Selling ice cream

A busy day in Gdańsk with a market throughout the city and with that lots of people sight seeing and going through all the items and souvenirs. On a day like this there are loads of things happening on the street, maybe even to much. In contrast I noticed that the people manning the stands often had somewhat bored looks on their faces. As the market was already on for a couple of days the days undoubtedly for them grew somewhat monotonous especially when there are more people looking then buying. When I passed a wooden stand selling ice cream I saw this girl sitting down and talking to her girlfriend. I decided to approach her in my usual fashion, first a shake of the camera resulting in a surprised look on her face, she got up from her chair and asked the, why-and-for-what question. I explained in my best Polish resulting in an agrement. I actually wanted to record the scene I saw from the beginning, her sitting down, it might have worked if I quickly got a frame in without asking however I would have missed the change to interact with her and build up the moment. Sometimes the build up is just what you don’t want as it also gives people the time to become camera shy and/or uncomfortable. This time around though it worked out for the best she posed like a pro and didn’t seem disturbed by a stranger taking a picture of her. Again I shot a single frame and gave her my email address to claim the picture.