{"id":71437,"date":"2017-12-01T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=71437"},"modified":"2017-11-30T08:46:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:46:46","slug":"interact-with-your-subjects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/01\/interact-with-your-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"Interact With Your Subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hanoi,
Hanoi, 2017 \/ I met this 92 year old woman who told me that she still works everyday. While speaking with her I took photos of her face and hands. This photograph tells a more open story about this beautiful woman and her life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rather than catching people unaware, they show the face they want to show. Unposed, caught unaware, they might reveal ambiguous expressions, brows creased in vague internal contemplation, illegible, perhaps meaningless. Why not allow the subject the possibility of revealing his attitude toward life, his neighbor, even the photographer?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c William Klein<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Learn from the masters by HAPTICPRESS<\/a><\/p>\n

Interact with your subjects<\/h2>\n
\"Interact
Interact with your subject \/\/ spread from MASTERS<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a myth of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153detached\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153objective\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photographer. Many photographers think they can be stealthy, and not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153influence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the scene.<\/p>\n

\"William
William Klein \/ St Patrick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However what makes photographs interesting is how you can influence the scene. How your presence changes the people. How people react to you. And what side of themselves your subject decide to show.<\/p>\n

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William Klein Kid with Gun \/ Gun 1, New York, 1955 (c) William Klein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

William Klein<\/a> was famous for being a director on the streets. Rather than shooting candid<\/a> photos, he would put himself into his photos. He would provoke his subjects by saying certain words or phrases.<\/p>\n

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For example, in his most \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kid with gun\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photograph, he told the kid, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Look tough!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This caused the kid to point his gun ferociously into Klein\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face. But doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t this mean the photograph is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153inauthentic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because Klein provoked the boy? Absolutely not. The boy decided to show his inner self.<\/p>\n

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William Klein family, kid with gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rather than trying to be the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fly on the wall\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photographer — insert yourself into your images. Engage with your subjects. Learn about their lives and dreams.<\/p>\n

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William Klein women in bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Take photographs while your subject talks, or when they react to you. Before you start clicking, wait for eye contact, a hand-gesture, or a certain expression.<\/p>\n

\"William
William Klein \/ Dancing kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n