I've got a lot braver with that sort of thing more recently.
There are a few behaviours that might protect you.
1. Don't take a DSLR - use a beaten up (film) camera.
2. Carry your gear in a plastic bag.
3. Drive a beaten up old pick-up and then walking in.
4. Wear a large smile.
5. Looking old, hairy, harmless and slightly deranged doesn't hurt.
6. Anyone asks, tell them you like old houses. They'll think you're harmless
and slightly deranged.
I refuse to succumb to the mostly media generated climate of fear.
Yes some areas are more dangerous than others but it isn't Aleppo.
I've found that being friendly and respectful even to those who don't deserve
it will get you through most places safely.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.soultheft.com
Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
On 08/04/2013, at 3:36 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
> I would love to photograph some of those old mansions, but, sadly, a
> number of them are in neighborhoods that I would be taking my life into
> my hands if I got out of my car holding a $1300 camera. The same goes
> for a lot of the old downtown area (places where my wife remembers going
> to dances and movies and such when she was a little girl). Today, that
> area isn't safe for someone like me to walk around, much less with a
> shiny DSLR. That's not being racist, it's being realistic.
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