I was at city park in New Orleans a few months ago, late afternoon. If you’ve been, you know how heavenly that afternoon light can get. I was photographing people as they crossed over that stone arch bridge behind the Cafe Du Monde, kinda hanging out waiting for something or someone interesting to happen. A couple walks onto the bridge and the next thing I know dude’s on one knee. I got an amazing shot and was able to talk to them after and send it to them. Nice to think they’ll treasure that photo for the rest of their lives. Hopefully. 🤞
Just ask random people. Say “Hey I’m learning portrait photography and I thought you are really interesting because of XYZ” offer to send them the picture. Everybody won’t say yes but a pretty high percentage will.