I don't consider this "street photography", I consider it "stealth photography", and the same as using a telephoto lens to take pictures of people who don't know you are doing it. In my opinion most "victims" would like to mob the photographer that does this kind of stuff, luckily for the photographer most victims are not motorcycle gangs <g>. I did that kind of stuff when I was a teenager, but finally realized that giving people the opportunity to wave me off if they really didn't want their picture taken was more honest. You may feel safer, but you are really in a lot more danger when doing stealth photography.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:00 AM Subject: Re: OT: Street Photography > A lot of "street photographers" seem to work this way. > There were a lot of rangefinder 35mm cameras made with > iris shutters and 35mm focal length that are small and > very quiet. I own an Olympus XA that would fit this > bill. Has markings for hyperfocal settings, and can't > be heard at all unless the area is dead silent to > begin with. > > Bob Walkden wrote, in part: > > > > > A local photojournalist round here called Linda Sole often shoots from > > the hip with a Leica M6 and 35mm lens. Her work is very good; it has > > been quite widely published and has won numerous awards. She tries to > > keep the camera hidden so that her subjects don't know what she's > > doing. >
