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>I.e., don't use a lens longer than about 55mm
Just to note, that's at the 35mm conversion. So for the Digital Rebel, 34.375. That's if you want HCB style shots. A neat thing to do is just portraits of random people on the streets with a medium telephoto, say, something that works out to ~90mm equivalent.
>don't lurk in the shadows like what you're doing is wrong.
But do lurk in the shadows like what you're doing is right. A few extra seconds of the subject not knowing you're photographing them can make a difference. Just don't look like you're some pervert who is going to go home and masturbate to the photographs.
My tip: set everything in advance. Aperture to the sharpest (or whatever you want to be shooting at, the sharpest aperture is usually good), focus (manually prefocus, adjust as needed), focal length if you have a zoom (shoot at just one), ISO, and shutter speed. Keep your hands ready to change ISO and/or shutter speed as needed, but everything else is guaranteed in most situations.
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