As a young teenager when I first got into photography I used to enjoy taking "documentary" style pictures particuarly in the west cumbrian towns where I grew up, which at the time were in decline and the B&W images portrayed this well. I had the confidence then to approach people and ask to take their pictures, mostly they obliged quite happily. There was at the time a local arts group project to document the area and some of the pictures went into an exhibition.
I wondor these days how many would want a fee for a picture of them being there on public display?
These days I prefer taking pictures of wildlife they tend to make any objection to being photographed known to me by running or flying away!
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