Street Portraits is something which I barely do because I think I need to develop more knowledge about portraits. Portraits are more likely about people, their natural expression, and everything. I remember my first Photowalk and I was using my Nikon point & shoot camera which was able to focus on touch. It was among one of the good cameras in the market at that time. It used to be touch-screen, a harsh (resistive touch) touch.
I capture my first street portrait in Sitabuldi Market, Nagpur. The old man was having his evening fast food from the roadside, I captured his photo and still remember his awkward reaction. First of all, I was frightened but didn’t miss a second and just went away from that point. I have multiple Photos from that Photowalk, and I converted them into a Monochrome(B/W) Photograph.
The only reason to turn that color photograph into a Black and White is to reduce the workload of retouching and editing.
So, while walking back towards the market I found another guy selling flutes. He was playing good melody music from that flute. I was impressed and took his photo. I went for the very first time to such an event where I meet many photography enthusiasts and got many more things to learn.