Finding models -- part 1

The first step for me is to find models, which may seem easy enough... find a pretty girl and tell her she is beautiful, then ask her if she would be willing to let me take a few photos of her.

Well if it was just that I might be able to swing it. I have a dslr camera with a couple of nice lenses. It wouldn't mean that I would have to pull out my point and shoot camera, take a couple of shots, smile, and say thanks. At least I am, maybe, a step up from that. There are a couple of problems with me approaching random people on the street and asking if I can take their photo. First, there is the problem of a release. There doesn't seem to be much to do with a photo taken without a release. It would be out of the question even to post the photos on a website! I can only imagine showing someone, especially a woman, a release and have her give me that creepy stalker look.

Maybe when I have more practice photographing people and models I will try to ask someone on the street if can photograph them. In the meanwhile I will use the internet, which will be examined in part 2.

Until then, check out my photography at www.nocojoe.com.