>>3709210>how would you approach a scene like this?Hey, my shit sucks and 9/10 times I'm timid as fuck too. Just putting that out there
I think viewers can typically tell how close a photographer was to their subjects and that + the context in the rest of the photo alludes to the attitude the photographer had while shooting the photo. So for a number of these, the vibe that you're trying to 'not get caught' (for lack of a better phrase) is apparent and comes through.
So ya, you could've approached and asked. Or you could've just made your presence known and shot without asking. What's missing is that feeling that the photo is about something more than trying to simply take photos of strangers without being noticed. When you're getting this close to people and their faces are totally recognizable, the photo becomes about the person as an individual and not just a photo about a moment, movement, or gesture (which can happen when faces are obscurred or people are smaller in the frame). If your focus right now is finding good subjects than go full on into your subjects. Don't stand back and try to create engaging photos of subjects while simultaneously being afraid to engage with them. That won't work.
In your image here, simply getting closer to your subject and making it about this dude taking a break in the back of the truck would've been killer. The biggest flaw here is that cone in the bottom. It instantly gives the viewer an accurate sense of distance you were from the guy. Getting closer would make this image much better. From there, positioning yourself to play graphically with the lines and shades of the interior of the truck vs the context of th surrounding buildings would've made the photo potentially fantastic imo.
