From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Scouting a strange location

Scouting a strange location

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Scouting a strange location

This is a chapter where we get to put into practice the things that we've discussed and learned. This is a chapter where the rubber meets the road, where you get to put the pedal to the metal, where you really get to go for it. Because here in this chapter, I am going to share with you a few assignments that will require that you pull out your camera, that you get out into the world and that you create and capture photographs. So here is your first assignment. What I want you to do is to scout a location but to do so in a strange way. Let me explain. Find a location that's close to your home or your work or whatever it is, and find a location that has a lot of people in it and then go there with your camera, scout it out. Now, typically when we are scouting, we're paying attention to light, to backgrounds, to what's happening, but this time I want you to go a step further. I want you to photograph strangers in that context. Let me explain how this works for me. So say with the Jerry…

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