3. Why
• You might be told not to take photos
• People will act differently when you are
taking photographs
4.
5. Isn’t this kind of sneaky?
• Yes
• And it’s not the only way to do it
• If you’re not in their face most people don’t care
• If they do care have a good explanation…
• “You looked great there with lights in the
background.”
• “My photo teacher said I had to.”
6.
7. Restrictions
some things that may lead to discussions with security people
• Tripods
• Flash
• Big cameras
• Weddings
• If you look like a pro
• Lots of equipment
8.
9. This is not legal advice
• If a public space is private property…
• They can tell you can do on that property
• But not if you are off the property
• Different countries are different
10.
11. Keep It quiet
• Turn off noises
• Pick a quiet camera
• Hide things that move on the camera
• Turn off flash
• Turn off lights such as focus assist
• Turn off the screen
15. Photograph…
• Quickly
• Without looking at the camera
• Without looking at the subject
• With looking in the direction of the subject
• Without reviewing the image on the screen
16.
17. Holding is hiding
• Hold the camera so it doesn’t look like
you are using it
• Put part of your hand on the shutter
release- not your index finger
• Hold the camera to partially hide it
18.
19. Don’t auto focus
• It’s noisy and the there’s movement on
the camera
• But mostly because you can’t see what
you’re focusing on
• Focus on something an equal distance
to the subject
• Then turn the camera/lens to manual
focus
20.
21. More on not focusing
• Guess the distance and set it on the lens
• Google “Hyper focus distance”
• Google “Depth of field Charts”
• You can get paper charts
• You can get free or cheap apps for your
smart phone
• This is old fashioned auto focus
• Kind of limited but very quick!
22.
23. A little secret
• Every year small, compact and ultra
compact cameras get better
• They attract very little attention
• They are very quiet
• Generally more mega pixels means
more noise
• Even $100 cameras are pretty good
24. A little secret continued
• Because they have small sensors they
have short focal length lenses…
• Even at f2.8 almost everything is in
focus when using a wide angle setting
• You will have to play with the settings
and menus
Notas do Editor
Public property, public space but private property. Unless you are photographing on public property (as opposed to a public place) the owners of the property or their representatives can ask you to stop. This is not legal advice but I’m pretty sure that they have the right to do that Unless you are trespassing, causing a nuisance or look like you are doing some big photography job they usually won’t. (I was once asked to stop taking photographs on the property of the TD Centre because I had big camera which meant it was professional. I stopped- I already had the photo I wanted anyhow.) Officious security guards might also tell you that you can’t take a picture of a building from public property. (I was told that I couldn’t take a photograph of the Stock Exchange on the same day as the incident above. I questioned the security guard’s legal knowledge and went on taking photos.) This is not legal advice but I am pretty sure that you can. I’m also pretty sure that people who are paid to look out for anything unusual find big cameras unusual.
How I justify it. I’m not trying to catch people or make fools of them. I’m just trying to catch the moments and things that I think have meaning and value and to show how things are and for the future to show how they were,. In some round about way I’m trying to depict some beauty from everyday life.
