How to start?
I so wanted to start shooting people. All my life I wanted to shoot things rather than people and I was fine with that. But now that I found out where I want to go with my photogrpahy passion, I want to shoot people, but unfortunately nobody wants me to shoot them. I asked my sister and her friend, but althoug both are pretty and I told them I just wanted to train shooting and don’t want to publish anything, they always have new excuses. I don’t know why, because I see how they are looking, if I take a picture or just talk with them. Why is it such a big problem to take some pictures? I don’t like pictures of myself either, but if a friend asked me for help, I would say yes anyway.
Then I tried to persuade my friends, but it’s the same with them. Well, they said yes, but we never find a date to get together. I can understand the individual reasons, but it is important for me to get started with something. I want to learn how to shoot people. I can’t do that without subjects. How should I learn to take people’s pictures, if I don’t have models? I’d also love to take pictures of a couple, like an “engagement shooting”, but my male friends find it unmanly to have a shooting.
So, what can I do? I really don’t know. My mom planned to drive to Berlin this weekend to visit relatives and I thought, maybe this is the chance, because I have lots of cousins and they are young, they might liked their pictures taken. But now we aren’t going, it seems. Missed opportunity No. 1276. I just wished someone would realize how important this is for me and would help me.
Anyway, I think I am going to sign up for a photo course in August. Maybe there I have the chance to take some pictures. I hope there will be some models so I am able to shoot some humans. I also want to take a portaiture course, if I can get in. There must be models, right?
