I see what you mean, Bruce.
I guess the way I shoot may be a little different. I tend to make myself
pretty obvious when I'm shooting at small gatherings, etc. I tend to
work the room pretty actively, sometimes even stopping people to get a
quick shot. Then, I'll ease out to the periphery for a while. Once
people have seen me walking around taking a bunch of shots, they get a
little inured to it. And then, once I've faded into the background, they
seem to drop their guard and just kind of forget I'm even there. And
that's when I tend to get my best shots.
It also helps when I get a shot from a distance and discover after
chimping that it's pretty good, and I walk over and show it to them.
People seem to relax if they know I'm actually there to take good photos
and not just random shots of people being goofy.
-- Walt
On 5/18/2013 11:51 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The point would be to_avoid_ being seen so they are completely
natural and un-self-conscious.
But what I've found is that once people notice you shooting them from
a distance like that they are even less comfortable than if you were
closer. I think they tend to get creeped-out like they think you are
stalking them or something. So I've largely stopped doing the tele
thing.
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