>>4298885>as a 32 year oldlmao that's exactly how old I am. it's easier if you bring a friend or two, but if you wear black and look semi-fashionable with a cigarette behind your ear, it's usually sufficient social engineering that people will default to assuming you're a working photographer or artist.
for context, the place should be relatively hoppin'. I'm not saying go into a quiet or semi-busy bar and rip off shots at people sitting around with their family, but a lot of the local bars here will have DJs and get pretty rowdy on Friday and Saturday nights.
I took pic rel while doing exactly what I described in the above, weird exciting shit happens and usually most people are super cool with it if you show them a good shot you took. censored faces because they were drinking and I don't like posting photos of people without their permission on the internet
>>4298889>dance club/youth barsavoid these
I'm around DC, those don't really exist here, but even if they did, people who are willing to pay for photography services, or know people who will, don't go to those kinds of places
In NoVA and southern MD, most of the places frequented by other adults and shit are the local established drinking spots that double as restaurants before 10PM and usually have an outdoor area or likewise and might do karaoke or small band shows. They'll almost never have a house photographer, usually they don't need to do promo other than not fuck over their customers and serve good food and drinks to maintain business
within DC proper, usually they're light commercial or brownstones that have been converted to townie bars and have a very divey look while drawing upscale yuppie clients