>>4456713get your toes wet. You've got take a dive and shove a camera in someones face and pull the shutter.
what you do next is entirely up to you. talk to them. smile/nod at them. ignore them. pretend you were taking a pic of something/someone else.
but the point is, even if you're a gigachad attractive type, you'll still feel shy to take a pic of someone doing something that they're not expecting to be photographed doing.
Only ugly people say "be attractive" because they think its the 'missing link'. Its like the fuji owner who says "if only i had full frame, my photos would be the shit" or a Sony user who says "if i had a leica, i'd be famous".
just excuses.
There's no substitute for overcoming the bone crippling anxiety associated with photographing strangers than just pulling the damn trigger.
and you'll do it, and you'll see your pics, and hate them. they'll suck. because they're not frame right, or they're not close enough. and sooner or later, you'll start to hone in on each little area of improvement.
Before long, (or maybe a super long time, who knows), you'll be gliding over to take people's pics like some social butterfly, or violently shoving a camera in peoples' face to get the shot you want.
Your style will be your style. how you get there is up to you. Just do what you have to do. pull the fucking trigger at people.
