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Just realized the guy at the flea market was right about mall photos needing people in them
I shoot dead malls as a hobby and back in March I was at a flea market in Ohio and this older guy selling old postcards told me my photos were boring because they had no people in them. I blew him off at the time since the whole point is that these places are empty. Then I looked back at my shots from Rolling Acres and noticed the ones I kept coming back to had a lone walker or a security guard in the frame. The empty corridor shots all blurred together but the ones with one person gave you a sense of scale and made the emptiness feel real. I went back to the Dayton Mall two weekends ago and waited around for 20 minutes just to catch one guy in a red jacket walking past the old Sears. Now I want more photos like that, so if you have any tips for catching people without them noticing or getting mad, I would take them.
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calebm4624d ago
That flea market guy gave you better advice than any photo class could. One person in the frame turns an empty hallway into a real place, and red jackets like the one at Dayton Mall are pure gold. Just shoot from across the concourse and act like you're messing with your camera if they look.
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