Street portraits

[Aceituna]

I´m starting in photography. My main interest is portrait but, at the moment, I haven´t made photos out of family circle.
I have seen a lot of photography, because I have interest in it 15 years ago.
But I would like to develop my personal style.
I would like to make street people portraits. The singularity of routine life atracts me.
But I have problems for getting models. About this matter I have some questions:
For making studio portraits, ¿how can I get models?. I imagine it´s neccesary to pay them, ¿how much is one hour?.
I am interested in street social portraits, but I don´t like to use my camera like a submachine gun, I prefer to dialogue with people who I want to photograph. Yesterday, I went out three hours in my city and I didn´t get any people who wanted to be photographed by me.
How do you get people trust?.
Thank you very much.
Best regards.

[christos]

You can always post an ad in a local directory for example in the states we have Craig’s List. I’ve seen many photographers advertise this. Usually it’s a barter agreement between you and the aspiring model. I’ve also seen models post ads for photographers. So if you are looking for a “low budget� you can always barter. Model for me and I’ll give you a cd with all the images.

[Aceituna]

Thank you for your advice.
I´m going to do it.
I´ll tell you the results.
Best regards.