I've been doing photography regularly for about three or four years now, and recently I've been doing more and more portraits. I've never been fond of going to clubs and bars, so I've always gravitated towards day game and street game.

I've realized that by being a competent photographer and having examples to back up this claim, it's quite easy to instantly demonstrate value. It gives you access to a near infinite supply of beautiful women who'd be interested in taking photos, provided that you vibe with them.

Even if you're not shooting at the time, with street game it can be easy to arrange a photography date simply by telling her that you find her attractive and would like to shoot with her. Your pictures speak for themselves, I think that's the elegance of this approach. Furthermore using instagram provides additional online streams of girls you could meet with (the fabled "sliding into those DMs").

What I haven't quite figured out is how to transition from shooting to physically escalating. It's worked out a couple times but quite honestly it wasn't due to good game on my end. It's often said here that if you're direct about your intentions, you can't come off as creepy. I'm conflicted about whether initially meeting under the pretence of photography violates this; how do you transition from "hey I want to take photos of you" to "I wanna make sweet sweet love to you baby girl". Fixing stray hairs does provide an opportunity to get close. If you're using kino, it seems that you need to be careful about how you apply it so as to not make her uncomfortable about the transition.

I'd be interested in talking with others who've tried to leverage this approach, as well as any other comments.