>>4326949This video changed my photography the day I watched it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcgEnC3bLYIt's a good demo of being bold af. I'm not saying you should be that bold, probably shouldn't, but it helps you understand that as a street photographer, *you're going to be violating other people*, making them feel uncomfortable, and doing something they'd rather you not do. Most people are going to just be ick'd out but ignore it and move on with their day as long as you're not doing anything obviously pervy or whatever. Most people are honestly just worried they look bad or look fat in the photo you took. You will get pissed off people and people demanding you delete your shot, or being confrontational, etc. That's just a fact of it.
When you see a demo like this, it helps give you the confidence to do it yourself.
But street photography demands this. If you're not capturing people's lives, people's emotions, etc. you're taking boring photography.
As for taking posed pictures or pictures with permission -- start by asking to take pictures of people's dogs. People are far more welcoming to that than of themselves and a surprisingly large number of people say yes. Then after a while, start asking to take pictures of the dog with the owner, say it's for a class project or whatever, and you'll get a lot more rejections. Once you get comfy with that, ask people directly.
I find it helps a lot if you take excessive gear. Just like you can put on a safety vest and a clipboard to social engineer your way into places, if you have reflectors, a flash with a portable soft box or umbrella, carrying two cameras with large lenses, etc. -- stuff that normies think make you look like a pro photographer -- people will more likely see you as a pro photographer actually taking legitimate photography, not some fucking creep who's going to go home to jerk off to their pictures. That's going to ruin your candid photography, though.
