are here at my photoblog site -
http://www.victorbezrukov.com/folio/portraits/
thank you for the interesting theme
Yes! it's amazing how many people are fine having their portrait taken in contrast to what we expect!
And let me just say, Wow what a beautiful project you made! 100 portraits! That's amazing! Love the images to!
Thank you very much !
as you said - very important is to not care about our ego :-)
if one say NO it's not about something personally about us.
and i really understand these ppl who say NO - mostly ppl with cameras at streets not too good with a portraits so as a photographer mostly i don't like that everyone take my portrait :-)))