From the course: The Traveling Photographer: The Basics

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Pro tip: The best way to meet people

Pro tip: The best way to meet people

Pro tip, how to meet people on the road. This is my very favorite tip for meeting people because it works almost every time. There are a lot of things you can try ten times and hope they work one time. This is something you'll try ten times and it'll work like eight times. Wherever you are, if it's some place worth traveling, other people are going to be there, and if they're there, they're going to be taking pictures. And if they're taking pictures, one person kind of has to take the picture and all the other people are in the picture. Anytime you see that happen, walk up, and just, you can, you can just be universal, you can motion, like if there are three people and one person taking the picture, I might say, you know, for, you want me to photograph you? Most of the time, they will take a look at me, they will say, well, can I outrun this person if they steal my camera? And most people look at me and say, yeah, they probably could. And they'll say, yes, thank you and take the…

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