If you are into Street Photography...

[FootLoose]

If you are into Street Photography, you may be interested in these 5 free ebooks.

http://www.slrlounge.com/5-free-eboo...eid=983c58ad91

[rpcrowe]

Thanks Greg...

I have been seeking a recent book on Flickr....

[Shadowman]

Nice link.

[IzzieK]

Thanks Greg...this will help with my dilemma ... I hope...

[dubaiphil]

your dilemma, Izzie?

[IzzieK]

your dilemma, Izzie?

Approaching people for permission to photograph? I did that when I was in Melbourne (Oz) and I felt rejected and just went my way...people don't want their kids nor themselves to be photographed and their faces plastered in the internet (so one says...) so I went home and took photographs of my young son doing the garden until he was annoyed at me.It is a different story when it comes to attending an event and everyone is cooperating with you by posing...Or doing a landscape and the crabs do not complain...you know what I mean...I'd like to be able to do street photography like you, for instance..or Jack's...or John (Shadowman)..but how can I practice when I am so timid and don't really know what to do. I was looking at way like a miniature screen on top my camera or something so I am not obvious or something similar. HOw to act, how to ignore, how to hide...

[shumicpi]

Thanks Greg for being so helpful and sharing the links of these e-books with us

[Venser]

Approaching people for permission to photograph?

Move to Ontario, problem solved. People will approach me and be upset for all the reasons you listed, but I always tell them to contact their local MPP if they have a problem since the law is firmly on my side.

I've been following Thomas Leuthard for a while now. It took some time, but this is how I now shoot. The first couple of times was nerve racking, but now I just don't care. In my bag I keep copies of all the pertinent laws for Canada and Ontario for backup. In the last three years only twice has ever escalated to the possibility of violence.

Thomas used to have different e-books online for free, but it looks like the old ones when he ran 85mm.(forget this part) are no longer able to be found.

[FootLoose]

Approaching people for permission to photograph?

I know what you mean, Izzie, I'm the same way. I think most people would object to being photographed in public because they are suspicious of the photographer's intention. If you are taking a sickie, you don't want your picture to appear in the local rag or on the local news bulletin. Likewise if you happen to be with someone who you shouldn't be with . And if you happen to be involved in a law suit, then you certainly don't want the opponent photographing you for evidence.

Also, as you mention, we are hyper-aware of paedophiles here. Anyone with a camera anywhere in the vicinity of a child is viewed as suspicious. And then there are the nut jobs who don't need much of an excuse to assault you anyway.

So, when I do photograph people, it tends to be from a fair distance away - unless I have taken an interest in what they are doing and engaged them in conversation, such as some of the shots of fishermen that I have posted here.

But street photography is an umbrella term for various styles. I don't particularly appreciate the in-your-face style that captures 'interesting' faces and/or emotions. I prefer to see a 'drama' being played out, so taking wider shots to include more than one person and the environment is more my style, and a telephoto lens works fine for me.