Shopkeepers proved to be a lesson in working with people who are not models, who do not understand that a photograph can be more than a snapshot and, in some cases, are very reluctant subjects.
However, many assignments in photography involve photographing people who are not comfortable nor skilled before the camera. In wedding and portrait photography the subjects are likely to be unpracticed; there is the executive in commercial photography who will grant you five minutes; in photojournalism and editorial work those you are sent to photograph are not in the spotlight because of their posing skills.
In doing this assignment some of the naivete of the novice photographer was lost. And, as usual, in spite of their lack of experience and the reluctance of the subjects, some students managed portraits of their shopkeeper that are quite revealing.
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