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I'm fairly new to his hobby but do enjoy it alot however find that work keeps me from getting a chance to go out and mess around with the camera, and I spend the weekends driving to and fro home and spending time with the missus, also for some reason, i'm fairly conscious of having an SLR hanging off my neck if its some casual daily activity...is it just me? :suspect:
 
you get used to it and so will people around you. I tend to just stick with the 50mm so its light and i'm not in everyone's face with a big zoom lens!
 
Agree with 33l - a 50 gets people around you used to seeing it and after a while they relax around you, its a different story with the general public though, I get quite a few stares especially once the canon white lens goes on
 
I think most people feel like that when they start, soon you'll be wandering about with a big telephoto around your neck and not paying any attention to the fact people part like the red sea infront of you!
 
Not just you at all :shake: I run my own business so often have to work long hours. My weekends are usually pretty full and I am finding it harder and harder to make time for photography :( That, plus this bleedin' British weather :bat: I was due to go to Whipsnade tomorrow but have cancelled due to the forcast of heavy rain :(

I've never had a problem with people's reaction to me having a camera and "big" lens round my neck though. Tbh I actually quite enjoy the looks and comments ;)
 
I take one to work with me now. My job is fairly mobile so I usually try to make sure I put a camera in the boot. If I get the chance I'll go for a quick wander after I've finished what I need to do for work. I've got some good pics from the lakes,Harrogate and Manchester doing that. Missed Liverpool this week because I forgot my purse and I was hungry! Doh!

If I'm working from home I'll get the camera out at lunchtime and do some still life stuff in the kitchen with a flash. It's all lighting and helps me to understand it even if it's on a small scale.
 
I'm with you, I find it quite daunting to go out and about with the camera. Places like the local nature reserve, and event's I've been to, my 55-250 lens looks like a toy compared to some of the gear people have got, so no issue with that at all, but most of the time, just the larger size of the SLR body, ignore the lens as well makes me feel like I have a large sign pointing at me. I'm sure no one is actually interested in the slightest but it sure feels it.
 
i used to dare myself to go out and shoot piccies, and in the end, you become invisible and forget about all the people who may or may not notice you!
 
Everyones like that at first fella, being a bit shy towards it I mean, but you'll soon loosen up and be snapping away.
 
Grendel said:
I've never had a problem with people's reaction to me having a camera and "big" lens round my neck though. Tbh I actually quite enjoy the looks and comments ;)
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.... And then just club them with it ... :lol:

Nothing to do with the fact that you have two heads then? .... :lol:
 
hypnotic said:
Nothing to do with the fact that you have two heads then? .... :lol:
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:lol: yeah I must remember to keep one of them zipped up where it should be ;)
 
Hi all One of the advantages of being in a wheelchair:naughty: is i have the neck strap just long enough so the canon rests on my lap, so i can carry all my gear on the back of the chair, and a 300mm zoom on my lap :p then change as a i free wheel..TBH i have had no complaints from the public and i have been to parks (with my family) and snapped away..but soon someone will point out the :rules: and i will say DISCRIMNATION :thumbs: not really

Regards Mark
 
Dont think I'll ever get used to it tbh...was out the other day with my son walking the mutt at the same time as taking some pics.

There I was crouching down on one knee, zoomed in on a bee on a flower, merrily snapping away, when a lady walking her dog passes by me, and looks at me as if I've escaped from a loonie bin :cuckoo:

Felt a bit of a wally I'll tell ya.

In town, you do get some mega-odd looks too - especially when I'm taking a shot of something non-descript from a few inches away that I know willl look great with the DoF I've got.....but they dont know that do they?

If I carry on feeling this paranoia - I'll have folder full of night shots :nuts:
 
mercmanuk said:
Hi all One of the advantages of being in a wheelchair:naughty: is i have the neck strap just long enough so the canon rests on my lap, so i can carry all my gear on the back of the chair, and a 300mm zoom on my lap :p then change as a i free wheel..TBH i have had no complaints from the public and i have been to parks (with my family) and snapped away..but soon someone will point out the :rules: and i will say DISCRIMNATION :thumbs: not really

Regards Mark
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Ere, that sounds like the perfect foil for 50mm street shooting......with flash.
You can get away with all sorts of up close and personals being below eye level..

not that kind of upclose and personals....:suspect:

srsly, that's a great angle, street peeps shooters crouch to get flash fill, y'know, kinda in and under..

:)
 
If I'm walking around town I prefer to use my 50mm or my 24mm prime lens as they don't look so conspicuous and they are far less cumbersome than the zoom. I still feel uncomfortable at putting my tripod up though.
 
If it bothers you,get one of those shoulder bags that have a big flap that the city folk are carrying now,
Then just pop out ,shoot,and pop back.

Was on the beach tonight with an old film camera ,and a few teenagers stoped me for a chat,nice kids,not fazed at all by the camera.
 
just get out there and do it........ everyone you know will soon get used to a camera hanging round your neck, and when you look natural with it, folks won't bother or will find it a talking point and strike up a conversation....
 
Lack of time and the dire british weather is what bothers me the most.
Every evening just lately is too dull and overcast to be able to take decent shots.
I was a bit concious at first with having the camera around me neck.
However this evening, I took my new tripod up to Alexandra Palace (weather as usual was to naff for decent shots of London).
Once set up and when I was tweaking the settings, I did notice a few passers by look at me but I was so engrossed with trying to get a few decent pics that they didn't bother me.
Not sure if I would want to wander around town with the camera hanging around my neck.
 
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