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Alguém que trás centenas de balões no bolso, só quer forrar as paredes de esperança...

Met the lad at the streets of Porto, Portugal.
He was hanging around with a group of 2 other fellas and a girl and by the look of them, they were hardcore fans of punk music. One even had a mohawk and that's what made me interested in photographing them. So I've approached them and tried to make myself noticed by standing right in front of them pointing my camera so that their reaction would tell me if they did or did not mind of being photographed.
They did...

This guy said that what I was doing was disrespectful since I didn't even asked him, and he was right.
I don't have much street experience and I didn't really know what would be the best approach to photograph someone.
Should I say something first? Only after I took the shot?
And what should I say?

So I said I was sorry for not asking permission.

He said to me: Come here man...
And I began to be afraid...
- "You want to photograph this guys mohawk, am I right?" and I've replied yes.
- "Then go ahead..."

I took pictures of all of them while he asked my girlfriend Ana, to pick two balloons from hundreds of them that he carried in a bag. With them, he made a flower, while making us all laugh.

- "If you come here another day, bring the photos! We'll pay if we have too..."
I said thanks to everyone and left knowing one great lesson in human behavior. But also, without knowing his name... Live and learn...

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Alguém que trás centenas de balões no bolso, só quer forrar as paredes de esperança...

Met the lad at the streets of Porto, Portugal.
He was hanging around with a group of 2 other fellas and a girl and by the look of them, they were hardcore fans of punk music. One even had a mohawk and that's what made me interested in photographing them. So I've approached them and tried to make myself noticed by standing right in front of them pointing my camera so that their reaction would tell me if they did or did not mind of being photographed.
They did...

This guy said that what I was doing was disrespectful since I didn't even asked him, and he was right.
I don't have much street experience and I didn't really know what would be the best approach to photograph someone.
Should I say something first? Only after I took the shot?
And what should I say?

So I said I was sorry for not asking permission.

He said to me: Come here man...
And I began to be afraid...
- "You want to photograph this guys mohawk, am I right?" and I've replied yes.
- "Then go ahead..."

I took pictures of all of them while he asked my girlfriend Ana, to pick two balloons from hundreds of them that he carried in a bag. With them, he made a flower, while making us all laugh.

- "If you come here another day, bring the photos! We'll pay if we have too..."
I said thanks to everyone and left knowing one great lesson in human behavior. But also, without knowing his name... Live and learn...