Kenny

At first Kenny said no thanks to my offer to take his photos. I approached him at the front of a nightclub called Soluna on Queen west. It was around 8pm so there was nothing going on in the club yet. There were two other staff members from the club at the front door as well. All 3 of them were dress to the nines, looking super fresh.

They were all very nice as I spoke to them. I was clearly on their turf and they could of easily been dicks, but instead all 4 of us had a nice chat.

When I asked again if anyone was interested in a 30 second photoshoot before things got busy. All 3 once again politely said no thank you, except Kenny’s eyes were smiling at me. I felt like he was saying no, but his energy was very interested. So I gently asked one more time and with a big smile he said “sure lets do it.”

The whole shoot went down in 90 seconds… maybe less.

I am so glad I asked that second time. These photos turned out way better than I imagined and all of us had a nice experience from the exchange too.

Makes me wonder how many great experiences have I missed out on because I gave up after one polite no thank you?

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