Nervous/Embarrassed ?

To anyone who feels a bit foolish, standing in a public place with a camera to their eye, spare a thought for the guy dressed as a wolf in this video ;).

Chasing a papier mache pig around Tokyo (or wherever it was shot) and being photographed several hundred times in the process, must have attracted more than a few sideways glances :D.

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Still, the moral here is : Just look at the results of overcoming that fear :thumbs:
 
Naboo32 said:
To anyone who feels a bit foolish, standing in a public place with a camera to their eye, spare a thought for the guy dressed as a wolf in this video ;).

Chasing a papier mache pig around Tokyo (or wherever it was shot) and being photographed several hundred times in the process, must have attracted more than a few sideways glances :D.

Link ...

Still, the moral here is : Just look at the results of overcoming that fear :thumbs:
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That's a good video - bet it took a while!
 
I was the main photographer at a wedding last year. I was taking shots during the service when....................my shirt went on fire !!!

The bride's mother had placed numerous decorative candles around the place. I had failed to spot any of them as the room was lit up with sunlight streaming through some very large windows.

The service had to stop so that I could put the fire out. After a few seconds I nodded at the registrar for him to continue with the service. I hid behind the camera (red with embarrassment) and got on with it. It was a real ice breaker;)

I'll post a vid one day !!


As you can imageine...I use the camera as a shield so that protects me from embarrassing situations.
 
Trappe said:
I was the main photographer at a wedding last year. I was taking shots during the service when....................my shirt went on fire !!!

The bride's mother had placed numerous decorative candles around the place.

The service had to stop so that I could put the fire out. After a few seconds I nodded at the registrar for him to continue with the service. I hid behind the camera (red with embarrassment) and got on with it. It was a real ice breaker;)

I'll post a vid one day !!


As you can imageine...I use the camera as a shield so that protects me from embarrassing situations.
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[S4]Z0MG ROFL[/S4]

Best thing I've read in ages :clap:
 
I hope your not suggesting I set fire to myself to help me get over my embarrassment:exit:
 
gingerjon said:
Likewise.

I tend to stick to more popular areas though.

I stick out like a sore thumb in Chesham though - where I live - and do tend to whip the camera out less and for shorter bursts of time as a result.
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I've not plucked up the guts to do candid stuff in Doncaster yet. I've done a fair bit in the likes of Edinburgh and Nottingham, but I just don't feel comfortable doing so in Doncaster just yet.

As for Chesham, I went there once, and I swear it was like the Wild West when I walked into a shop.. ;) ;)
 
rmt1982 said:
I've not plucked up the guts to do candid stuff in Doncaster yet. I've done a fair bit in the likes of Edinburgh and Nottingham, but I just don't feel comfortable doing so in Doncaster just yet.
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I'm not surprised:D
 
fabs said:
I do street photography in London and I've never been looked at as a terrorist or razzer (Whatever that is). :shrug:
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you have Marc ,, you have :D
 
NeilG40 said:
I'm not surprised:D
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I'd say the same about Barnsley, but I only go there to watch football and drive through on the way to the Woodhead.
 
strandville said:
I hope your not suggesting I set fire to myself to help me get over my embarrassment:exit:
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No however as an example watch "Hells Kitchen" tonight on ITV. I'll put money on it that Marco was a shy boy when he was younger. He is a very good actor and he has learned to hide it behind a shield of authority !!

Apply the same technique when you have the camera in your hands !!
 
Trappe said:
I was the main photographer at a wedding last year. I was taking shots during the service when....................my shirt went on fire !!!

The bride's mother had placed numerous decorative candles around the place. I had failed to spot any of them as the room was lit up with sunlight streaming through some very large windows.

The service had to stop so that I could put the fire out. After a few seconds I nodded at the registrar for him to continue with the service. I hid behind the camera (red with embarrassment) and got on with it. It was a real ice breaker;)

I'll post a vid one day !!


As you can imageine...I use the camera as a shield so that protects me from embarrassing situations.
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Hope you remembered to adjust your exposure accordingly, to account for the extra "back lighting" :D!?
 
Living and pahotographing in London, my main concerns are being mugged for my gear, and over-zealous police officers.

I take a 1/2 hr walk into work each morning through the commutersphere, and I always have my gear on me, so feel comfortable stopping and shooting if I see something of interest.

However, in the evenings still I'm a little more concerned, as it's generally not yet light enough, and there is more potential for trouble as the stupids have generally got up by then. I prefer to shoot with someone else then.
 
I always feel a bit wierd, even just shooting in my garden. The missus can just go for it - doesn't bother her at all.

But today, I'm going for a trip on my own with the camera, wish me luck! :D
 
Trappe,
I feel your blushes - once was behind a stack of speakers some roadies had cleverly balanced on their metal corner guards,on a highly polished tiled and tilted floor...of course the first fan reaching the stage sent them over,revealing me,changing batteries.:D
 
Well, earlier on today since the weather was really nice and sunny, I thought I'd go for a mini photography stroll down along the sea front, see if I could work up an appetite for the sunday roast.

I might as well be naked, wearing a leather face mask, foaming at the mouth and brandishing an axe the way people looked at me.
I saw this father and kid flying a kite and I only stopped for a few seconds and had thought about taking the shot but decided against it . . . then the mother came clucking over saying "there's children about, etc, etc". I couldn't even be bothered to explain that I live locally and have an interest in photography and I just moved on leaving the mother tuttering to herself. Stupid cow, probably doesn't even live locally as their crappy people's carrier is taking up valuable parking space at my area.

Ah, there, that's better.

Granted, taking my traditional Pentax film SLR with a 200 mm zoom lens and Fuji S5600 with me down to a packed beach probably wasn't the best move on my part in this day of media-fuelled paranoia. :suspect: :cuckoo: :shake:
Still, it hadn't put me off taking pictures as I've ended up with loads of materials for show at a later time in any case. This small bit of grievance is not going to put me off taking photo of a town I love and have spent the past 38 years growing up in (I'll be 42 in two months) :)

I remember seeing a thread where a TP member felt like he might as well be an axe murderer whenever he was out and about with the camera but I couldn't find it.
 
Ian D J said:
. . . then the mother came clucking over saying "there's children about, etc, etc". I couldn't even be bothered to explain that I have an interest in photography and I just moved on leaving the mother tuttering to herself. Stupid cow.
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To which your reply should have been "That's OK, I don't mind." ;)
 
Most of the time I can be fairly anti-social In as much as, when out and about, I keep my self to myself.
Once I am holding a camera the rest of the world goes away except for the bit I am looking at through the finder.
Every one knows a camera Turns you both invisible and bullet proof when held to the face.
 
Ian D J said:
I might as well be naked, wearing a leather face mask, foaming at the mouth and brandishing an axe the way people looked at me.
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If you were wearing a leather face mask and carrying an axe, no one would notice the camera. Just something to bear in mind ;)
 
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