When I ask to take someone's photo (and they agree) I simply scoot back and bring my camera to my eye. I leave them to pose how they wish because it is yet another way for someone to express themselves through the image. That may seem like a stretch or that I'm looking too far into an unimportant detail, but I wholeheartedly believe that a person's character shows through their pose. Think back to the older woman and her elegant pose form a time before. Also, the girl in the commando-esque boots helped me reach this conclusion. In the earlier photos she was standing how she appears on the blog, straightforward and with seemingly little movement. Eventually, I actually
asked her to pose and it resulted into a hands-on-the-hip side-stance that came across as fake and forced and not fitting to the girl. I let people pose how they wish because I am merely acting as a displayer of who
they are.
This guy's pose exudes confidence and nonchalance, characteristics I sensed from him in just the few moments we interacted.
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