Except few children, most of the African people hesitate to be photographed by an
unknown. The women try to hide themselves if they confront any stranger with a
camera. Of course, someone belong to the courage of protesting, stopping or even scolding
the cameraman if he dares to take one's photos without their prior consent. So it is a bit tough to bring them in the lens
without any permission. And if you are a sensible man, you will not like to
irritate them. What you can do is trying to convince them, talk to them, be
friendly with them and show your heartfelt respect to them. This approach can help you
a lot, but that time they will be concerned, and you will not get their real
look, their real motion and movement. You will only get someone who is ready to
be filmed with a smiling face.
I took a lot of photos and always could not take permission
as it was not possible in that circumstance. But whenever I had the scope I
had asked them first and then snapped the pictures. When I used to walk in a busy
area, or busy market place, I took some photos in a way that I am just roaming
and not taking any photos though I have a camera in my hand. So I clicked the
button of the camera whenever I noticed any interesting or eye-catching subjects. I used to keep the camera just above my hip; and prepared it ready to take photos. Flash kept off even though it was needed sometimes. The photos would be taken blindly as I could not check the subject through optical view-finder or LCD monitor. So the composition of the photos is pretty much irregular and odd as well. I
wanted just to frame their daily life, their activities, theirs style of
livelihood. Here, you might discover, most of the time, only the photos of people, and their activities which are not well framed, well composed, well tuned. If you think about the art of photography, sorry to say, you will be disappointed.
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