Portraits Without Faces
Following on from our successful ‘Through The Generations’ photo challenge, here’s another chance to experiment with your people photography and build your confidence in taking images on the street.
Working individually or in small groups, you’re encouraged to seek out images which give a sense of a portrait but without including the face.
There will be no hard or fast rules as to what lens to use, or whether the portrait should be ‘posed’ or ‘candid’. The aim of the photo challenge is to start to develop an approach to taking people photos that you feel comfortable with.
To help with this, the event will include:
- Sharing of images to help inspire you
- Discussion on ways to take non-facial ‘portraits’
- A map of places to photo with suggestions of themes
- Experimenting with ‘ice-breaking’ openers
The photo challenge lasts three hours which includes time to ask questions about your camera as well as group check-ins. The cost of the event is £10 which includes the chance to receive feedback on your photos post-event.
“Lovely to meet you all today – I had a great time and got a couple of photos that I really like. The day has definitely helped me to have more confidence approaching people to ask them to model for photos and I’ll be doing more of this in the future! Hopefully see you all again soon…” Neil
“Fantastic event. Really helped to build up my confidence when taking pictures including asking for permission.” Siddrah
“Excellent day, really worth-while. Taught me how to approach people and gave me confidence to do so & take my first real portraits!” Natalie
“Really enjoyed it and was really nice to push myself – it was good that we had to set ourselves challenges (even though I didn’t meet mine!) and the guidance and opportunity to share with others was great.” Chantal
