This may be a basic question, and maybe more suited to Phil. of Photog. (if so, I apologize), but do you find it easier to take pictures of people you are closer to, or less close to? Where within the spectrum from perfect stranger to perfect love are you most comfortable, and more importantly, do you take your best photographs? For me, it is definitely a feeling thing...the more I love (or possible hate) someone, the better my pictures are. I have basically given up on taking photographs of mere acquaintances (let alone strangers just met), unless they 'move me' enough that I am willing to waste a lot of film getting to know them. And when THAT is my modus operandi, such is bound to fail quite often.--It's hard to be real around someone when they know they are really because I want to photograph them (occasionally of course, true friendships come out of such things, but for me, after having..tortured...these new friends into a few sessions, once we become friends, the last thing either of us wants is to photograph...for a long while...). But that's just MY experience, as much as I try to deny it.(posted 8639 days ago)ps, I would love to post some pics, but I don't have a scanner, and I'm really really cheap, so I'm stuck with words...