Lews, everyone take camera you take out then not paiseh wat :bsmilie: I'm sure no one will despise you, many great photos come from non-professional cameras. So normally those pros stare at me, I just give them the look telling them that they better dun let me 'heng heng' kena one power shot! hehehe........
kidding.
I was at this swimming meet sometime ago and my camera instantly looked like a toy when I saw a fellow CSer with his D60 with a 70-200 2.8 L IS with a converter. I wanted to hide in one corner but than the guy didn't give me the despise look! See, not everyone's a baddy. hehe.
Anyway back to topic. How bout situations when you're the ONLY one with camera? and then you see this nice little girl with such intense expressions whom you just have to capture but when you start to point your camera at her, her parents immediately give you the 'you phedophile!' look.
Or when you see this really cute lady who has the looks to melt hearts and you point your camera at her, her bf starts storming over, insisting that you are sammiboi or from JCgirls and threatens to end your life there and then! Or the lady immediately gives you the' PERVERT alarm!' stare or the 'you're so invading my privacy' look.
How? :dunno:
Is there some standard SOP? Streetshooting is fun, is this courage suppose to be built up over time? That its a norm to feel this way for the first time?
Think the only people who let me take their photos are the older generation. At least I get to capture their 'life' through their expressions without them staring at me or finding me weird....... Or are they just too tired to bother?
What if someone takes out a camera and tries to take a photo of you? or your gf? Will you feel awkward? and in return stare and make the photographer feel alienated? Will this vicious cycle ever end?
Am I talking too much? wakakakak :bsmilie: