Comments on: The psychology of Street Photography: How to not be a creep https://streetphotographyberlin.com/the-psychology-of-street-photography-how-to-not-be-a-creep/ Street Photography from Munich & Berlin & beyond Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: David Murray https://streetphotographyberlin.com/the-psychology-of-street-photography-how-to-not-be-a-creep/#comment-376 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:56:20 +0000 http://streetphotographyberlin.com/?p=587#comment-376 Technique, plain and simple. Have a try at my method: I have a 1935 screw mount Leica with a 3.5cm f3.5 Summaron lens attached. I have the lens set to the Hyperfocal distance of 15 feet, the length of a Jaguar or Rover 75 car. Aperture is pre-set to the aperture shown on my handheld meter . Shutter speed is set to 500 to avoid blur/camera shake. Film is Ilford XP2 Chromogenic but Kodak Tri-X can also be used. In use, the camera is set and the film wound on. I keep the camera in my coat pocket with my hand on it. Walking along, I see my shot and at 15 feet the camera comes out, up to the eye, click and back into my pocket. I don’t pause, I keep on walking and I move away. No problem at all with people shouting or questioning me. No-one calls the police or security guards because it has all happened so quickly and fluidly that no-one has really noticed me or what has happened. That’s the way to do it. Of course you don’t need to have a screw-mount Leica to do what I do, any small camera will do, but a wider lens than a 50 is suggested for depth of field. A phone camera could be used and the auto exposure would be useful. I have used my method in many, many countries as well as most of the bog cities in Britain and never had any problems. Try it yourself.

]]> By: Oliver https://streetphotographyberlin.com/the-psychology-of-street-photography-how-to-not-be-a-creep/#comment-10 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:49:44 +0000 http://streetphotographyberlin.com/?p=587#comment-10 In reply to Chris.

Thank you Chris! That´s absolutely true, smiling makes Street Photography easier – a lot. With some exceptions – here in Shanghai you are creeping people out if you´re smiling at them because it´s very uncommon to smile at strangers 🙂 So I try to look like a confused tourist instead of smiling…

]]> By: Chris https://streetphotographyberlin.com/the-psychology-of-street-photography-how-to-not-be-a-creep/#comment-8 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:27:40 +0000 http://streetphotographyberlin.com/?p=587#comment-8 Great tips Oliver. I think tip number one and 7 are really important. I’d add that you should just stay relaxed. Even if you aren’t smiling at that moment, if you are relaxed and acting naturally (not tense and worried) then you give off an air that relaxes other people as well. Some people will still think you’re some kind of sicko but there you go. The trouble is that you can only really become that comfortable by being a bit uncomfortable. So…Smile!

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