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Anonymous
Ok, wtf, I enter this thread already in progress with some advice that has been overlooked:
Shoot from the hip.
Yes, that's right, shoot from the hip, like this: Step 1: meter - set up your focus, aperture, and shutter speeds. If you are shooting digital, you can use an auto mode of Some Sort, but I recommend against auto-focus.
Step 2:Get your camera of any size, hang it around your neck, carry something else in your arms - jacket/backpack/grocery bag/book/whatever - so it looks like you are just carrying shit.
Step 3:Shoot away while walking. Turn the camera in different directions and keep shooting, but don't look down at it. You don't have to take pictures in the direction you are facing. Shoot a lot, because most will look like crap. The noise of the city will cover up the sound of the shutter, and you aren't being suspicious or furtive in your body language, you are just walking with your arms full of shit.
Step 4: sort through your pictures and discard like 80% of them, because they are blurred, over/under exposed, suck, etc. (continued)
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