I'm nervous, or, Asking strangers to take their photo

I'm a nervous/shy person when it comes to wanting to photograph
people....

I see people all the time who are interesting looking and have some
appeal I would like to photograph, but my shy disposition (even when
tanked) prevents me from asking the question. Last night I got my
friend to ask this guy who looks really interesting if i could
photograph him... but I can't do that all the time.

I think the problem with it is, I don't want to be misconstrued. I
don't want to be seen as hitting on them or being sleazy by asking
"can I photograph you?" I feel like if you are asking that question,
you might be misconstrued that way... which isn't the intention!

how do other people do it? any hints?

POST SCRIPT

so the guy ended up thinking i was totally creepy and wanted a BJ. I'm going to stick to photographing myself.

colour rules.

Use the colours you wouldn't think of using, like the ones in that tin of 160 pencils that you've used a certain amount of and never sharpened the rest because you would not ever think of using them.
or the tubes of paint in the set you thought weren't for you.
and use them like you would use your other colours.

How Lovely is this?

amazing...

Review from the Sunday Age M Magazine

Self Portrait as Twins Sharing A Room - 2008

"In this group show of work by young photographers, Clinton Hayden's stands out. First, because it does not feature pictures of bleak urban wastelands, indigenous people staring down the lens, or out-of-focus youths and trees. Second, it's technically masterful, with saturated colours and a perfect moody balance between light and dark. Third, it's spooky and interesting. The idea of the ghostly twin, or doppelganger, is played out through a series of self-portraits. But he's not blandly whining, "Hey I'm unsure of my identity in this crazy mixed-up world". The Staged images seem to criticise pretend-independent culture, in which a P.A.M. T-shirt, a hipster cardigan and dirty Chucks are a double-breasted suit equivalent for the professionally rebellious. His portraits (one twin looms over the other while he's sleeping) stray further into Narcissus territory, where vanity leads not to belonging at all, but to paranoia and isolation."

-Visual Arts Penny Modra Review The Sunday Age 'M' Pg. 24 22nd June 2008

gedart: Some Study's

gedart: Some Study's
how awesome cute is this? I love it!
Ged used to serve me in the art school store all those years ago when I went to ANU School of Art... His work is great, have a look!

Kareena Zerefos... wowie zowie

I've just stumbled across her stuff on this awesome site www.indie.com.au
so delicate and amazing! and very inspiring.... have a look at her
website http://www.kareenazerefos.com/
very beautiful.....
actually makes me want to get my pencils out.... which has been a
while because I've been working on the photos for the bamakko show....
it's still open for the next month btw, so if you are in Melbourne go
have a look!

this is a fashion illustration....

IV

I'm rebuilding my website, but my internet connection is giving me the
shits.

Nervous about the exhibition of course. I haven't shown photos since
2002, these ones are kinda a bit more fun than the last. Photography
is always more fun for me than the other stuff... I enjoy it. I'm
addicted to old cameras, which is going to get rough thanks to
digital...

I found this guy thanks to three thousand blog - Drew Pettifer http://www.drewpettifer.com

. He takes photos kinda like Walter Pfiefer, and kinda like I wish I
could. I'm too nervous to do that stuff... maybe I should let loose.
sleep time.

no one cares about jethro cave

Shuttered - Photography Exhibition at Bamakko 14th June 6 - 9pm

GET ON IT.

exhibition

I'm taking part in a group photography show in the next couple of weeks. I'll post the dates and the flyer when i get them! I'm going to show 4 photographs, part of the doppelganger/twin/narcissis stuff i've been doing. A lot of clean up needs to happen, but i'll get it done. Think it starts june fourteen.