Faces of Exit 270 Part 8

What can I say -the landscape of Exit 270 is the people I find occupying this space.  These faces are what give life to this exit.  I hope not to offend any of them by showing their images here.

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While Exit 270 is surrounded by desert occupied by some colorful walls, architecture and various mean looking plant life – it is the people that seems to draw my camera lens.  You might say the face of Exit 270 is the people.  I generally try and photograph people when they are not aware, which makes for a more natural image  – and when someone does catch me photographing them I ask them for their approval and to ignore me.  It is surprising how many times they do ignore me and go about their activities.  There are some however that ask not to be photographed and I respect their wishes.   

I think the key to shooting this type of people images is to just stop, look around you and absorb the environment you are standing in before you raise the camera to your eye.  My camera of choice is the Sony Nex7 equipped with the 18-55mm lens, changing the ISO and f stop according to lighting.  This camera besides being much smaller than my larger DSLR Nikon, allows me to move quickly in and around my subjects, and attracts less attention.  I think any point and shoot camera is suited to this style of photography.