Polarisers received. Pleasure doing business!

Not as affordable as marklj's price a few weeks ago, but still a definite STEAL for £180! Argh, this is what I am hoping to upgrade my kit lens to.

Haha, I think it's personal preference that people comment more on travel shots. Next time I see one of your fashion shots, I'll definitely have something (constructive/complementary) to say!

Now regarding these photos, thanks for sharing them, I like the first one as it made me think of how it got to that situation. Excellent.

I have a Samyang and it's my favourite lens to use at the moment, but I'd keep the Pentax if I were you. The Samyang equates to an A lens but the Pentax is sooo hard to find.

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That's like the fellow here:

http://www.dannyst.com/gallery/portraits-of-strangers/

http://www.dannyst.com/gallery/5-sec-faces/

It's something that I really hope to do, and am already thinking of spots around London where I can try this out. Probably start out near Westminster Tube Station.

I tried searching across the forums for a thread already discussing this (to no avail). So here I start a thread on something that I personally have trouble with:

How to approach/ask/request/talk people you meet on the streets into agreeing/accepting/consenting to have their photos taken.

Kudos to the people who have been successful so far in doing this:

Stranger Portraits
100 Strangers
bionicteaching's Stranger Portraits

What's my reason for trying to do this? Two-fold actually, first is to practice my portrait photography in various conditions and scenarios, and second to practice my social skills (or basically level up my charm points ala-D&D), just how much can I get away with?

This is a topic I've always thought about ever since I got interested in photography again, with that Olympus C-740UZ bridge camera many years ago.

Some of the ideas that pop to mind are to 1) always bring calling cards with contact info/web/email/link, or 2) a mini-portfolio of work you've already done. Nice idea, but what if you don't have photos of people yet?

I look forward to your suggestions, experience, and knowledge that you are willing to share regarding this topic. Thanks in advance!

boudou701, thanks for sharing this link. It put things in perspective for me.

Looking forward to your photos! Welcome to the forums!

Hello there! Thanks to this particular thread, I'm curious in trying out polarisers for photos, as having always known what the principle behind them was, but I've never used one myself.

So I'm looking for 49mm & 52mm Polarisers, linear preferably, but open to offers on circular ones as well. Cheers!