When A Candid Photo Will Do

Hi All

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

One of my favourite pastimes is walking around with camera and lens in hand and observing situations around me.
I often like making candid photographs of people when they are posing for family or friends.
It can be a little daunting but i just like the practise of practising my photography and camera holding technique.

In these 2 photographs coming up I used my Nikon d500 and my Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Nikon d500 and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8

I liked the sharpness on the subject and the bokeh (out of focus background) was quite nice in the above image. She was posing for her friend and just happened to turn her head at the right time.

Nikon d500 and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens

This Second image was made later in the evening after the sun sent down. I had to raise the ISO which is the cameras sensitivity in order to let more light onto the sensor. This lady was also posing for a friend and she looked away and i managed to time the shot right.

In case anyone wonders about candid photography, this is my take. I generally try to be candid but if I see a negative reaction from the subject I will go up to them and say yes I took your photo. I show the photo and tell them that I don't use in any bad way etc. If they are happy after my explanation then I keep photo. If not happy and they want deleted then I do so in front of them so they can see I'm not lying.
This is all if I get noticed, If not then I carry on as per usual with making photographs around in my wanderings.

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Vedran