Comments on: Acceptance and Rejection http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/ Life in Black and White Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Setzler http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-8856 John Setzler Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:16:51 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/#comment-8856 @Tony Urban: That's interesting... 1/3 seems like a lot. Maybe you need to refine your approach :) @Tony Urban: That’s interesting… 1/3 seems like a lot. Maybe you need to refine your approach :)

]]> By: Tony Urban http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-8855 Tony Urban Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:48:30 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/#comment-8855 I get rejected about 1/3 of the time. But I think that's because I'm usually attracted to people with a harder "edge" to them. And I seem to approach a lot of mentally ill people. Not joking. I must have weird taste. I get rejected about 1/3 of the time. But I think that’s because I’m usually attracted to people with a harder “edge” to them. And I seem to approach a lot of mentally ill people. Not joking. I must have weird taste.

]]> By: Paul http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-8844 Paul Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:41:05 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2008/10/20/acceptance-and-rejection/#comment-8844 Great story, John and a great picture for your 1000 Faces project! I am reminded of my experience in The Next Step workshop in Savannah, GA. We had to photograph 10 strangers in 2 hours. Mind you, we had to go up to them and ask if we could photograph them. At first, I had quite a bit of trepidation, but was the first one to jump in. After three successive 'yes!' responses, it became quite easy. I ended up with about 24 shots. It could have been much more, but I stood around and talked to a lot of people. :-) After the ice-breaking question of the photo, the conversation just seemed to flow. I found out during that week that, at least in that area, about 95% of the people would gladly consent. All you had to do was give them an honest reason of why you wanted to take their pictures and they were more than happy to comply. Usually, I wanted to take the picture because of some article of clothing, or a particular feature. It was great fun. I still do it from time-to-time, but not often. Thanks for sharing the experience! Great story, John and a great picture for your 1000 Faces project! I am reminded of my experience in The Next Step workshop in Savannah, GA. We had to photograph 10 strangers in 2 hours. Mind you, we had to go up to them and ask if we could photograph them. At first, I had quite a bit of trepidation, but was the first one to jump in. After three successive ‘yes!’ responses, it became quite easy. I ended up with about 24 shots. It could have been much more, but I stood around and talked to a lot of people. :-) After the ice-breaking question of the photo, the conversation just seemed to flow.

I found out during that week that, at least in that area, about 95% of the people would gladly consent. All you had to do was give them an honest reason of why you wanted to take their pictures and they were more than happy to comply. Usually, I wanted to take the picture because of some article of clothing, or a particular feature. It was great fun. I still do it from time-to-time, but not often.

Thanks for sharing the experience!

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