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Shooting and posing strangers on Wall Street

Shooting and posing strangers on Wall Street

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Shooting and posing strangers on Wall Street

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- Alright, so we hopped in a cab to come here to Wall Street. It's sort of end-of-day. It's a busy place so I knew it was going to be kind of interesting and challenging. And by the way, the cabbie noticed that I had a camera and the crew had their cameras. Turns out he's a lynda.com subscriber. - Whenever I take a break, I sit down, put my headphone and watch the video. - But more importantly, he's a photo enthusiast, watch a lot of the photo stuff. - And I got all my playlists. I have my playlists, travel photography and all. That's my playlists. - We made it to Wall Street. There's a lot happening here. I kind of had to adjust my approach. You know, when I'm in a situation where there's a little more time and people are a little bit more sedentary, I don't have to move so fast. People are in a hurry to get home. I'm not too hopeful, but you gotta ask. Uh, excuse me mam. Can I ask you a quick question? No? So I started to approach people. My elevator pitch was a little quicker…

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