By not worrying. I tend to take a spot and just shoot. Quite brazen. People who
look like Santa aren't too threatening. I get a few odd looks because I don't
seem to be doing what the tourists do but I haven't been challenged in a long
time. If I am, I flash my Nikon Photo Society pro card to prove I'm the real
thing and tell them I'm just documenting street life. I do try and avoid
shooting children directly - they don't interest me that much anyway (horrid,
nasty, noisy little things). People involved in their own dramas make good
shots but tend to be self-absorbed.
And I think that the E-P2 is fairly non-threatening as well though I haven't
had any more problem shooting with a pro SLR - I think people then assume that
you are serious.
Best street work I've seen this week was by a woman in Sydney who set out to
explore her own city by shooting a suburb a week. Here's the blog that precedes
the book -
http://www.52suburbs.com/
Andrew Fildes
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On 01/11/2010, at 3:08 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Andrew and his little EP-2
> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/image/129910991
>
> I was going to ask, how do you take shots with that one without drawing
> attention to yourself?
>
> And the above shot answers my question; of the five people in the photo,
> two are watching you ...
>
> Very difficult ...
>
> Brian Swale.
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