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How to Ask a Stranger if You Can Take Their Picture

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This post is part of a series called How to by Haiku.
How to Develop an Intuitive Eye for Photography
Photographs are Alive

sorry to bother
you looked amazing just now
is a photo OK?

Backstage at the girlie show at the Vermont state fair Rutland
"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. 1941 Sept. Jack Delano, photographer. Library of Congress.
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Jackson Couse
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Jackson Couse is a photographer, film maker, and the editor of the Tuts+ Photo & Video section.
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