The personal project that always inspires me to pick up my camera is the 100 Strangers Project. The idea of the project is to learn not only about portrait photography but also to improve social skills by interacting with complete strangers. The flickr group is heavily moderated and there are a number of rules to guide participating photographers through the challenge.
I always have my camera with me as you never know when something or someone interesting might appear. The three images below were taken very quickly in three very random locations including the beach.
71/100 "100 Strangers" view the image on flickr image here. © Anthony Dorman
71/100 "100 Strangers" view the image on flickr image here. © Anthony Dorman
79/100 "100 Strangers" view the image on flickr here. © Anthony Dorman
I'm always on the lookout for different types of people for my project. You can see my set so far by clicking this link; http://www.flickr.com/photos/16059306@N08/sets/72157624767974686/with/7184948775/
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