So inspired by this post and all the photographers I have discovered actually participating in the100 strangers project...i just had to let my friend m. heart know that I too am "painfully shy" face to face with a stranger. It is a bit different when it comes to a new patient at work. They are no longer a stranger when I am there to try and make their day a bit better, and they are each the most important person of the day. Take me out of my environment and it is a different story.
I am really interested in the 100 strangers project. When I was taking pictures of all the birds I was hanging out with my friend here :)...at an antique shop across the street. The owner was so nice, he came out to chat and told me about 30 people took pictures of the Blues Brothers that day. We chatted a bit and I really wanted to ask him if I could take his picture for this challenge...but major cold feet!!! He knew I was waiting for my daughter while at a class and offered for me to come in the shop out of the sun to hang out with them. That, I thought, was so kind. I was sitting on a cast iron bench...it was around 90 degrees and full sun. He had to know that I just branded my butt sitting on that scorching bench...but it was directly across the street form the birds...and worth the pain :)
Next time, I will be more brave...the shop owner would have been a perfect first stranger...but just taking the time to chat was what this project is really all about in my opinion.
I will make bring myself to do this project and would love to hear about anyone who has made it past that first click with a stranger!
Off to the cage in a bit...will miss you all today!!
