How would an amateur go about doing this? Im very new into photography but I want to do portaits/stylized portaits and build up a portfolio, but i’ve read a lot of posts where people were talking about guys with no portfolio just wanting to bang models, so they get a creepy vibe from them wanting to take pics.

So far i’ve been able to get a few sets from strangers on the street and a few friends, but i’d really like to get pics of different people to learn and grow my portfolio