Day 4 – Why I came to Romania

Today I took my „first shot“ on street photography. Even tho I only have my 50mm 1.4 on my beloved 5D MK II with me and everyone speaks of street photography as a field of 35mm photography. But I have to say: I enjoyed the little plus of distance between me and the situations I took pictures of.
The city seems perfect for that because the gap between the poor and the rich people shows up in a very dramatic, intense way. Enjoy!

I count the following picture as the first stranger portrait that I took. It’s a very special picture for me because I struggled for about two minutes with my own shyness (Yes I know, nobody would ever think I´m shy.. but yes.. Iam :))… After those two minutes of pain and struggle I went away from him already preparing a blog post in my mind about how shy I´am, missing a great opportunity. But then I said to myself.. wait.. how can you write about missing a great chance on a photoblog without having a photo?.. “Fuck it… lets try it”.. ok.. I have to admit, I didn´t say “fuck it, lets do it.. I´m not cool enough for that^^).. I prayed.. simply prayed to find the right words and to not be beaten up 😀

The picture basically shows why I went to Romania. I want to take pictures like this. Of course you can take pictures “like this” almost everywhere but they will look different every time. And they tell you way more than a picture of me standing in front of a famous building or something like that.

 

After taking the pictures I felt like jumping the next 50 meters towards the next picture.. I didn’t do that.. but.. it felt like I did 😉
Encouraged by that great victory in the field of war against my own shyness I stumbled to the next person and of course got grounded immediately. He wanted money. He showed me a 1.. so I took out 1 Lei and handed it over.. then he said: 10!.. And I went away frustrated. He had a little shop underneath a blue scaffold. That looked pretty awesome.. but.. whatever I thought and went to the next little street in Bucharest.