On 23 Oct 2005 at 15:21, Malcolm Smith wrote: > If I want to take photos where I know people are around, I wear a big green > hi-visibility jacket and make it really obvious what I am doing. I've yet to > be > asked any questions - although I'd admit to trying *not* to have people in the > frame anyway, as it's the buildings and roads that I'm trying to capture - > they > probably that I'm working for the local Council or something.
I've pretty much given up shooting people when children are about, I was invited to a friends childs 4th birthday a few weeks ago and asked if I could bring my camera. Even though I'd been asked I really didn't feel comfortable about it as there were a lot of parents and children there that I didn't know (and didn't know me). So I ended up taking my Leica and shooting just a handful of shots which mainly featured the birthday girl. Hopefully her mum will appreciate the prints but I could have done a whole lot more if I didn't now feel so paranoid about such situations. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
