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Photographing interesting people in Union Square Park

Photographing interesting people in Union Square Park

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Photographing interesting people in Union Square Park

- Well, we finally made it to Union Square. I chose Union Square as another location because there's just a lot of interesting people and a lot of interesting things going on. People relaxing, the University's not that far, so you've got a lot of young people. You got older people. We got chess players, artists, a lot of people with a cause are here so it's just never a dull moment. So getting near, speaking of not a dull moment, that gentleman was walking toward me. He looked really nicely dressed with that hat and that tie, and I thought, "Oh, I'd love to take his picture." Excuse me sir, can I talk to you for just a second. You're in a hurry? I just love the way you're looking there. I wanted to take a picture I'm a street photographer. Would it be okay? - Okay. - Oh, okay. Thank you very much. He was in a hurry. Didn't really want to, but he let it happen and I kind of stretched it out a little bit because I wanted to get the best possible shot that I could. Let me get one more…

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