DLSR shy (Page 3): I have that same problem too when I'm shooting street scenes. This is not only with people but with animals too. I have a beautiful German Shepard. When I try to...

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

jerryc41 wrote:

Definitely! It's hard to go out in public without seeing someone taking pictures with a phone. A DSLR, on the other hand, is big and unusual, so it gets the attention of people nearby.

I have that same problem too when I'm shooting street scenes. This is not only with people but with animals too. I have a beautiful German Shepard. When I try to take pictures of him he runs away. You'd think I was pointing a gun at him.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

pdsilen wrote:

I have that same problem too when I'm shooting street scenes. This is not only with people but with animals too. I have a beautiful German Shepard. When I try to take pictures of him he runs away. You'd think I was pointing a gun at him.

Our cats have started acting like that for me - I think they’re tired of having light flashed in their eyes.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

billnikon wrote:

First, I never aim my phone camera toward strangers, especially to take their image, I believe it is an invasion of their privacy. If I have my DSLR camera with me I always ASK PERMISSION to take a candid photo. I have never been turned down and I have actually made some friends that way.

Just what privacy do you really expect to have in a public setting?

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

billnikon wrote:

First, I never aim my phone camera toward strangers, especially to take their image, I believe it is an invasion of their privacy. If I have my DSLR camera with me I always ASK PERMISSION to take a candid photo. I have never been turned down and I have actually made some friends that way.

At one time I would say to people, "I'm going to take a picture of that train station; if you don't want to be in it, you'll have to move"; now I just take the photograph. They are in a public space.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

rehess wrote:

but the whole ambiance of ‘Street Shooting’ is catching people as they are in absence of camera {or just as they notice it}

You do whatever you like. And I will shot the way I like.

fotoman150

I have heard of a social experiment where they have a woman taking pictures with a camera at a public pool and no one bothers her. Then they put a man doing the same thing and within a minute someone challenges him. Men are profiled like people who are black. Men are considered serial killers and Sex offenders until proven otherwise.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

fotoman150 wrote:

I have heard of a social experiment where they have a woman taking pictures with a camera at a public pool and no one bothers her. Then they put a man doing the same thing and within a minute someone challenges him. Men are profiled like people who are black. Men are considered serial killers and Sex offenders until proven otherwise.

That is an interesting experiment. I had never thought of photography that way. Thanks for the enlightenment!

fotoman150

Scruples wrote:

That is an interesting experiment. I had never thought of photography that way. Thanks for the enlightenment!

Yeah and all it takes is an accusation and you lose everything, your reputation, job, even your freedom.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

fotoman150 wrote:

Yeah and all it takes is an accusation and you lose everything, your reputation, job, even your freedom.

I definitely don't want to lose my freedoms!

Dean37 Loc: Fresno, CA

I will not take photos of people, unless requested to do so, phone or camera, family and other gatherings where others are taking photos of the people are exceptions. I have heard that "out in public" everyone is fair game, I don't want to have a judge tell me that is wrong.

I have noticed the same thing about phones vs cameras. They don't seem to react as much when you have a small pocket camera, about the same to a phone, as when you have an SLR, digital or film, especially with a big lens. It may be that the camera is more related to law enforcement, or newspapers, or TV News, investigations, etc.

Abo

SoTexPhoto wrote:

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It's a syndrome.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

fotoman150 wrote:

I have heard of a social experiment where they have a woman taking pictures with a camera at a public pool and no one bothers her. Then they put a man doing the same thing and within a minute someone challenges him. Men are profiled like people who are black. Men are considered serial killers and Sex offenders until proven otherwise.

Maybe just maybe it is that most sex offenders and serial killers have been men. just saying

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

Tomcat5133 wrote:

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You are so on target. Society keeps asking why are these terrible things happening. I read years ago by the time a kid grows up today he or she has seen thousands of murders in movies and video games. Even Disney shows my grandkids used to watch shocked me at how crude and aggressive the shows were. And the girls dressed too sexy for thier age. We are now portraying the US as an angry country. This is not true. Some are angry but most people I meet are reasonable and cordial. Kindness has not left. I practice it everyday.

fotoman150

dwmoar wrote:

Maybe just maybe it is that most sex offenders and serial killers have been men. just saying

Yes but the number of sex offenders and serial killers compared to the number of normal men is minuscule. It’s a bunch of hysteria. It’s profiling men.

fotoman150

Absolutely!