How to Break the Ice with the Lomo'Instant

New York is full of interesting people. Everywhere you look you, will find good-looking, smart, and powerful characters; models, actresses, entrepreneurs, managers, artists. Because of this sometimes it can be a little intimidating for a regular guy in the Big Apple to step up, talk to the girl you like, or make new friends. So here are a few tips, courtesy of the Lomo’Instant, that will help you to break the ice.

Let’s face it, meting new people in a huge city like New York is not always easy, I mean, yes, you can meet people all the time at parties, exhibitions, shows, and the like, but after a couple of minutes these new persons just disappear in the crowd and that’s it, you never see them again. It’s not a real connection. Lately I’ve been thinking of how to speed my game to meet more people and find real friends and real relationships, I realized, after going through my instant pictures, that I have a lot of photos with friends who are still around or made a real connection with and said to myself, “maybe this is a good way to start.”

Almost everyone LOVES to be in pictures, share good selfies, and the Lomo’Instant is the one of the best selfie cameras there is. You have a wide-angle lens (27mm) which allows you to get everyone in one single picture, you have a 0.4 m focus that lets you get closer to the subject, or farther if you have more than one friend in the picture. You have a flash with color gels so you can make your picture unique, and after shooting you can give them the picture so they can remember your face the next day. Nothing to be shy of, just a lot of fun.

The question here is: how do you approach someone you want to meet? I always let the camera do the hard work. Don’t approach the person, let the person approach you. Just take your camera out, walk close to the person and shoot a random picture with your instant camera. The moment you print your picture, she will look at it, and BANG!…that’s when you look into the person’s eyes and smile. You let the camera do the trick and let the person ask you about it, share your film love knowledge, and ask him or her if he or she wants a picture, then click. In just a snap, you’ve won a new friend.

The rest is up to you. The easy part is to meet them the hard part is not to let them go and make new friends. If you have enough film and some photography skills, they might stay around for more pictures.

And for extra instant fun, ask everyone to form a circle around the camera and shoot from the hip. You will have them all in the picture and it will be super fun!

written by antoniocastello on 2014-11-20 #lifestyle #instant #analogue-photography #films #nyc #new-york #lomography #ny #analogue-cameras #an #lomoinstant