These are very good insights Jeff.
I did lose my desire to take photos today, but I hope it won't last...
Reading several comments like yours here makes me feel better.. and
more prepared. thanks :)
By the way, issues of appearance (age, 'race', culture etc) which
evoke particular discriminatory assuptions to others around us, and
the ability to control our response towards a more diplomatic approach
despite the nonsense we may have to face, makes clear to me that some
of us are more valnurable than others to the rising paranoic regime...
C.S.
On 8/18/06, Jeff Keller <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There is no simple always successful method. Having grey hair (but dressing
> reasonably nice) seems to help ... Having a lens with a huge front element
> (24 shift etc) seems to also have a noticeable impact.
>
> Don't hesitate to smile at people and say "Good morning" etc. Anyone
> confronting you has surely watched you before approaching you.
>
> When they see me being friendly with people passing by, they don't challenge
> me.
>
> Earlier a 20 something testosterone loaded guy had quickly warned be that he
> would
> knock my camera
> over if he got a bite on his fishing line. I ignored the threat and asked
> him how his fishing was going. After I spent 15 minutes or so taking
> pictures and started to leave, he was very quick to speak up and wish me
> well.
>
> Basically insist on having a pleasant time and be confident. I think the
> good street photographers have an uncanny ability to put people at ease but
> not affect to any significant extent what others are doing. I wish I could
> do that.
>
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